Center for Innovative Finance
@cifunibas
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Research center @UniBasel Faculty of Business and Economics. Focus on #blockchain, #fintech, financial Innovation and #Web3 economics.
Basel, Schweiz
Joined December 2017
I’m excited to share a new report on public blockchains in the context of regulated financial markets, published by the European Commission. https://t.co/9w734LWJxi
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Call for Papers: Together with the Swiss National Bank, we will hold our 6th annual research conference on #Cryptoassets and #FinancialInnovation. We look forward to receiving your best #DeFi and #blockchain submissions. Please share. See you in Zürich! https://t.co/9TMXWKueSk
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We are excited to announce the publication of our paper, "On #DeFi and On-Chain CeFi: How (Not) to Regulate Decentralized Finance" in @JFinReg. This is joint-work with Katrin Schuler and @AnnSoCloots. Full paper: https://t.co/OSo5Q3pvwU
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Join us on September 5th at the @cifunibas (University of Basel) for an exciting #Blockchain conference with keynotes by Thomas Moser (Swiss National Bank) and Morten Bech (Bank for International Settlements). Register here: https://t.co/yVX7OJcFQk
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Blockchain privacy is an important topic. Read our article, published in the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review. We study #TornadoCash and the pros and cons of privacy enhancing protocols. Joint-work w/ @mat_nadler
https://t.co/KvHeNBHMif
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#Metaverse and DAO governance: Our new paper provides some empirical insights into DAO voting behavior using Decentraland as an example. Published in the Journal of Business Research. This is joint-work with @golmit_crypto
https://t.co/yV3rCCqAhA
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I am thrilled that our introductory paper on zero-knowledge proofs (#ZKP) will be published by the @stlouisfed Review. The paper is joint work with @aleksanderbere and Jeremias Lenzi. https://t.co/pZTcOWiNLC
stlouisfed.org
What are zero-knowledge proofs?
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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: https://t.co/aHwAFygXZQ
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New #DeFi protocol! We propose a fully decentralized insurance solution. * No governance tokens. * No admin keys. * No oracles. * No claim assessors. Joint-work with @mat_nadler and @felixbkmr. Curious? Paper:
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Our new #openlectures video on #NFT and #ERC721 is online. 77 minutes on non-fungible tokens, how they work and what they are used for. https://t.co/SOkCu5BuYe Exercises with @mat_nadler. A special thanks to @golmit_crypto, @dario_thuerkauf and @Katatcrypt.
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Welcome to the class and to a new semester at the University of Basel @UniBasel_en! Join our students on their quest to learn about Smart Contracts and #DeFi. Open access, open source, completely free. Enjoy!
cryptolectures.teachable.com
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Research team getting up at 5:30am to wait for pandas to appear in the console and watch the green squares coming in. 🤓 Only @cifunibas / @UniBasel!
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Excited to share a new article, published by the International Monetary Fund @IMFNews Finance & Dev. In this article, I discuss opportunities and challenges of #DeFi and argue that public blockchains are a valuable tool to counter excessive centralization.
imf.org
Decentralized finance could support a new financial infrastructure if challenges are overcome
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New opinion piece by Fabian Schär in the International Monetary Fund's Finance & Development Magazine. @IMFNews
“Centralized systems rest on a very strong assumption: trust in intermediaries and institutions that are largely opaque. But such trust should not be taken for granted. History provides countless examples of corruption and errors within institutions.”
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#Bitcoin, #Ethereum und Co. changieren zwischen Hype und Dämonisierung. Der Ökonom Prof. Dr. Fabian Schär @chainomics beantwortet im Videointerview Fragen zu #Blockchain und #Krypto-Assets. #AskOurExpert
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«Öffentliche Blockchains sind eine unglaublich spannende Infrastrukturkomponente, die gesellschaftlich betrachtet eine enorme Bedeutung haben.» Bei @bazonline plädiert Prof. Dr. Fabian Schär @chainomics für einen differenzierten Blick auf den Kryptomarkt. https://t.co/GymR9l0TKy
bazonline.ch
Fabian Schär, der an der Uni Basel lehrt und forscht, ist einer der führenden Blockchain-Spezialisten. Im Interview erklärt er, warum er sich für öffentliche Datenbanken starkmacht – aber auch, warum...
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#DeFi talk at a conference organized by the @BIS_org and @SNB_BNS. Spoiler warning -> 16:46. I provide an answer to the conference question before the first panel even starts... ;-) https://t.co/7iTs7w5VCN
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Great honor to join tomorrow's panel on #DeFi and #stablecoins at the conference hosted by BIS Innovation Hub and Swiss National Bank in Zurich. What are the opportunities and risks of stablecoins in DeFi? Are there benefit of a CBDC for Defi? livestream: https://t.co/qdJPt914vB
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Let's talk #DeFi! Thank you very much for the invitation @BIS_org and @SNB_BNS! I am looking forward to the conference.
What is #DeFi? Listen to Fabian Schär @chainomics, professor of DLT and blockchain at University of Basel @Unibasel_en during the “Does safe DeFi require CBDCs?” joint conference by the #BISInnovationHub and Swiss National Bank @SNB_BNS
https://t.co/Pbynm2rfoD
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Open access #Blockchain education. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and learn about "#Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptoassets" and "Smart Contracts and #DeFi". Enjoy! https://t.co/dcmjBkVtrV
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