Retraction notice to “Cryptocurrencies as a financial asset: A systematic analysis” [FINANA 62 (2019) 182–199]

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/article-withdrawal). Elsevier's Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics team, with guidance from an impartial field expert acting in the role of an independent Publishing Ethics Advisor, conducted an investigation and determined that the article should be retracted. Review of this submission was overseen, and the final decision was made, by the Receiving Editor Brian Lucey, despite his role as a co-author of the manuscript. This compromised the editorial process and breached the journal's policies. The authors disagree with retraction and dispute the grounds for it.