In this study, we examine major cryptocurrencies, present notable fraud cases, describe fraud risks, and analyze cryptocurrency financial performance. People debate whether cryptocurrency is an investment opportunity, the new Dutch Tulip Bubble, or a giant Ponzi scheme. There have been a number of high-profile fraud cases associated with cryptocurrencies, such as the FTX scandal in late 2022, thereby making fraud a real concern to current and potential future investors. Regarding financial performance, cryptocurrencies experienced a major collapse in value in the most recent period of the study, about three times worse than the major stock market indices. While in prior periods, cryptocurrencies have significantly outperformed stock market indices, recent fraud cases and the extreme volatility of cryptocurrencies indicate that investing in cryptocurrencies comes with much higher risk than traditional stock market investments. The debate over the investment potential of cryptocurrencies continues, whether they have long term value or are simply the new Dutch Tulip Bubble. The study’s findings will be useful to investors, regulators, and academic researchers regarding the cryptocurrency industry.

The authors describe the four stages of the closing the loop process undertaken by a college of business (COB) over a 6-year period. The COB developed and offered an online, noncredit review course to help students prepare for the Major Field Test in Business (MFT). Early results demonstrated the efficacy of the course as student scores rose from the 40th percentile to the 65th percentile. The authors analyze stage 4 data to determine the relationship between the online review and MFT performance. Results suggest the impact of the online review course diminishes as overall performance increases. Assessment outcomes may be influenced by the number of Hispanic and international students taking the MFT.

Facebook commerce has become increasingly popular, especially for consumer-to-consumer (C2C) transactions. This trading channel is highly utilized for local transactions and for connecting people with similar interests, thus making it an especially useful channel for buying and selling pre-owned luxury products. This study aims at examining the determinants of customers' social image satisfaction with the purchase of pre-owned luxury brand watches via the Facebook-commerce channel. Data were collected from two hundred Thai consumers who are the members of the pre-owned luxury brand watch Facebook group. The results revealed factors which significantly influence customers' social image satisfaction toward a pre-owned luxury brand watch. The findings also showed that the perceived symbolic value plays an important mediating role in the relationship between perceived experiential value and social image satisfaction.