Professor at the University of Basel @UniBasel with a research focus on public #Blockchain and #DeFi protocols. Director @cifunibas. book author @mitpress.🧀🏈.
Basel, Switzerland
Joined January 2012
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Excited to announce that my #DeFi overview paper will be published in the @stlouisfed Review! The pre-print is already online. The Journal version will be available in Q2. research.stlouisfed.org/publ…
Are #stablecoins just dollar payments moving from A to B? Not quite. ~60% of transfers are part of complex transactions, not standalone payments. New research paper w/ Anneke Kosse, Tara Rice, Takeshi Shirakami and Jirapat Siridhasanakul.
Full paper:
bis.org/publ/work1359.htm
Can permissionless #blockchains serve as infrastructure for regulated Financial Services?
I discuss insights from my recent paper for the European Commission in the @bfrr_podcast.
bfrr.info/2025/04/21/permiss…
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Join the discussion on blockchain in finance ⛓️🔗
We’re hosting a webinar with Professor Fabian Schär @fschaer of @UniBasel, where he’ll present his recent report on integrating permissionless blockchain technology into traditional finance.
More info: finance.ec.europa.eu/events/…
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Zero-knowledge proofs, privacy pools, and compliance—how can blockchain protect users and satisfy regulators? 💡Prof. Fabian Schär @fschaer from @UniBasel explains why pseudonymity isn’t necessarily enough and what this means for financial privacy.
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📑 Full paper: Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance
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Co-hosted with @financeUTM and @cryptoeconprof
#Web3 #Blockchaineducation #blockchainpolicy
I’m excited to share a new report on public blockchains in the context of regulated financial markets, published by the European Commission.
op.europa.eu/en/publication-…
Call for Papers:
Together with the Swiss National Bank, we will hold our 6th annual research conference on #Cryptoassets and #FinancialInnovation. We look forward to receiving your best #DeFi and #blockchain submissions. Please share. See you in Zürich!
snb.ch/en/services-events/ev…
We are excited to announce the publication of our paper, "On #DeFi and On-Chain CeFi: How (Not) to Regulate Decentralized Finance" in @JFinReg. This is joint-work with Katrin Schuler and @AnnSoCloots. Full paper: academic.oup.com/jfr/advance…
Is #Ethereum governance decentralized? Read our new research paper. We study Ethereum's decision-making process, wrt transparency, openness & decentralization. Joint-work w/ @CesareFracassi & Moazzam Khoja, @UTAustin. DMs open, comments appreciated.
📄papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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New academic knowledge article by @golmit_crypto, PhD Candidate at @UniBasel @cifunibas. 📚 Mitchell, along with @dario_thuerkauf and @fschaer, has explored the fascinating world of #NFT-Based Retailing in the Metaverse. 🌐
Read the full article below👇
cfc-stmoritz.com/academic-kn…
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Exciting news 🥳!! Angelo #Ranaldo will be joining our faculty from August 2024 onwards. I am looking forward to our new colleague with his groundbreaking research agenda 🚀!!! Welcome Angelo! #moneyFinance
wwz.unibas.ch/de/newsdetails… @fschaer
@paulbrigner @jswihart Thanks for hosting this. Great conversation. Also, I am proud to be one of the two "other academics"... 🤣youtu.be/52DlSLx0_lY?si=Hu7K…
Excellent keynote by @ErikVoorhees.
Why are we here?
Permissionless II opener from @ErikVoorhees that got an entire crypto conference on their feet
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Privacy Pools has the potential to be the most important tool we have to address regulatory challenges while maintaining privacy on public blockchains.
1/ New privacy paper with @VitalikButerin, Jacob Illum (@chainalysis), @mat_nadler, @fschaer!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
We explored new compliance opportunities made possible by privacypools.com, where users can provably dissociate from illicit funds.
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Very excited to share our new paper. This is joint-work with @VitalikButerin, Jacob Illum (@chainalysis), @mat_nadler (@UniBasel_en) and @ameensol.
Full Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Join us on September 5th at the @cifunibas (University of Basel) for an exciting #Blockchain conference with keynotes by Thomas Moser (Swiss National Bank) and Morten Bech (Bank for International Settlements). Register here: eventbrite.ch/e/finance-meet…
Blockchain privacy is an important topic. Read our article, published in the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review. We study #TornadoCash and the pros and cons of privacy enhancing protocols. Joint-work w/ @mat_nadler
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.…
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Central bankers, industry members in FX markets, leaders from academia, and the DeFi ecosystem discuss the role of DeFi in a future financial system
@Alankhlim @Caro_Malcolm @DavidNewns2 @fschaer @henryzh29829602 @newmichwill @NidhiShanbhag @ShobhitMaini @TeanaTaylor @mlbindc
