Webinars are monthly events that run from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM EST, typically on the first Thursday of the month. We do not conduct events during the summer nor winter.

JOSHUA GANS
(UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO)

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BLOCKCHAIN AND STRATEGY

Host: Hanna Halaburda (NYU Stern)

GORDON LIAO

(UNISWAP)

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STABLECOINS AND DEXS

Host: Andreas Park (University of Toronto)

QUENTIN ​VANDEWEYER

(UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO)

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CAN STABLECOINS BE STABLE?

Host: Zhiguo He (University of Chicago)

RAPHAEL AUER
(BANK FOR INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS)

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CBDCS: MOTIVES, ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS AND THE RESEARCH FRONTIER

Host: Jonathan Chiu (Bank of Canada)

ANDEW HINKES
(NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)

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THE LIMITS OF CODE DEFERENCE

Host: David Yermack (NYU Stern School of Business)

AGOSTINO CAPPONI
(COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)

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THE ADOPTION OF BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DECENTRALIZED EXCHANGES

Host: Andreas Park (University of Toronto)

AGGELOS KIAYIAS
(UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH AND IOHK)

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RETHINKING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FROM A DECENTRALISATION PERSPECTIVE

Host: Brett Falk (University of Pennsylvania)

AMY WHITAKER
(NEW YORK UNIVERSITY)

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FRACTIONAL EQUITY IN ART: APPLICATIONS OF BLOCKCHAIN

Host: David Yermack (New York University)

TIM ROUGHGARDEN
(COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY)

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TRANSACTION FEE MECHANISM DESIGN

Host: Fahad Saleh (Wake Forest University)

ROBERT TOWNSEND
(MIT)

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DELEGATION OF PROGRAMMABLE CONTRACTS TO THE PRIVATE SECTOR: IS THERE A ROLE FOR THE PUBLIC SECTOR?

Host: Zhiguo He (University of Chicago)

ELI BEN-SASSON
(STARKWARE)

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ZK-STARKS - SOLVING BLOCKCHAIN SCALABILITY AND PRIVACY

Host: Gur Huberman (Columbia University)

EMIN GÜN SIRER
(CORNELL UNIVERSITY)

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OPEN AND PROGRAMABLE FINANCE

Host: Maureen O'Hara (Cornell University)

ITAY GOLDSTEIN
(UPENN WHARTON)

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INITIAL COIN OFFERINGS AS A COMMITMENT TO COMPETITION

Host: Lin William Cong (Cornell University)

BÉNÉDICTE NOLENS
(HEAD, BIS INNOVATION HUB CENTRE IN HK)

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REGULATION, CRYPTOCURRENCY, AND CBDC

Host: Zhiguo He (University of Chicago)

EMILIANO PAGNOTTA 
(IMPERIAL COLLEGE)

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BITCOIN AS DECENTRALIZED MONEY: PRICES, MINING, AND NETWORK SECURITY

Host: Gerry Tsoukalas (UPenn Wharton)

HARALD UHLIG (UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO)

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CRYPTOCURRENCIES, CURRENCY COMPETITION AND THE IMPOSSIBLE TRINITY, AND CBDC: WHEN PRICE AND BANK STABILITY COLLIDE

Host: Agostino Capponi (Columbia University)

ROD GARRATT (UCSB)

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WHY FIXED COSTS MATTER FOR PROOF-OF-WORK BASED CRYPTOCURRENCIES

Host: Julien Prat (Ecole Polytechnique)

MARKUS BRUNNERMEIER
(PRINCETON UNIVERSITY)

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THE DIGITALIZATION OF MONEY

Host: David Yermack (NYU Stern)

CHRISTINE PARLOUR
(BERKELEY HAAS)

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MINER COLLUSION AND THE BITCOIN PROTOCOL

Host: Kose John (NYU Stern)

BRUNO BIAIS
(HEC PARIS)

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RATIONALS VS BYZANTINES IN CONSENSUS-BASED BLOCKCHAINS

Host: Andreas Park (University of Toronto)