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"In 2021 cryptocurrency went mainstream. Giant investment funds were buying it, celebrities like Tom Brady endorsed it, and TV ads hailed it as the future of money. Hardly anyone knew how it worked-but why bother with the particulars when everyone was making a fortune from Dogecoin, Shiba Inu, or some other bizarrely named "digital asset"? As he observed this frenzy, investigative reporter Zeke Faux had a nagging question: Was it all just a confidence...
2) DeFi
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The promise of decentralized finance (DeFi for those up on their financial lingo) as a disruptor to financial institutions makes it must-know for anyone involved in finance. DeFi For Dummies provides an easy-to-understand option for unraveling the past, present, and future of DeFi. Understand current DeFi applications, including how to build basic applications on the leading platforms, and get a look into the future's most promising new DeFi solutions....
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"This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the cryptocurrency phenomenon from a financial/monetary point of view. It offers a unique slant in at least two ways, with the financial perspective as the reference point. An examination of the technicalities surrounding blockchain and the mining of cryptocurrencies is included, but the reading is oriented to those who seek to better understand how these technical issues help to explain the functioning...
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"Touted as the next big technology platform, Bloomberg Intelligence predicts that the Metaverse will become an $800-billion industry by 2024. Popularized by Facebook's rebranding to Meta in October 2021, NFTs and the metaverse have not only received a lot of interest and attention from the press over the last several months, but many players across industries are actually looking to ride the Metaverse wave. Web3, a term coined by Ethereum Co-founder...
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"All great commercial advances begin with surges of investment that the simple in thought naïvely deride as "bubbles", followed by "bust". In 2022, after frenzied investing in the years prior, the "bust" finally came for cryptocurrencies. Such is the basis for John Tamny's confident assertion in The Money Confusion that the future of money is at our doorstep. The crypto collapse of 2022 was paradoxically the signal that it will replace traditional...
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Viewers will be introduced to the world of decentralized finance and the many different aspects of it. Cryptocurrencies are only the beginning as innovators and developers have started to penetrate almost every traditional finance solution. Decentralized alternatives are becoming more popular over time and giving people who are traditionally left behind a chance to make use of financial instruments as well. We will start with a short history of the...
7) Blockchain
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"Blockchain is the techno-magic that enables cryptocurrencies and impacts the worlds of finance, insurance, supply chain management, and others. But you don't need to be a programmer or financial wizard to understand blockchain; you just need this book! It explains blockchain basics, smart contracts, and cryptocurrencies, with real-world examples showing how blockchains functions and where they ad value. Learn how to interact with a blockchain, tour...
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Wherever you look, money is being replaced by tokens. Digital platforms are issuing new kinds of money-like things, from phone credit, to shares, gift vouchers, game tokens, and customer data. These tokens are used to turn invisible stuff into assets, to pay wages, to track purchases, and to program and specify the terms of financial and political access and inclusion. What does it mean when online platforms become the new banks? What new types of...
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"I wrote this book to tell a story. A story of a five year journey through the center of financial power in Washington. A true story from my eyes and ears. Of what I saw and what I experienced, what was said and who said it. Much of it is serious, some of it funny, a bit of it is revealing about the way decisions are made at the highest levels that affect the lives of each one of us. It is a story of real events that took place during the later portion...
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One of the basic structures of everyday life, money is at its core a communication media. Payment systems - cash, card, app, or Bitcoin - are informational and symbolic tools that integrate us into, or exclude us from, the society that surrounds us. Examining the social politics of financial technologies, Lana Swartz reveals what's at stake when we pay. This accessible and insightful analysis comes at a moment of disruption: from "fin-tech" startups...
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"New technologies are shaking the foundations of traditional finance. Leading economist Eswar S. Prasad foresees the end of cash, as central banks develop their own digital currencies to compete with Bitcoin and Facebook's Diem. Money and finance are on the verge of dramatic transformations that will reshape their roles in the lives of ordinary people"--
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The cryptocurrency world has transformed in a few short years from a niche subculture to a parallel economic universe. How do tens of thousands of financial actors make these new monies? What forces give cryptocurrencies their value-or take it away? And what does crypto's spectacular ascent reveal about the nature of money? In this groundbreaking ethnographic analysis of crypto economies and their global markets and communities, Koray Caliskan offers...
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Embark on a transformative journey in finance with our Complete CBDC course. Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are reshaping the monetary landscape, offering efficient, secure, and transparent alternatives to conventional currencies. In the initial section, we will establish the groundwork, unraveling the core concepts of CBDCs. From their technological foundations to their profound economic implications, we will develop a comprehensive understanding...
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Digital banking and financial services is becoming ever more important. This video will allow traditional players to try to understand and fight back against the challenge offered by fintechs and other competitors. How can these organizations apply digital strategy to remain competitive on the market? The video will introduce the existing market, its size, the major players and challengers. Why are apps so important in financial services and how are...
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Find out what Blockchain is, how it works, and what it can do for you Blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin, the revolutionary 'virtual currency' that's changing the way people do business. While Bitcoin has enjoyed some well-deserved hype, Blockchain may be Bitcoin's most vital legacy. Blockchain For Dummies is the ideal starting place for business pros looking to gain a better understanding of what Blockchain is, how it can improve the integrity...
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"Kenneth Bok explores the current state of decentralized finance (DeFi). As distributed ledger technology (DLT) increasingly optimizes and democratizes financial ecosystems worldwide, this book serves as a guide to the most salient aspects of the ongoing transformation. The text delves into both crypto-native DeFi and DLT applications in regulated financial markets, providing: Comprehensive analysis of crypto-native DeFi across key areas such as its...
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"After a year of living with the COVID-19 pandemic , investor behavior has taken on new characteristics as digital and sustainable business and finance as well as cyber-attacks and hacking have taken off in parallel. In this new digitized era, investors will need information to safely and sustainably invest in the new digital asset class"--
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"The Metaverse Economy will provide people or organizations with a guide to jump into this complex, fast-moving universe to spark a revelation that brands and businesses may lead to newfound revenue and consumer engagement in the medium with the potential to define a generation. The metaverse brings new opportunities for consumers and brands to interact and exchange in a digital frontier. The metaverse experience is truly open to consumers, creators,...
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