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Excited to announce that my #DeFi overview paper will be published in the @stlouisfed Review! The pre-print is already online. The Journal version will be available in Q2. research.stlouisfed.org/publications/r…
Fabian Schär
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Fabian Schär
@fschaer
Professor at the University of Basel @UniBasel with a research focus on public #Blockchain and #DeFi protocols. Director @cifunibas. book author @mitpress.🧀🏈.
- Very excited to share our new paper. This is joint-work with @VitalikButerin, Jacob Illum (@chainalysis), @mat_nadler (@UniBasel_en) and @ameensol. Full Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
- Centralized exchanges are not #DeFi. They are traditional financial intermediaries and must be regulated & supervised accordingly. Stop blaming transparent infrastructure and neutral protocols for the failures of a centralized service provider. True DeFi can mitigate this issue.
- I completely disagree. Public ledgers are a key infrastructure to defend our democracy and freedom. You shouldn't be afraid of decentralization, you should be afraid of excessive centralization. Happy to invite you to the @UniBasel_en and host a public debate on this topic.Cryptocurrencies risk undermining sanctions against Russia, allowing Putin and his cronies to evade economic pain. U.S. financial regulators need to take this threat seriously and increase their scrutiny of digital assets. nytimes.com/2022/02/23/bus…
- Honored to see our paper on central bank #cryptocurrencies and electronic money being featured in the latest issue of @TheEconomist. economist.com/finance-and-ec… @aleksanderbere @cifunibas @UniBasel_en @UniBasel
- Nicht verpassen! #Blockchain Symposium am @cifunibas. Öffentlich und kostenlos. Neu mit Referat von Bitcoin Core Maintainer @_jonasschnelli_! 30. April 16:15-20:00 in der Aula der @UniBasel. cif.unibas.ch/en/blog/detail… @BaselAreaSwiss @finnovationCH @bitcoin_ch
- Who could have imagined that @TheEconomist will publish an issue about #DeFi. To be clear: We are not talking about a short article in the magazine's finance section. DeFi is the cover story. This is extremely exciting. The future of finance is decentralized!
- Excited to announce that our new paper on #tornadocash and #blockchain privacy, will be published by the @stlouisfed Review! This is joint-work with @mat_nadler. Pre-print online: research.stlouisfed.org/publications/r…
- Why do people buy virtual land? Read our new working paper on the price determinants of land parcels in the #metaverse. This is joint work with @golmit_crypto and Peter Kugler! Link to the working paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… 1/4
- Interesting... I am looking forward to the Bank for International Settlements' proposal on how to issue a permissionless, self-custodial, privacy-preserving, and immutable #CBDC that does not require a middleman... 🤓😉
- Why are so many policy makers afraid of decentralization, when the real danger is excessive centralization? Imagine CBDC, tokenized assets, identities and "smart contracts" on a centralized ledger under the exclusive control of one entity. What could possibly go wrong? 🤡
- A journalist from a large tv network invited me to a live interview. A few hours later, he called and said: "Unfortunately, #crypto is going up again, so we don't have a good story for tonight. No interview! We'll call you again when there is news."
- Thanks for sharing our paper @TuurDemeester. It is important to highlight the differences between centralized and decentralized payment systems and to use the correct terms. Unfortunately, central banks usually refer to centralized systems when they say "cb cryptocurrency".St. Louis Fed: "Once we remove the decentralized nature of a cryptocurrency, not much is left of it." research.stlouisfed.org/publications/r…
- Looking for a comprehensive introduction to #DeFi? Read my new working paper: "Decentralized Finance: On #Blockchain- and Smart Contract-based Financial Markets." dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.… cc @defipulse @defiprime @DefiProjects @DefiRate @MAMA_global @DeFi_Dad
