MIT 15.S12 Blockchain and Money, Fall 2018 Instructor: Prof. Gary Gensler View the complete course: https://ocw.mit.edu/15-S12F18 YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP63UUkfL0onkxF6MYgVa04Fn This lecture provides an introduction to the course and to blockchain technology. Chapters... Read more »
FTX Cryptocurrency Exchange was once thought to be a pillar of legitimacy in the Cryptoworld. Sam Bankman-Fried, the company’s former CEO, is now answering to over $3.1 billion in unsecured claims. The... Read more »
TradFi firms with expertise in risk management may soon “fill the void” left by bankrupt crypto lenders, a Duke finance professor predicts. Read more »
Some cryptocurrency billionaires have lost over half their wealth over the last weeks as skittish investors pull their cash out of the notoriously risky asset. A sell-off wiped out more than $200... Read more »
Lehman Brothers’ 2008 collapse nearly brought the world financial system to its knees. Does FTX really compare? Are such analogies even useful? Read more »
Ripple’s APAC policy director said the collapse of FTX is exactly why crypto needs to move away from “hype cycles” and towards “real utility.” Read more »
This bear market has seen the collapse of Celsius, Three Arrows Capital, Voyager, and now FTX, but the worst is likely over, a hedge fund executive suggests. Read more »
