Decentralized Finance Analysis: How to Identify Value Within the Crypto Ecosystem
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/decentralized-finance-analysis/
Feb 14, 2023 - In this project, our research leaders develop a method of formal analysis of the value of decentralized finance (DeFi) initiatives. Inspired by Vitalik Buterin’s writings on the intrinsic worth of projects in the crypto economy—that they must solve legitimate human problems on a macro scale—our researchers mirror the approach of Benjamin Graham and David Dodd in Security Analysis. For several different applications within the DeFi space, they identify the business metrics as well as the financial and social key performance indicators (e.g., staking yield, fees generated) that will help investors distill signals from the noise...
Keyword: Binance,
CipherTrace,
Dai,
Huobi,
KPI,
Nexus Mutual,
Polkadot,
Relite,
SALT,
SatoshiPay,
staking,
Stellar,
Uniswap
Blockchain and the Future of Battery Supply Chains
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-and-the-future-of-battery-supply-chains/
Dec 11, 2019 - This case study covers the challenges facing the cobalt industry and explains how blockchain technology can help by tracking the chain of custody, exposing unethical practices, and improving governance across the cobalt supply chain. The blockchain start-up Circulor combines rigorous processes with smart technology to implement ethical sourcing solutions.
Keyword: Apple,
BMW,
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Dynamic Identity,
electric vehicles,
energy & resources,
Hyperledger Fabric,
Kumi Consulting,
lithium-ion,
OEM,
Oracle Blockchain Platform,
SDG 12,
SDG 7,
Volvo
Regulation: The Lion, The Unicorn, And The Crown
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/the-lion-the-unicorn-and-the-crown/
May 10, 2018 - In this research project, Joel Telpner gives us a guided tour of regulatory risk. Pulling lessons from regulating innovation in telecommunications and the financial markets, he focuses on the extent to which the blockchain represents unprecedented regulatory challenges. He advocates a level-headed approach to determining when regulation is necessary and, in such cases, the form that regulation should take, so as to minimize the unintended consequences. Using illustrations by the legendary political cartoonist John Tenniel and passages from Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass: and What Alice Found There, Telpner gives executiv...
Keyword: CFTC,
compliance,
cyberanarchy,
Dodd-Frank,
FATF,
financial services,
FinCEN,
FINRA,
law & regulation,
net neutrality,
public policy,
regulatory sandbox,
SDG 16,
SEC,
self-governance,
smart contract
Blockchain at Our Borders
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-at-our-borders/
Nov 30, 2017 - This project discusses how national customs agencies and international organizations can use blockchain to expedite people, money, and things securely across borders by land, sea, air, or Internet. It showcases US Customs and Border Protection’s efforts as part of the US Department of Homeland Security to drive the global development of blockchain-based governance that will enhance the safety and security of global trade and tourism.
Keyword: BlockCypher,
CBP,
counterfeit,
cybersecurity,
DHS,
Digital Bazaar,
Evernym,
Factom,
government,
law & regulation,
logistics,
mobile passport,
national security,
SDG 16,
SDG 17,
supply chain,
trade finance
Blockchain & the Digital Transformation of Property Insurance
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/property-insurance/
Nov 24, 2020 - This project explores applications of blockchain technologies to the market for property insurance. The authors explain how distributed ledgers could simplify and speed up both proof of insurance and the processing of insurance claims and open up markets for microinsurance. Property insurers and insurtech innovators could offer a new generation of radically simplified and less expensive insurance products with simpler terms automated through smart contracts, which would reduce much of the operating costs of traditional insurance companies, their actuaries, accountants, and adjustors.
Keyword: AP Møller-Mærsk,
B3i,
ConsenSys Diligence,
Etherisc,
financial services,
Insurwave,
LexisNexis Risk Solutions,
parametric,
SafeShare Global,
SDG 10,
SDG 9,
State Farm Insurance,
USAA
Introducing Asset Chains
File Type: Document, Infographic, Video
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/introducing-asset-chains/
Nov 28, 2017 - With case studies on Moog, Merck, and Sweetbridge, this project uncovers how to optimize supply chains for greater responsiveness and transparency with confidentiality, achieve network scale and efficiency, and approach autonomous supply chain functions with the industrial Internet of Things.
Keyword: Animal Ventures,
industrial Internet,
logistics,
management,
manufacturing,
network state management,
procurement,
SDG 12,
SDG 17,
supply chain,
trade finance
