Center for Innovative Finance

Research center @UniBasel Faculty of Business and Economics. Focus on #blockchain, #fintech, financial Innovation and #Web3 economics.

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

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

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

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

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

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

[Center for Innovative Finance @cifunibas]

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

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

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

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

#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

[Remo Nyffenegger @ny_remo]

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

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

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

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

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: https://t.co/YlgT5Xhewp

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

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.

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

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! https://t.co/xqYBAgSZEw

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

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!

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

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. https://t.co/EWE5uwlnHh

[Center for Innovative Finance @cifunibas]

New opinion piece by Fabian Schär in the International Monetary Fund's Finance & Development Magazine.
@IMFNews

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

“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.” https://t.co/EWE5uwlnHh

[Universität Basel @UniBasel]

#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 https://t.co/5EJx7vYgvx

[Universität Basel @UniBasel]

«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

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

#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

[Aleksander Berentsen 🧙🏻‍♂️ @aleksanderbere]

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

[Fabian Schär @fschaer]

Let's talk #DeFi! Thank you very much for the invitation @BIS_org and @SNB_BNS! I am looking forward to the conference.

[Center for Innovative Finance @cifunibas]

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