Financial Technologies and DeFi

The hunt for new forms of value generation is shaping the future of economic and financial interactions, leading to the emergence of innovative business models and technological enablers. Other than challenging our time and space limits, such technological advancements, in some cases, have allowed the generation of value at nearly zero marginal cost. Inevitably, emergent tech solutions are fundamental game changers in digital and conventional finance. In this regard, the book fleshes out the core developments and trending fintech 2.0 solutions that pause challenges and bring opportunities for businesses and economies. It comprises nine main chapters with collective insights and interdisciplinary perspectives covering the business, tech, and regulatory layers of financial technologies and decentralized finance. Besides, the book illustrates how to leverage these state-of-the-art technologies for the evolving digital and decentralized finance world. The book targets a broad audience of researchers, academia, industry professionals, fintech enthusiasts, and the general business audience with timely data and up-to-date cases.

Includes up-to-date case studies on fintech and the decentralized financial system Analyses technical and practical aspects of the evolving financial systems Discusses the impact of policy and regulations in decentralized finance

Auteur

Dr. Abeba N. Turi is a scholar with expertise in Digital Economy. She has worked as an assistant researcher with the UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy, Spain. Currently, Dr. Turi is an associate professor at the University Canada West in Vancouver. She has also served in various international research and teaching positions in Africa, Europe, and Canada. Dr. She has recently joined the Master of Data Science program at the University of British Columbia. Her research interests include Collaborative Economy, Fintech, Decentralized Finance, Mechanism Design, Business Model Design and Engineering, Distributed Ledger Technologies and Cryptonomics, Digital Transformation, Tech Policy, and Emerging Tech Analysis, Decentralization, and Data Science. She is a member of various professional groups, including the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS) 's Technical Committee (TC) on Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT). Her works have been published in various peer-reviewed journals and indexed conference proceedings. She is the author of the book 'Technologies for Modern Digital Entrepreneurship: Understanding Emerging Tech at the Cutting-Edge of the Web 3.0 Economy', Springer Apress 2020. Dr. Turi's works have been presented at several international conferences in China, Canada, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Dr. Turi identifies herself as a disruptive tech and decentralization enthusiast.

Contenu

PART I Financial Technologies: Theory and Practice

PART II Towards a Distributed Network Economy: Decentralized Finance

PART III Fintech and Defi- Issues, Policy, and Reg-ulatory Insights