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Environmental impact of digital assets : Crypto-asset mining and distributed ledger technology consensus mechanisms

OECD - 2022

mainstream crypto-assets, such as the Bitcoin, use an enormous amount of energy. This paper explores the growing environmental …

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The Limits of DeFi for Financial Inclusion : Lessons from ASEAN

OECD - 2024

Decentralised finance, including crypto-asset markets and DeFi protocol activity, has been promoted as a tool to support the democratisation of finance. This report presents quantitative evidence from ASEAN economies that participation in decentralised finance markets has been largely driven by...

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Lessons from the crypto winter : DeFi versus CeFi

OECD - 2022

This paper analyses the mechanisms involved in the recent failings in crypto-asset markets, focusing on events in 2022 through September. The paper assesses the role of centralised finance (CeFi) and decentralised finance (DeFi), and the disproportionate impact the crypto market turmoil has had...

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Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and democratic values

OECD - 2023

Discussions on Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have so far mostly focused on the potential risks that these currencies could represent for financial intermediation and financial stability. It is important, however, to also consider how they could contribute to the welfare of citizens,...

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Institutionalisation of crypto-assets and DeFi–TradFi interconnectedness

OECD - 2022

This report examines institutional investor participation in markets for digital assets, including crypto-assets and decentralised finance (DeFi). It considers and tests potential drivers of growing supply and demand for such assets by institutional investors, analyses the potential for...

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Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) for SME Financing

OECD - 2019

This report analyses the emergence and potential of ICOs as a financing mechanism for start-ups and SMEs, examines the benefits and challenges of this mechanism for small businesses and investors, and discusses the policy implications of ICO activity for the inclusive financing of SMEs and the...

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The FinTech Ecosystem in the Czech Republic

OECD - 2022

This report describes the structure of the FinTech sector in the Czech Republic and the associated regulatory and … supervisory frameworks. It analyses the enabling conditions for FinTech innovation as well as potential hurdles. The findings are …

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Strengthening Macroprudential Policies in Emerging Asia : Adapting to Green Goals and Fintech

OECD - 2021

Fintech developments. Climate change will indeed create new challenges in financial markets, while Fintech developments bring …

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Marketplace and FinTech lending for SMEs in the COVID-19 crisis

OECD - 2022

the COVID-19 crisis, the report analyses the involvement of MPL and FinTech lenders in the roll-out of government …

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Policy brief on access to finance for inclusive and social entrepreneurship : What role can fintech and financial literacy play?

OECD; European Commission - 2022

disadvantaged groups and social entrepreneurs, and discusses how public policy could harness the potential of fintech to address … these challenges. This covers crowdfunding, blockchain and the application of big data to finance for inclusive and social … groups of inclusive and social entrepreneurship policy, including with respect to fintech. Different policy approaches are …

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