Prof. Lennart Ante

Professor Ante's research interests lie at the intersection of finance, technology, and innovation, with a particular focus on how emerging technologies transform economic systems and societal structures. His scholarly work encompasses a broad exploration of blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, and digital assets, examining their implications for financial markets, organizational practices, and regulatory frameworks.

He investigates how digital platforms and technologies, such as blockchain, enable new business models and entrepreneurial ventures. By exploring the opportunities and challenges that entrepreneurs, consumers, and investors face in the digital economy, his research focuses on areas such as:
 

• Democratizing access to capital: Studying how novel funding models, like Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) and Security Token Offerings (STOs), provide alternative financing options for startups and small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), thus democratizing access to capital beyond traditional venture funding.
• Enabling new assets and markets: Analyzing how blockchain technology facilitates the creation of new assets and markets, including cryptocurrencies, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), fan tokens, and decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, which are reshaping investment landscapes, consumer engagement and financial interactions.
• Transforming organizational structures: Examining how digital assets and decentralized organizations, such as Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), are redefining traditional business models and governance structures, leading to more transparent, efficient, and participatory organizational practices.
• Advancing financial inclusion: Exploring how financial technology (fintech) solutions, such as stablecoins, contribute to financial inclusion by providing access to financial services for underserved populations, promoting broader economic participation, and reducing inequality.

Overall, Professor Ante's research aims to understand and address the complexities of the digital economy. With his work, he aims to offer insights into how emerging technologies can be harnessed to foster innovation, efficiency, and inclusivity in finance and entrepreneurship, ultimately contributing to the transformation of economic systems and societal structures.

Professor Ante is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurial Finance at Constructor University, Germany. He holds a Doctorate in Financial Economics and a Master's in Business Administration from Universität Hamburg.

At the intersection of finance and emerging technologies, Professor Ante has co-founded multiple ventures. He is the Managing Director and co-founder of the non-profit research institute Blockchain Research Lab, dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge in blockchain technology and its applications. In the past, he also served as managing director of STOKR, a platform specializing in digital securities issuance via blockchain technology.

Ante, L.. (2024). The scope of green finance research: Research streams, influential works and future research paths. Ecological Economics, 24, 108302. 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781849770828 

Ante, L., Saggu, A., Schellinger, B. & Wazinski F.-P. (2024). Voting Participation and Engagement in Blockchain-based Fan Tokens. Electronic Markets, 34, 26. 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-024-00709-z 

Ante, L., Schellinger, B. & Demir E. (2024). The Impact of Football Games and Sporting Performance on Intraday Fan Token Returns. Journal of Business Economics, 94, 813–850. 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11573-023-01187-z 

Ante, L., Wazinski, F.P. & Saggu, A. (2023). Digital Real Estate in the Metaverse: An Empirical Analysis of Retail Investor Motivations. Finance Research Letters, 58, Part A, 104299. 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.104299 

Saggu, A. & Ante, L. (2023). The Influence of ChatGPT on Artificial Intelligence Related Crypto Assets: Evidence from a Synthetic Control Analysis. Finance Research Letters, 55, 103993. 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.103993 

Ante, L. (2023). How Elon Musk’s Twitter activity moves cryptocurrency markets. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 186, Part A, 122112. 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2022.122112 

Ante, L. (2022). Non-fungible token (NFT) markets on the Ethereum blockchain: Temporal development, cointegration and interrelations. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 32(8), 1216–1234.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10438599.2022.2119564 

Steinmetz, F., Meduna, M, Ante, L. & Fiedler, I. (2021). Ownership, use and perceptions of cryptocurrency: Results from a population survey. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 173, 121073.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121073 

Ante, L., Fiedler, I. & Strehle, E. (2021). The impact of transparent money flows: Effects of stablecoin transfers on the returns and trading volume of Bitcoin. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 170, 120851.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.120851 

Le Pennec, G., Fiedler, I. & Ante, L. (2021). Wash Trading at Cryptocurrency Exchanges. Finance Research Letters, 43, 101982.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2021.101982 

Ante, L., Fiedler, I. & Strehle E. (2021). The influence of stablecoin issuances on cryptocurrency markets. Finance Research Letters, 41, 101867.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2020.101867 

Ante, L. (2021). Smart contracts on the blockchain – A bibliometric analysis and review. Telematics & Informatics, 57, 101519.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2020.101519 

Ante, L. & Fiedler, I. (2021). Market reaction to large transfers on the Bitcoin blockchain - Do size and motive matter? Finance Research Letters, 39, 101619.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2020.101619 

Ante, L., Steinmetz, F. & Fiedler, I. (2021). Blockchain and energy: A bibliometric analysis and review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 137, 110597.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110597 

Steinmetz, F., Ante, L. & Fiedler, I. (2020). Blockchain and the digital economy: The socio-economic impact of blockchain technology. Agenda Publishing.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv16qjxg0