Cryptocurrency Health Risks from Trading Mining and Blockchain Healthcare Uses: Scoping Review with ☸️SAIMSARA.

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Cryptocurrency Health Risks from Trading Mining and Blockchain Healthcare Uses: Scoping Review with ☸️SAIMSARA.

Longevity & Public Health

Issue 2, Volume 1, 2026

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DOI: 10.62487/saimsarac4fbdb5a

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Cryptocurrency is not only a speculative financial technology but a public-health exposure, linking trading volatility to gambling-like behavior, psychological distress, skipped medical care, and mining-related air pollution. The full read maps both sides of the evidence: where crypto harms mental and environmental health, and where blockchain infrastructure may still support secure health data, incentives, and healthcare governance.

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Abstract: This scoping review aims to systematically map and synthesize the dual-faceted relationship between cryptocurrency and health, examining both the adverse psychological, behavioral, and environmental consequences of digital asset markets and the therapeutic, administrative, and technological opportunities presented by blockchain-based healthcare applications. The review uses 60 references and builds its evidence map from 44 original studies with 4412812 total participants/sample observations (topic-deduplicated ΣN). This scoping review highlights a clear dual-natured relationship in which cryptocurrency operates simultaneously as a health risk factor and a healthcare technology enabler. The dominant signal indicates that speculative crypto trading is consistently associated with gambling-like behaviors, psychological distress, and forgone medical care, with investors showing roughly twofold higher odds of skipping doctor visits and strong correlations with problem gambling severity. At the same time, environmental harms from mining—exposing an estimated 1.9 million people in the U.S. to elevated PM2.5—underscore population-level risks that extend beyond individual traders. Blockchain and crypto-wallet infrastructures nonetheless show promise for securing electronic health records and supporting health-data governance. Future research should prioritize prospective cohort studies and validated screening tools to clarify causal pathways between crypto engagement and mental, behavioral, and environmental health outcomes.
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Keywords: Cryptocurrency trading; Mental health; Problem gambling; Environmental health; Blockchain technology; Public health; Addictive behavior; Air pollution; Psychological distress; Health incentives

Review Stats

Final search date and database lock: 2026-05-23 18:01:30 CEST
Plan: Pro (expanded craft tokens; source: Semantic Scholar)
Source: Semantic Scholar
Total Abstracts/Papers: 12509
Downloaded Abstracts/Papers: 1000
Included original and non-original Abstracts/Papers (all): 72
Included original Abstracts/Papers (Vote counting by direction of effect): 44
Reference Index (links used in paper): 60
Total participants/sample observations (topic deduplicated ΣN): 4412812

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Reference Index (60)

[1] The flip side of the coin: Exploring the environmental and health impacts of proof-of-work cryptocurrency mining. — https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2024.118798
[2] Cryptocurrency Trading and Associated Mental Health Factors: A Scoping Review — https://doi.org/10.1177/21501319251315308
[3] The Impact of Cryptocurrency Investor Risk Perception and Awareness on the Current Uses and Future Projections of Cryptocurrencies: A Research on Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate Employees — https://doi.org/10.33203/mfy.1336082
[4] Cryptocurrency trading, mental health and addiction: a qualitative analysis of reddit discussions — https://doi.org/10.1080/16066359.2023.2174259
[5] Cryptocurrency trading and its associations with gambling and mental health: A scoping review. — https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2022.107504
[6] From health to wealth: the impact of surviving a health crisis on individuals’ cryptocurrency investment — https://doi.org/10.1108/ijbm-04-2025-0261
[7] Linking Consumer Innovativeness to the Cryptocurrency Intention: Moderating Effect of the LOHAS (Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability) Lifestyle — https://doi.org/10.55708/js0112001
[8] Cryptodamages: Monetary value estimates of the air pollution and human health impacts of cryptocurrency mining — https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2019.101281

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