Pereira, Jorge Manuel de BritoMagalhães, Maria Marques2019-06-272019-06-172018http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/27817Cryptocurrencies have been gaining importance in our society. This hype is not limited to the currency itself. In fact, the excitement is (or should be, as we defend) in regards to the innovations that their underlying software introduces. In light of this, we hereby analyse the application of cryptocurrencies and the underlying software to different phases of the M&A deals, in particular, the application of the smart contracts to the contractual phase of a M&A deal.engBitcoinBlockchainCryptocurrencySmart contractsM&Amaster thesis202254968