Event·Nov 22, 2019, 12:00 AM·University of Chicago, Saieh Hall for Economics, Rm 021
Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains Conference
The Becker Friedman Institute and the Macro Finance Research Program at the University of Chicago hosted the “Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains” conference on November 22-23, 2019.
The conference featured two high-level panels on Cryptocurrency and Regulation and Blockchain and Applications. Topics included the role of cryptocurrencies as a medium of exchange and in currency competition, examining the market structure of decentralized mining, initial coin offerings, economic uses and limits of the blockchain, central bank digital currency, privacy and regulation, algorithmic and game theoretical aspects of cryptocurrencies and blockchains as well as empirical contributions.
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PANEL VIDEOS
Agenda
Friday, November 22, 2019
08:00:00–09:00:00
Breakfast & Registration
09:00:00–09:40:00
The ICO Paradox: Transactions Costs, Token Velocity, and Token Value
09:40:00–10:20:00
The Role of Cryptographic tokens and ICOs in Fostering Platform Adoption
10:20:00–10:40:00
Break
10:40:00–11:20:00
CryptoMining: Energy Use and Local Impact
11:20:00–12:00:00
An Examination of the Cryptocurrency Pump and Dump Ecosystem
12:00:00–12:30:00
Lunch
12:30:00–13:30:00
Cryptocurrency and Regulation Panel
13:30:00–13:50:00
Break
13:50:00–14:30:00
Economic Security of Decentralized Systems
14:30:00–15:10:00
Double-Spend Counter-Attacks: Threat of Retaliation in Proof-of-Work Systems
15:10:00–15:30:00
Break
15:30:00–16:10:00
Cryptocurrencies, Currency Competition and the Impossible Trinity
16:10:00–16:50:00
Common Risk Factors in Cryptocurrency
16:50:00
Conference Adjourns
Keynote Dinner Speech
Saturday, November 23, 2019
08:00:00–09:00:00
Breakfast & Registration
09:00:00–09:40:00
Should Central Banks Issue Digital Currency?
09:40:00–10:20:00
Central Bank Digital Currency and Financial Intermediation
10:20:00–10:40:00
Break
10:40:00–11:20:00
Market Design for a Blockchain-Based Financial System
11:20:00–12:00:00
Bitcoin: An Axiomatic Approach and an Impossibility Theorem
12:00:00–12:30:00
Lunch
12:30:00–13:30:00
Blockchain and Applications Panel
13:30:00–13:50:00
Break
13:50:00–14:30:00