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Financial Derivatives with Blockchain and Smart Contracts
Massimo Morini
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/financial-derivatives-with-blockchain-and-smart-contracts/
Mar 17, 2020 - This research underscores the importance of financial derivative contracts as use cases for blockchain technology in general and for smart contracts in particular. Blockchain and decentralized apps can increase transparency, automate the movement of collateral, reduce the need for reconciliation, and automate the management of covenants against counterparty default.
Keyword: BitMEX, CFTC, Corda, DAML, Dapp, Deribit, dYdX, financial services, FpML, ISDA, LedgerX, MakerDAO, Nivaura, SDG 9, VariabL.io
Introduction to Stablecoins
Alyze Sam, Koosha Azim, Adam Alonzi
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/introduction-to-stablecoins/
Jan 21, 2021 - This research project looks at stablecoins, a new category of digital assets with stable prices in decentralized financial systems. It achieves three goals. First, it examines different ways to stabilize the price of a cryptocurrency. Some are backed by assets with stable value such as US dollars or gold, others are stabilized by algorithms, and some combine those two approaches. Second, it surveys the landscape of stablecoins and analyze the top ten stablecoins by market capitalization. Finally, it suggests ways to use stablecoins for protecting the value of a cryptoasset portfolio.
Keyword: asset-collateralized, Binance, BitShares, Dai, DeFi, Equilibrium’s EOSDT, financial services, Gemini Dollar, Paxos Standard, SDG 10, SDG 9, seigniorage, stablecoin, Stably USD, Tether, TrueUSD, USD Coin
A New Look at Bitcoin
Maciej Cepnik, Gustavo J. Flores Echaiz, Tristan Borges Solari, René Vergé
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/a-new-look-at-bitcoin/
Jul 31, 2020 - This research takes a fresh look at the Bitcoin network and its native currency, bitcoin. Its authors argue that, while the Bitcoin protocols have proven successful for financial applications, they have hindered scalability, privacy, and programmability. Because of these implementation challenges, some enterprise leaders have looked to Ethereum and other blockchain solutions. But other development teams have found innovative ways to evolve the Bitcoin network and its enterprise capabilities. By building directly on top of existing Bitcoin infrastructure, businesses can profit from its security and network effects without incurring the costs a...
Keyword: Blockstream, Casper, Eltoo, financial services, Kering, Knøx, Lightning Network, Liquid, Merkle tree, Miniscript, Schnorr, SDG 9, sidechain, Taproot, technology, Veriphi, Zcash
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