Business of Blockchain

Catalog description

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. This course may use third-party course material that is not available for individual purchase from the publisher. If so, the third-party course material will be secured and provided by the Tepper School to students enrolled in the course, and students enrolled in the course will be required to pay to the University the associated additional course materials fee for the third-party course material provided. The amount of the course materials fee is dependent on the University's cost of the particular materials provided, and typically ranges from $13 to $75. Prerequisites: ( 73-102 Min. grade C or 73-104 Min. grade C) and 73-103 Min. grade C