Preface xvii Part I: Fundamentals of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology 1 1 Introduction to Cryptocurrency and Blockchain 3 Vinita Choudhary, Neha Kamboj and Sonal Trivedi 2 A Journey Into the World of Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin Technology 21 Anju Rohilla, Priya Jindal and Ansh Jindal Part II: Evolution and Disruption in Finance 39 3 Traditional Finance vs. Decentralized Finance: A Comparative Analysis 41 Divya Bansal and Naboshree Bhattacharya 4 Traditional Banking to Digital Banking: Technological Transformation, Trends and Disruptions 61 Rakhi Arora and Animesh Singh 5 The Meltdown Effect: Financial Crises and the Global Economic Ripple 81 Mukul Bhatnagar, Sanjay Taneja, Pawan Kumar and Ercan Ozen Part III: The Prospective of Decentralized Finance and Its Components 99 6 The Prospective of Decentralized Finance and Its Impact on Traditional Banking 101 Vivek Sharma and Sanjay Taneja 7 Exploring the Effectiveness of Centralized Exchange and Decentralized Exchange for Cryptocurrency Trading in the World of DeFi for Sustainable Finance 115 Arvinder Kaur, Harmanpreet Kaur and Aarti Dangwal 8 Crypto Airdrops: Marketing Tool for Cryptocurrency Markets 135 Shivani Inder 9 Unlocking the Power of Decentralized Exchanges: A Financial Paradigm Shift 149 Jyoti Verma, Anjali Sharma and Gagandeep 10 Stablecoins: The Cornerstone of DeFi 165 Reepu, Pawan Kumar, Sanjay Taneja and Ercan Ozen 11 Tokenization of Stable Assets to Cryptocurrency: Transformation of Traditional Investments and Trading to Digital Financing 179 Nikhil Modi and Sridhar Manohar Part IV: Governance, Future of Banking and Consumer Perspectives 199 12 Decentralized Finance's Governance--A Review of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations 201 Shikha Singh, Deepa Gupta, Mukul Gupta and Roshan Kumar 13 Unified Payment Interface (UPI): An Analytical Dissection of the Current Framework and Future Scope of Introducing a Charge-per-Transaction Model 227 Rashmi Aggarwal, Tanvi Verma, Ishaan Sharma, Ashwin Kumar and Jatin Verma 14 Perspectives of Consumers Toward Cashless Transactions 241 Priya Jindal and Deepa Sharma 15 Bitcoin Ascent: Fueling the DeFi Revolution 259 Harmanpreet Kaur and Arvinder Kaur 16 Future of Decentralized Finance--Disruption of the Global Banking System 277 Divya Bansal and Naboshree Bhattacharya Part V: Integration with Emerging Technologies 289 17 Wallets in Metaverse: Building Block for Virtual World 291 Gurtej Singh and Shivani Inder 18 Examining the Convergence of Virtual and Traditional Assets in Crypto Collisions 313 Gagandeep and Gioia Arnone 19 Decentralized Dynamics: Navigating Governance in DeFi Realms 339 Gagandeep and Jyoti Verma References 359 Index 363.