Contents
Introduction
Antonio Fatas
Part 1: Technology and governance
1 Finance and blockchain
Stephen G. Cecchetti and Kermit L. Schoenholtz
2 Distributed ledger technologies and start-up financing
Katrin Tinn
3 Blockchain technology and government applications: A proposal for a Global Patent Office
Edgardo Di Nicola Carena, Pierfrancesco La Mura, and Alessandro Rebucci
Part 2: The economics of cryptocurrencies
4 Some simple Bitcoin economics
Linda Schilling and Harald Uhlig
5 The doomsday economics of ‘proof-of-work’ in cryptocurrencies
Raphael Auer
Part 3: Private and public digital money
6 Digital money: Private versus public
Markus Brunnermeier and Dirk Niepelt
7 Central bank digital currencies and private banks
David Andolfatto
8 Stablecoins: The quest for a low-volatility cryptocurrency
Aleksander Berentsen and Fabian Sch‰r
Part 4: Cryptocurrencies, ICOs, and regulation
9 Initial coin offerings: Fundamentally different but highly correlated
Antonio Fatas and Beatrice Weder di Mauro
10 Cryptocurrencies: Why not (to) regulate?
Raphael Auer and Stijn Claessens
11 Regulating fintech: Ignore, duck type, or code
Marlene Amstad
