In the Uniswap Protocol, a price oracle is a tool used to view price information about a given asset over time and enables developers to build highly decentralized protocols with quantifiable manipulation costs using price feeds. With the adoption of Proof of Stake (PoS), oracles are...

This paper studies the use of distributed ledger technologies in the trading and settlement of foreign exchange (FX) on public blockchains as well as use cases in international payments. We compare the traditional trading and settlement of FX with blockchain-based implementations using payment...

Stablecoins---digital currencies pegged to an external reference (e.g., the US dollar)---play an increasingly important role in transacting digital currencies. However, with a peg to an external reference comes the risk that the peg breaks and, akin to runs on other financial instruments, the...

Stablecoins---digital currencies pegged to an external reference (e.g., the US dollar)---play an increasingly important role in transacting digital currencies. However, with a peg to an external reference comes the risk that the peg breaks and, akin to runs on other financial instruments, the...

The occurrence of extreme weather events and the ongoing promotion of carbon emission reduction present substantial challenges for China's electricity security situation. As a result, it is crucial to improve security risk perception skills, strengthen monitoring and evaluation of the...

To better understand the molecular composition and sources of organic aerosols (OAs) in south Asia, two spatially different sites, Karachi and Mardan in Pakistan were chosen. The total suspended particle (TSP) samples were collected over one year and 16 organic molecular tracers were analyzed...