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Decentralizing Finance

How DeFi, Digital Assets, and Distributed Ledger Technology Are Transforming Finance
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In Decentralizing Finance by Kenneth Bok, the author delves into the transformative world of DeFiβ€”decentralized finance. The book explores how blockchain technology is reshaping financial systems by eliminating traditional intermediaries, offering insights into the implications for investors, regulators, and the financial industry as a whole. Through detailed analysis, it highlights both the opportunities and challenges presented by this emerging financial paradigm.
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Decentralizing Finance

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A Practitioner's Guide to Decentralized Finance (DeFi), Digital Assets, and Distributed Ledger Technology

In Decentralizing Finance: How DeFi, Digital Assets and Distributed Ledger Technology Are Transforming Finance, blockchain and digital assets expert Kenneth Bok offers an insightful exploration of the current state of decentralized finance (DeFi). As distributed ledger technology (DLT) increasingly optimizes and democratizes financial ecosystems worldwide, this book serves as a comprehensive guide to the most salient aspects of the ongoing transformation.

The text delves into both crypto-native DeFi and DLT applications in regulated financial markets, providing:

  • Comprehensive analysis of crypto-native DeFi across key areas such as its competitive landscape, infrastructure, financial instruments, activities, and applications.
  • Coverage of key risks, mitigation strategies, and regulatory frameworks, analyzed through the perspective of international financial standard-setting bodies.
  • Insight into how DLT is reshaping traditional financial systems through innovations like central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), tokenized assets, tokenized deposits, and institutional-grade DeFi platforms.

In a world where financial technology is rewriting the fundamental code of digital currency, the future of money is undeniably DLT-centric. How will this seismic shift interact with existing financial infrastructures? Can decentralization and traditional banking coexist and potentially synergize? This book endeavors to answer these pressing questions for financial professionals navigating these transformative times.

Authored by a former Goldman Sachs trader, past Head of Growth at Zilliqa, and an early Ethereum investor with extensive experience in both traditional finance and the crypto ecosystem, Decentralizing Finance provides you with an insider's perspective on the revolution that is DeFi.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781394154975

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 21 December 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 158.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 454g

Pages: 272

About the Author

KENNETH BOK is Managing Director of Blocks.sg, a digital assets advisory firm based in Singapore. He started his career in finance as an equities derivatives trader for Goldman Sachs. He was previously Head of Growth and Strategy at Zilliqa, where he led ecosystem and business development, and lead organiser for De/Centralize 2018, a groundbreaking conference on digital assets and blockchain.

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