WBS-Gilmore DeFi Conference 2026 - Discussion

My discussion of "Allocative Efficiency and Mispricing in Automated Market Maker (AMM) and Continuous Double Auction (CDA) Markets" by Mestel, Palan, Theissen, and Walcher

The Data Toll

Dethroning the dollar? v2

Dethroning the dollar?

OSC Blockchain Training 2025-26 Interactive Exercise I

Participants create a blockchain wallet, obtain test tokens, and conduct transactions on Ethereum’s Sepolia test network.

Auditing Smart Contracts

MGT435: Futures F2 and H1

Derivatives 2025-26

The deck covers crypto futures and options markets

Funky "Stablecoins"

The deck covers "funky" stabelcoins that maybe don't quite deserve their name..

DeFi v. TradiFi WIFPR Webinar

Decentralized Trading 2025-26

Stablecoins, Tokenization, and CBDCs 2025-26

An Economic Model of the L1-L2 Interaction

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

Privacy

Introduction to Trading and MGT435

Market Microstructure for Decentralized Finance CBER-CDFT-ESF-IP Paris Summer School2025

Overview of Topics 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.

The Economics of Decentralized Lending

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