Mobile Cryptocurrency for Development in Asia-Moderating Effects of Advantage, Complexity, and Compatibility

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been proven to promote the development of countries and regions. Asia is one of the leading regions in adopting new ICTs like mobile payment, artificial intelligence, and blockchain. The innovative technologies, relevant business values, and impacts related to blockchain are overestimated in the short term yet underestimated for a long time. While the blockchain is in the hype of both research and practice, there is minimal research related to the blockchain adoption. Among many blockchain-based applications, cryptocurrency been widely utilized in Asia. This Emergent Research Forum (ERF) Paper provides preliminary research in understanding how blockchain-based cryptocurrency revolutionizes ICT for development in Asia. This research introduces a model that considers Cryptocurrency/Bitcoin Innovation Factors (BIF), including cryptocurrency advantage, cryptocurrency complexity, and cryptocurrency compatibility as moderators. The survey method is selected and will be conducted in the future.