Discussion on Islamic Finance and Cryptocurrency

Abstract

This study aims to see the development of research on the topic of "Islamic Finance & Cryptocurrency" and research plans that can be carried out based on journals published on the theme. This research uses a qualitative method with a bibliometric analysis approach. The data used is secondary data with the theme "Islamic Finance & Cryptocurrency" which comes from the Scopus database with a total of 40 journal articles. Then, the data is processed and analyzed using the R-Biblioshiny and VosViewer applications with the aim of knowing the bibliometric map of "Islamic Finance & Cryptocurrency" research development in the world. The results of the study found that there are 4 clusters with the most used words are cryptocurrencey, islamic finance, blockchain technology, money, bitcoin, fintech, digital currency, and islamic crypto assets. Then, the research path topics related to Islamic Finance & Cryptocurrency are (1)Blockchain Adoption in Islamic Finance, (2)Digital Currency Transactions in Islam, (3)Potential and Challenges of Islamic Crypto, and (4)Islamic Law Implications on Cryptocurrency.