Interested in making finance better through technology. @Cambridge_Uni | @CambridgeAltFin |
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Great to see nice coverage of the @CambridgeAltFin Cambridge Bitcoin Energy Consumption index in the @nytimes from last Friday. Thanks @HirokoTabuchi Jon Huang & Claire O'Neill. #bitcoin
nytimes.com/interactive/2021…
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🚀CCAF Co-founder & Exec Director @BryanZhangZ launches interactive mining map showcasing UK fintech's overseas expansion & footprint at #ifgs2023 this morning.
Free-to-access digital tool is at ccaf.io/atlas/UKmap/
#UKFintechMapping #fintech #insight #UKFintechWeek
From Jamie Dimon's report:
"the stress testing based on the scenario devised by the Federal Reserve Board . . . never incorporated interest rates at higher levels"
This is really surprising...
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📢CALLING OUT TO #SUPTECH VENDORS!!
⏰ Deadline: 9 March 2023
💻Submit your expression of interest for our @CamSupTechLab USD460,000 competitions to prototype suptech apps that advance financial #ConsumerProtection supervision in LMICs.
More details at lab.ccaf.io/competitions/
1/2 “The source of the unprecedented M2 growth now looks almost certain to have been the frenzied federal spending which followed in the wake of the Covid shutdowns. That spending was effectively monetized by the Fed and the banking system, which in turn fueled an enormous…
increase in demand relative to output. All transpired in line with Milton Friedman's theory: "Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon, in the sense that it cannot occur without a more rapid increase in the quantity of money than in output." -@sfgrannis
'The exposures of major banks to cryptocurrency exposures are currently still very modest, amounting to less than USD 200 million in 2020.'
bis.org/publ/work1013.htm
Very curious to see how this has changed from 2020
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📣📣New CBECI update shows US has extended its share of global hashrate to 37.84%, with China resurgent to second largest with 21.11%
For 1st time, update provides state-by-state granularity of US market share
Read details of update in blogpost at bit.ly/3ljTcgW
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🚨🚨Job Alert!🚨🚨
My team at @CambridgeAltFin is #hiring again!
We're looking for an experienced Programme Manager to manage the day-to-day operations of our recently-launched Digital Assets Programme (CDAP), and coordinate stakeholder engagement.
Crypto made monetary policy cool. Now it offers a mainstream case study in the mechanics of pegs and runs on stable value “currencies”. If nothing else, there’s a lot of rapid learning going on…
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⏰Join us on 13 April 2022 @13.00 BST
The journey to co-create the future of financial supervision starts here.
Join us for the launch event of the Cambridge SupTech Lab.
Register at bit.ly/CSLlaunch
#suptech #innovation #regtech #centralbank #digitaltransformation
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THREAD: Our report analyzes several different forms of cryptocurrency-based crime. Here are some of the key, high-level takeaways. bit.ly/3JxuW52
Our 2022 Crypto Crime Report is now available! Get your copy now for brand new data, research, and case studies on the latest trends in cryptocurrency-based crime. bit.ly/3JxuW52
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Absolutely delighted we are welcoming the amazing @Chris_Marquis_ to the @CambridgeJBS as the new Sinyi Professor @Cambridge_Uni and @JesusCollegeCam ! A great honour for our school and really excited to be colleagues 🙏🙏
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WE ARE HIRING!
Great opportunity - join our new Cambridge #DigitalAssets Programme as Engagement Manager.
Find out more about this exciting new role to join the team that brought you ccaf.io/cbeci/index, by visiting:
linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
@mrauchs @nafisalam @h0dls
Nice preview from @chainalysis on illicit activity in crypto:
1) Illicit transactions= $14b in '21 (up from $7.8b, 2020)
2) Share of transaction volume= 0.15% (down from 0.62%, 2020)
More analysis needed to determine signal from noise. Looking forward to the report launch!
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I've talked a lot about how the knowledge infrastructure on crypto/blockchains is flawed & immature.
Here's an interesting study from @sveinol finding widespread inaccuracies in descriptions of blockchain security in a sampling of peer-reviewed papers.
ojs.bibsys.no/index.php/NIK/…
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How do public data initiatives support inclusive business models & drive #FinancialInclusion? Join our #fintech #digitaltools platform launch 7 Dec 11am UK to find out more
Co-host @TechNation
Supporters @FCDOGovUK @InvescoEMEA & @ADBInstitute
Register bit.ly/CCAFtoolslaunch
