Abstract:

Recently, the increasing importance of blockchain technology has pushed people to research in this direction. With the integration of blockchain technology into almost all sectors, many innovations have been experienced in the field of finance and accounting. One of the innovations brought by blockchain technology is cryptocurrencies. Since the crypto money market is a new structure, it has brought various security problems. Both security vulnerabilities, problems that will occur in the codes, and the lack of many experts yet lead to risks. This is of great importance for the decisions of cryptocurrency investors. In this study, it is aimed to reveal the effect of security problems in crypto money markets under blockchain technology on investor behavior. In the study, first of all, blockchain, cryptocurrencies and security problems in these fields are presented conceptually and then a literature review on the subject is presented. In the following section, data were collected by applying a questionnaire on 154 students who took accounting courses at universities, who are potential financial advisors of the future, within the scope of the study. The study was carried out by questionnaire method on 154 students who take accounting and finance courses, who are potential financial advisors of the future. In the study, the data were analyzed with the SPSS 22.0 program. As a result of the study, significant differences were found between investor behavior and gender, education level, knowledge about fraud events, investor behavior, investment character and investment ability.

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