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In this episode of the Meliora Podcast we are exploring the sustainability impacts of  cryptocurrency. Our host Professor Simon Kemp is joined by Dr Larisa Yarovaya, Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Southampton. 

This eye-opening episode covers how cryptocurrency is generated, the environmental costs of cryptocurrency from energy demand to electronic waste, and the social consequences associated with this.  

Links to Dr Yarovaya's academic profile and key papers associated with this episode: 

• Dr Larisa Yarovaya profile: https://www.southampton.ac.uk/business-school/about/departments/banking-and-finance/staff/ly1c18.page 
• Corbet, S., Lucey, B., Yarovaya, L. 2021. Bitcoin-energy markets interrelationships - New evidence. Resources Policy, Volume 70, 2021, 101916, ISSN 0301-4207, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resourpol.2020.101916. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301420720309478) 
• Wang, Y., Lucey, B., Vigne, S. A., Yarovaya. L,. 2021. An index of cryptocurrency environmental attention (ICEA). China Finance Review International. Vol. 12 No. 3, 2022. pp. 378-414  

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Host: Professor Simon Kemp 

Guest: Dr Larisa Yarovaya 

Editor: Lily Killner