Decentralized Finance Analysis: How to Identify Value Within the Crypto Ecosystem
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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
Patents and Blockchain Innovation
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/patents-and-blockchain-innovation/
Jan 29, 2018 - This research examines the basics of US patent law and its application to blockchain technologies, including the impact of Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International decision. The author compares the benefits and the drawbacks of different patent strategies, such as voluntary communal coordination, and provides recommendations for future innovation and regulation so that the community can access foundational blockchain patents while the inventors and those who invested in the essential patents receive fair compensation.
Keyword: Craig Wright,
Erik Voorhees,
government,
law & regulation,
licensing,
Overstock.com,
patent strategy,
Polsinelli PC,
Questel,
R&D,
Rimon PC,
RPX Corporation,
SDG 9
Standardized and Decentralized
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/standardized-and-decentralized-rethinking-the-blockchain-stack/
Feb 28, 2018 - This project looks at the three layers of the blockchain stack—protocol, consensus, and economic—from logical and technical points of view; and it distinguishes between two types of standardization, semantic and technological. It should help executives and investors to understand the implementation challenges—such as scalability, energy consumption, and governance of each layer—and the problems that the blockchain community is attempting to solve with each innovation.
Keyword: Arun Devan,
Bitcoin,
consensus mechanism,
David Xiao,
ERC-20,
Ethereum,
Joel Monegro,
New York Agreement,
proof of stake,
proof of work,
SDG 9,
technology,
Vitalik Buterin
State of Enterprise Blockchain: A Mid-Year Review
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/state-of-enterprise-blockchain/
Jun 28, 2021 - This project reports on the state of the enterprise blockchain space. It begins with commentary on the state of the world writ large—from the pandemic’s effects on the economy and the global need for vaccinations to the K-shaped recovery and the consequences of helicopter money (e.g., inflation). It covers a series of developments relevant to enterprise users: the price volatility of cryptocurrencies, the shortcomings of consensus mechanisms for enterprise needs, the growth of stablecoins, the status of tokenless blockchains and blockchain-as-a-service offerings, and the latest on central bank digital currencies (e.g., China’s digital c...
Keyword: Amazon,
CBDC,
Chainlink,
CIO,
ConsenSys,
Cosmos,
DCEP,
Facebook Diem,
Hyperledger,
iFinex,
management,
Microsoft,
Oracle,
Polkadot,
Raft,
SDG 13,
SDG 7,
technology
Nivaura’s Blockchain-Based Securities
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/nivauras-blockchain-based-securities/
May 05, 2020 - This project explores London-based start-up Nivaura’s commercialization of a regulatory-compliant blockchain solution—an ether-denominated bond, the first of its kind, with LuxDeco—for issuing and managing debt, equity, and structured investment products in the United Kingdom. The start-up’s solution freed market participants from legacy infrastructure and inefficient practices that added days and costs to new issues.
Keyword: Allen & Overy,
central securities depository,
CredX,
Ethereum,
Financial Conduct Authority,
financial services,
HSBC,
J.P.Morgan,
London Stock Exchange,
Middlegame Ventures,
Moody’s Analytics,
Santander,
SDG 10,
SDG 9
Toward a Universal Digital Wallet
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/toward-a-universal-digital-wallet/
Nov 13, 2020 - For cryptocurrencies and other blockchain technologies to scale in adoption as the Internet did, people need more human-friendly ways to use them. We believe that the digital wallet is one such way. Digital wallets are pieces of software that hold digital things of value for us, such as money, ID cards, and documents such as receipts. They enable us to make payments, prove our identities, record and verify our actions and transactions, and aggregrate and manage our cryptoassets such bitcoin, ether, or derivatives of cryptocurrencies. Eventually, we expect them to capture and protect our Internet browsing, online shopping, and other streams of...
Keyword: Alipay,
Binance,
DigCash,
Divi,
DocuSign,
financial services,
Jaxx,
MetaMask,
Microsoft,
Mindtree,
OrgBook,
PayPal,
SDG 1,
SDG 16,
SDG 8,
Sovrin,
technology,
Trezor
