FINA.6420 Decentralized Finance (DeFi)

Id: 042397 Credits: 3-3

Description

This course focuses on how banking, finance, stock markets, and general trade may be upended by some of the new technological aspects of DeFi. The financial world has been moving in the direction of DeFi for years with the increased interest in crowd funding, peer-to-peer lending, and the use of blockchain technologies. While spending significant time examining Ethereum and related blockchain technologies, the class takes the perspective of how these technologies can impact our modern world.

Prerequisites

FINA.6410 Cryptocurrency, or permission of graduate program coordinator.

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