Payments & Tokenized Assets
Required Readings:
‘Payment Tokens’ MIT Cryptocurrency Online Short Course (as adapted, August 2019)
’14 Banks, 5 Tokens: Inside Fnality’s Expansive Vision for Interbank Blockchains’ CoinDesk (June 13,
2019)
‘What is Stablecoin? Everything You Must Need to Know!’ 101 Blockchains (December 23, 2018)
‘Tokenization: Opening Illiquid Assets to Investors’ BNY Mellon (June 2019)
’14 Common Misunderstandings About Ripple And XRP’ Forbes (March 7, 2019)
Optional Readings:
‘The Payment Industry is About to Be Struck by Lightning: Expert Take’ Coin Telegraph (March 21,
2018)
‘Guide to Stablecoin: Types of Stablecoins & Its Importance’ Master the Crypto (August 23, 2018)
Study Questions/Issues to Prepare:
1) What lessons can be drawn from the challenges to date for blockchain related payment
applications?
2) What are the opportunities for cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects in domestic P2P or P2B
payments? In cross-border payments?
3) Do stable value coins and tokenized assets fill real gaps in payments and the financial markets? If
so, will stable coins or tokenization take off or just be a passing fad?