Economics and business strategy is fundamental for the design and development of blockchain use cases. This course will introduce students to foundational economic concepts to help them understand the role cryptocurrencies play in securing blockchains, how different “tokenomics” models impact cryptocurrency prices, the different means to create liquidity or resolve illiquidity in decentralized finance (DeFi) applications such as stablecoins, collateralized-lending, yield farming, or automated market making, the roles of Central Bank Digital Currencies, as well as models to evaluate the value-added of blockchain-based versus traditional business propositions.

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Tepper School of Business

Faculty and instructors who have taught this course in the past

Ariel Zetlin-Jones