NFT Disruption in Platform Competition: Evidence from Trading Card Collectibles

The authors thank the senior editor, associate editor, and two anonymous reviewers for thoughtful and constructive feedback throughout the review process. The authors are grateful for the insightful comments received from participants at research seminars hosted by LMU Munich, University of Arizona, University of Münster, Saarland University, University of Science and Technology China, Renmin University, Tsinghua University, Peking University, University of Bremen, University of Mannheim, and Nanyang Technological University. The authors also appreciate the valuable suggestions provided by attendees at the Workshop on Information Systems and Economics (WISE) 2022, the International Conference on Crypto-Marketing 2022, the Virtual Digital Economy (VIDE) Seminar Series, the Heinz Nixdorf (HNI) Symposium, the Symposium on Statistical Challenges in E-Commerce Research (SCECR) 2021, the Digital Economy Workshop (DigiEcon) 2022, the Conference on Information Systems and Technology (CIST) 2021, the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) 2021, and the Virtual Conference on AI, ML, and Business Analytics at Temple University (2021). The authors gratefully acknowledge feedback from Anindya Ghose, Geert Duysters, Meng Liu, Murat Tunc, and Anthony Lee Zhang. Their perspectives helped us refine and strengthen the arguments presented in this paper.