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MARCO DI MAGGIO is a Full Professor of Finance at Imperial College Business School, and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Before joining Imperial College, he was the Ogunlesi Family Professor at Harvard Business School. He holds a PhD in Economics from MIT. A foremost expert on FinTech and market strategy, he has collaborated with numerous companies in multiple industries, from consumer lending to asset management and cryptocurrency markets, to raise capital, launch new products, deal with regulatory challenges, leverage customer data and design novel revenue models. Professor Di Maggio's current research focuses on how new technologies have disrupted financial markets and its effects on firms and individuals. As a gifted educator he developed courses on technology and finance tailored to MBAs, undergrads and graduate students, as well as, global executives and policymakers at Harvard Business School. Professor Di Maggio's work has been published in leading academic peer-reviewed journals such as the American Economic Review and The Journal of Finance, and widely cited by outlets such as the New York Times, Bloomberg, Forbes, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, among many others.

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Praise for BLOCKCHAIN, CRYPTO AND DEFI

"Professor Di Maggio's book uniquely bridges finance and tech with up-to-date HBS cases and coding examples. Each chapter takes you from concepts to applications, blending technical depth and business insights--a rare combination in blockchain literature, perfect for both engineers and finance professionals."
--John Wu, President at Ava Labs, Venture Investor, Board Member

"Blockchain, Crypto and DeFi is the ideal textbook introduction to this subject. Comprehensive clear expert explanations of each important concept are delivered with loads of whimsy and practical knowledge. This is fun reading!"
--Darrell Duffie, Adams Distinguished Professor of Management and Professor of Finance at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

"Professor Di Maggio has been one of the most methodical and longstanding students of the emergence of blockchain, cryptocurrency and DeFi. Now he illuminates the pages of an important new book with years of insights on where crypto has been, currently stands and is likely going. No library on financial and emerging technology would be complete without this book."
--Dante Disparte, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy, Circle

"A comprehensive and practical guide to understanding the most important aspects in crypto. Marco demystifies this emerging technology and answers what so many want to know--how crypto works!"
--Adam White, Senior Advisor at Blackstone, Previously President and COO at Bakkt, and VP at Coinbase

Inhalt

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xv

Chapter 1 Chain Reactions: From Basement Miners to Blockchain Revolutionaries 1

Chapter 2 Ethereum: The "Windows" to the Blockchain Universe-Now Loading Smart Contracts and Oracle Magic 57

Chapter 3 Beyond Ethereum: A Gas- Guzzling Escape to the Holy Grail of Scalability 107

Chapter 4 Riding the Crypto Rollercoaster: How Stablecoins Keep Their Cool 181

Chapter 5 The CBDC Saga: Rewriting the Rules of Money 223

Chapter 6 Money Grows on Distributed Trees: The DeFi Forest of DAOs and DApps 259

Chapter 7 The AMM Time Machine: Back to the Future of Finance 309

Chapter 8 Liquidity Pools: Dive Deep into the Ocean of DeFi (Lifebuoys Not Included) 361

Chapter 9 The Tokenization Transformation from Wall Street to Your Street 399

Chapter 10 Digital Da Vincis: The Renaissance of Art in the Age of NFTs 445

Chapter 11 Regulatory Framework: Work in Progress 493

Chapter 12 Beyond HODL: Mastering the Art and Science of Crypto Trading 529

Chapter 13 Game Over for Bankers: The Unlikely Rise of Sofa-Surfing Capitalists 577

Chapter 14 Branding on the Block: How Blockchain Is Redefining Connections in the Web3 Era 617

Chapter 15 When HAL Meets Satoshi: Merging Minds and Money on the Blockchain 661

About the Author 703

About the Companion Website 705

Index 707