The new centralised and decentralised Fintech technologies and business models transforming finance -- Digital alchemy: The allure of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency in a modern economy -- Informal economy and central bank digital currency -- A model of trust in Central Bank Digital...

Introduction: Decentralization Technologies in Finance -- Financial Regulation, Political Context, and Technology in the European Union -- Blockchain Technology -- Decentralized Digital Identities -- Federated Learning -- Privacy-Enhancing Technologies -- Self-Sovereign Identity for Digital KYC...

Introduction: Blockchain, Decentralized Finance and Entrepreneurship 9 -- DeFi and Investing in Entrepreneurial Ventures -- Extreme Return Connectedness Between DeFi Tokens and Traditional Financial Markets: An Entrepreneurial Perspective -- A Framework for Implementation of Decentralized...

The financial system is currently confronted with tremendous challenges from the global economy, trade, politics, demographics, and most recently from enormous technological advancements. These developments have the capacity to change the existing financial system fundamentally. This book...

1 Introduction -- 2 Economical and Historical Context -- 3 New Technological Developments and Opportunities -- 4 Toolkit for Getting Started -- 5 Make use of Decentralized Finance -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- A Blockchain Applications -- B Token Classification Example – Bitcoin -- Index --...

Preface -- Note of thanks -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I The Key Prerequisite of Digitalization: Money -- Chapter 1: Digital Gold and Gold-Backed Crypto Currencies: The Return of the Gold Standard -- Chapter 2: Crypto Currencies: Speculative Bubble or Disruptive Technology? -- Chapter 3:...

The hunt for new forms of value generation is shaping the future of economic and financial interactions, leading to the emergence of innovative business models and technological enablers. Other than challenging our time and space limits, such technological advancements, in some cases, have...

Chapter 1. The Origin of Modern Decentralized Finance -- Chapter 2. Introduction to Smart Contracts and DeFi -- Chapter 3. DeFi Platforms -- Chapter 4. Blockchain Security -- Chapter 5. Smart Contracts and DeFi Security and Threats -- Chapter 6. Challenges, Issues, and Basic Security Practices.