Pandemic Webinar #4: Going Cashless: The Digital Dollar in the Face of COVID-19
File Type: Document, Video
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/webinar-the-digital-dollar-in-the-face-of-covid-19/
Apr 28, 2020 - This hour-long webinar is part four in a four-part series on blockchain and pandemics. Don Tapscott opens a discussion with Alex Tapscott and Chris Giancarlo, former Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, about the potential to turn away from cash and towards a state-backed digital currency.
On 28 April 2020, the BRI hosted a webinar featuring Chris Giancarlo, former chairman of the former chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and co-director of the Digital Dollar Project. This is an edited transcript of the proceedings. It distinguishes among three types of cryptocurrencies—distributed (Bitcoin), corporate (L...
Keyword: CBDC,
CFTC,
Dodd-Frank,
Federal Reserve,
Financial Stability Board,
Lehman Brothers,
Mark Carney,
SDG 16,
SDG 9,
stablecoin,
TARP,
tokenization
The Coming Cataclysm
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/the-coming-cataclysm/
Sep 30, 2019 - This research explores the disruptive effects of blockchain technologies on central banking and the financial services industry. Its author discusses Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra, and how the other FAANG companies—that is, Amazon.com, Apple, Netflix, and Google—might respond with their own digital tokens. He introduces five transformations—cryptoassets, the tokenization of everything, blockchains as state machines, a new model for identity, and the nine forms of decentralized finance. He examines the challenges that incumbents and innovators face during this transition; and he previews the world of financial services in th...
Keyword: Abra,
Christine Lagarde,
CoinShares,
Corda,
Cosmos,
Facebook,
Fidelity,
financial services,
J.P.Morgan,
Libra,
MakerDAO,
Mark Carney,
Quorum,
Ripple,
SDG 10,
SDG 9,
stablecoin,
YouNow
Digital Asset Revolution
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/digital-asset-revolution/
Dec 01, 2021 - In this white paper, “Digital Asset Revolution: The Rise of DeFi and the Reinvention of Financial Services,” Alex Tapscott explores the disruptive effects of decentralized finance (DeFi) applications on the nine functions that Wall Street currently performs. He also examines the creation and use of nine cryptoassets such as non-fungible tokens, stablecoins, DeFi index funds, synthetic securities, and central bank digital currencies. Finally, Alex discusses Web 3 innovations with Layer 1 and Layer 2 solutions to such implementation challenges as scalability, interoperability, and ease of use. If bitcoin was the spark for the financial serv...
Keyword: Axie Infinity,
Bancor,
bootstrapping,
CBDC,
DAO,
financial services,
Lael Brainard,
NFT,
Polygon,
SDG 10,
SDG 8,
SDG 9,
SX Network,
Tendermint,
Terra Luna
