Unlimited Possibilities by Buddyart00. Last sold for USD 3,707. Aaron Hertzmann, Affiliate Faculty of Computer Science, University of Washington. _______ As an academic researcher, developer of artistic technology and amateur artist, I was quite skeptical about crypto art when I first read about it several years ago. However, I follow a community of artists on…
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Arman Hassanniakalager, Lecturer in Finance, University of Bath. ________ The global market in government bonds has been bleeding red lately. “Bond market screams for help but no one answers”, says Bloomberg. It is “the worst start to a year in bonds since 2015”, according to the Financial Times. Though bonds have been declining since last…
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Alexi Lane of Ethereum tokens explorer Ethplorer. ____ As bitcoin (BTC) keeps reaching its new all-time highs, all eyes are on the world’s leading cryptocurrency as it dominated news cycles and attracted newcomers to the digital asset industry. The price action of the heavily followed asset is driving attention and investment into Ethereum (ETH)-based protocols…
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Radu Vranceanu and Marc Guyot are professors of economics at ESSEC Business School. ____ The Covid-19 pandemic has caused worldwide economic devastation. In the EU and the United States, many early emergency measures sought to address the shortcomings and disorganization of health care systems. Other policy measures were textbook demand-management and liquidity-provision Read more »Pay,…
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US President Joe Biden signed the USD 1.9trn coronavirus relief package on March 11. Source: A screenshot, Instagram/potus Laurent Ferrara, Professor of International Economics, SKEMA Business School. _____ American GDP figures published on January 28 show that the country’s economy continued to grow in Q4 2020 at an annualised rate of 4% compared to the…
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The burning of a Banksy. Source: A video screesnhot, Youtube/Burnt Banksy Paul J Ennis, Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Management Information Systems, University College Dublin. ______ A blockchain company has bought a piece of Banksy artwork and burnt it. But instead of destroying the value of the art, they claim to have made it more valuable, because…
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Eddy Travia is the CEO of Coinsilium, a focused blockchain, DeFi, and crypto finance venture operator. ______ Decentralized, peer-to-peer, and borderless, digital assets and open networks offer a promising alternative to the way money and value has traditionally been transacted — but what is the true economic relevance of decentralized finance (DeFi), and how can…
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Nelson M. Rosario is an attorney at Smolinski Rosario Law, a US-based law firm, specializing in contract and intellectual property law. _______ There are lots of intellectual property (IP) issues that are raised by non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Let’s dive in to cover a few. The main IP issues raised by NFTs have to do with…
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Luis Brandao-Marques is a Senior Economist in the Global Financial Stability Analysis Division in the Monetary and Capital Markets Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Gaston Gelos is Assistant Director in the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department, where he heads the Monetary and Macroprudential Policies Division. ________ Interest rates are Read more »Pay,…
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This is a speech by Hester M. Peirce, pro-crypto commissionaire at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), given at the FinTech Panel at the Institute of International Bankers 2021 Annual Washington Conference this week. _____ Thank you, Briget [Polichene]. Good afternoon and thank you to the Institute of International Bankers for inviting me to…
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