Finance of the Future
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A Global Cash-Transfer Fund Could End Extreme Poverty
A Global Cash-Transfer Fund Could End Extreme Poverty
Cina Lawson & Rory Stewart show that the conditions are ripe for deploying lump-sum payments to the world’s poorest people. -
A Stablecoin Pilot in China?
A Stablecoin Pilot in China?
Andrew Sheng & Xiao Geng see an opportunity in Hong Kong’s efforts to establish a regulatory regime for issuers of the cryptoasset. -
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Is Blockchain Ready for Primetime?
Is Blockchain Ready for Primetime?
Josh Burek considers whether the technology has checked all the boxes needed to achieve wider adoption. -
The Rise of Consumer Crypto
The Rise of Consumer Crypto
Steve Kaczynski & Scott Duke Kominers detail a wide range of business uses for non-fungible tokens and other blockchain-based technologies. -
FTX Was Never Really Bankrupt
FTX Was Never Really Bankrupt
Ian Ayres & John Donohue show why prosecutors' claim of $8 billion in customer losses in Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial is misleading. -
A Farewell to Cash
A Farewell to Cash
Willem H. Buiter rebuts the three main arguments against introducing an interest-bearing central bank digital currency. -
Whither Crypto?
Whither Crypto?
Ari Juels & Eswar Prasad look beyond the industry’s rampant fraud to a future of blockchain-enabled financial transparency. -
The Strange Case of Samuel Bankman-Fried
The Strange Case of Samuel Bankman-Fried
Eric Posner sees the fallen crypto star as a predictable example of crude utilitarian calculation gone wrong.