- Trust in Context: The Impact of Regulation on Blockchain and DeFi
Report · 4 October 2025
Trust is a key resource in financial transactions. Traditional financial institutions, and novel blockchain-based decentralized financial services (DeFi) rely on fundamentally different sources of…
- ¿Cómo regular las plataformas financieras digitales? (How to Regulate Digital Financial Platforms?)
Report · 28 September 2025
The English version of this paper can be found at http://ssrn.com/abstract=4262693 Spanish Abstract: El presente artículo aborda los desafíos regulatorios de las plataformas financieras digitales.…
- On Defi and On-Chain CeFi: How (Not) to Regulate Decentralized Finance
Report · 2 September 2025
This paper proposes a framework to assess the factual decentralization of blockchain-based financial infrastructure, commonly referred to as Decentralized Finance (DeFi). It discusses various…
- Exploring the Assetisation and Financialisation of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs): Opportunities and Regulatory Implications
Report · 25 August 2025
This article explores the emerging phenomenon of use cases for Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) in novel forms of crypto-finance, a stage we call ‘NFT financialisation’, that can be developed from stages…
- Cryptoassets in Private Laws: A Legislative Design of MiCA
21 August 2025
This article is going to contribute to the discussion about the rise of MiCA regulation for the investment contracts involving crypto assets in Europe that poses a complication of constrained…
- Blockchain Compliance: A Framework for Evaluating Regulatory Approaches
Report · 15 August 2025
This article provides a systematic framework for evaluating blockchain regulatory approaches, bridging technical, economic, and legal analysis. Traditional financial oversight operates through…
- DLT Compliance Reporting
Report · 13 August 2025
The IS discourse on the potential of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the financial services has grown at a tremendous pace in recent years. Yet, little has been said about the related…
- Regulating Crypto-finance: A Policy Blueprint
Report · 31 July 2025
This paper is a chapter of a forthcoming monograph, Regulating the Crypto-economy, to be published by Hart Publishing in the latter half of 2021. The book looks at novel economic activity on…
- A Principles-based Approach to the Governance of BigFintechs
29 July 2025
This paper is the final paper in a series of technical papers from the United Nations Dialogue on Global Digital Finance Governance, an initiative hosted by UNDP/UNCDF. It addresses various aspects…
- Cryptoassets: Potential Implications for Financial Stability
Report · 22 July 2025
The phenomenon of cryptoassets emerged over the past few years and has prompted several national and international institutions to deal with the issue, in particular with its implications for…
- An In-Depth Analysis of Cryptocurrencies and Central Bank Digital Currencies Under Nigeria's Investments and Securities Act 2025
Report · 20 July 2025
This article examines the evolving landscape of digital assets in Nigeria. It focuses on private cryptocurrencies and the state-issued Central Bank Digital Currency (that is, the eNaira), within the…
- Stablecoins: Risks, Potential and Regulation
Report · 1 July 2025
The technologies underlying money and payment systems are evolving rapidly. Both the emergence of distributed ledger technology (DLT) and rapid advances in traditional centralised systems are moving…
- Central Bank of the Future Summary and Recommendations for Further Inquiry
Report · 20 June 2025
Over the past two years, the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy and its Center on Finance, Law & Policy, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has…
- Balancing Innovation and Regulation: Evaluating Bangladesh's Approach to Virtual Assets and Compliance with FATF Standards
15 June 2025
The regulatory framework governing financial technology in Bangladesh is still at the nascent stage. While the country was one of the first to adopt mobile-based financial services, including mobile…
- Governance of Digitalization and Central Bank Digital Currency: Uncertainties, Balancing, and Learning
Report · 7 June 2025
Central bank digital currency (CBDC) is a digital version of fiat currency. The governance of CBDC faces uncertainties, many of which are attributable to complexities in technology and regulation.…
- Embedded Supervision: How to Build Regulation into Decentralised Finance
Report · 20 May 2025
The emergence of so-called “decentralised finance” (DeFi) and a shadow financial system of cryptocurrency exchanges and stablecoin issuers raises the challenge of how to apply technology-neutral…
- Regulating Alternative Finance: Results From A Global Regulator Survey
Report · 17 May 2025
Regulating Alternative Finance – Results from a Global Regulator Survey is a report that details the key findings from a global regulatory survey that was jointly conducted by the World Bank and the…
- Protection of Portfolios and Financial Consumers from Cryptoasset Frauds
5 May 2025
This chapter introduces the fundamentals of portfolio and financial consumer protection from frauds in the cryptoasset space. Cryptoassets pose new risks to portfolios and financial consumers…
- Technology-Enabled Co-Regulation for Blockchain Implementation
Report · 4 May 2025
Blockchain technology has great potential to reshape the financial industry. However, the existing policy and regulatory regimes fail to provide a supportive environment for blockchain technology to…
- Implications of Germany’s Electronic Securities Act for Supervisory Technology
Report · 8 November 2021
Digital transformation requires a holistic approach; every step in a transformation should ultimately contribute to a big picture reflecting an acceptable balance among digital blocks and pixels.…
- Supervisory Strategy 2025 - 2028
Strategy · 27 November 2024
The Supervisory Strategy 2025 – 2028 sets out the DNB’s priorities for the next four years, focusing on maintaining financial stability and integrity amid global uncertainty and rapid technological…
- The Hutchins Center Explains: How blockchain could change the financial system, part 2
Report · 25 February 2016
This report explores the transformative potential of Bitcoin and blockchain technology to disrupt traditional financial systems by significantly reducing transaction costs and increasing processing…
- What are stablecoins, and how are they regulated?
Report · 23 October 2025
The report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the stablecoin ecosystem as of late 2025, following the landmark passage of the GENIUS Act. Stablecoins, digital tokens pegged to assets…
- The role of cryptocurrencies in sub-Saharan Africa
Report · 16 March 2022
The report provides a forward-looking analysis of the transformative impact of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite Africa accounting for only 2% of the global…
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