Overview of Topic 2025-26

Intro Lecture 2025-26

This lecture introduces the fundamental concepts of decentralization versus centralization and the implications for financial intermediation. It explains how a blockchain functions as a hash-linked database that records a full series of transactions. Participants will learn about key concepts, including immutability, distributed networks, and how decentralization can eliminate traditional intermediaries. It also introduces smart contracts, defining their capabilities, limitations, and use cases in decentralized applications.

Learning from DeFi: Are AMMs better? 2025 Conference Version 2

A conference version of the AMM paper expanded for a full seminar; to be used at Chapman

Blockchain and DeFi ESADE 2025

Blockchain and Crypto for PhDs

Presentation for the 2024 Rotman Finance PhD topics course

Meme tokens

Blockchain and DeFi for MFin 2024-5

DeFi Lending 2024

This slide deck provides an overview of DeFi protocols. It draws insights from Harvey, Ramachandran, and Santoro (2020) "DeFi and the Future of Finance"

Decentralized Crypto-Trading 2024-25

DeFi Trading for blockchain courses 2024-25

Crypto-Trading CBER-CtCe Conference

Presentation for CBER-CtCe Conference 2024

Copy of CBER Discussion 2024

CBER 2024 Dscussion

Copy of CBER Discussion 2024

CBER 2024 Dscussion

Rollups

This deck introduces rollups

Stablecoins, Tokenization, and CBDCs 2024-25

Crypto-Trading for MFRM 2024-25

Short version of BlockchainTech: Hash-linking and Consensus Protocols

This deck introduces some tech concepts but shorter; it's a 2024 update

Blockchain and DeFi Intro Lecture 2024-5

SUFE Financial Development and Innovation in the New Economy Program - Presentation on DeFi RSM 2024

Phantom Liquidity in Decentralized Lending

Learning from DeFi: Are AMMs better?

Presentation at the Inaugural Innovations in Financial Services Conference (IFIS) 2024

WFA 2024 Discussion

Crypto-Trading CBER-DFI Summer School

Presentation for CBER-DFI Crypto-Economics Summer School 2024

CUES Leadership Presentation on DeFi RSM 2024

some AMM theory

some general thoughts on AMMs vs TradFi

Economics & Blockchain Consensus

Lecture for engineering students

Blockchain and DeFi MFIN 2023

Learning from DeFi: Are AMMs better?

3rd sustainable Finance Conference December 7 & 8 2023, Toulouse

Tokenomics 2023

This set of slides describes tokens as a form of financing of operations.

Centralized Crypto Trading 2024

Blockchain 2: Decentralized Crypto-Trading 2023

Blockchain 2: DeFi Lending 2023

This slide deck provides an overview of DeFi protocols. It draws insights from Harvey, Ramachandran, and Santoro (2020) "DeFi and the Future of Finance"

Blockchain 1: Stablecoins and CBDCs for MFRM

Blockchain 1: An MFRM DeFi Primer for 2023

Slide deck 1

Centralized Crypto Trading 2023

Blockchain and DeFi ESADE 2024

Decentralized Crypto-Trading 2023-2024

Learning from DeFi: Are AMMs better? Fed NY FinTech/AI Conference

FedNY presentation

BlockchainTech under the hood: transactions processing

This deck introduces some tech concepts including MEV

Intro to Blockchain and DeFi 2023

tokenization-policy-paper-2023

Learning from DeFi: Are AMMs better?

Oxford-MAN presentation

CUES Leadership Presentation on DeFi RSM 2023

Payment Tech Executive Education Module Spring 2023

Learning from DeFi: Are AMMs better?

SNB presentation

Learning from DeFi: Are AMMs better? mathfree version for online presenting

Learning from DeFi: Are AMMs better? mathfree version

Learning from DeFi: Are AMMs better? Short version

Rotman Alumni Presentation 2023

A presentation for Rotman Alumni on Blockchain, Crypto, and DeFi

Esade Master of Finance Presentation DeFi RSM 2023

OSC Academy 2023

A presentation for the OSC in 2023 on DeFi