1. History of Money -- 2. Bitcoin -- 3. Ethereum -- 4. The Emergence of New Blockchains and Crypto-Assets -- 5. The Technology Behind Bitcoin: Blockchain -- 6. Cryptocurrencies -- 7. Stablecoins -- 8. Central Bank Digital Currencies -- 9. Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currencies -- 10. Retail...

In modern monetary systems most money is created by commercial banks; we review how private money in the form of deposits circulates and discuss its possible tokenization. We show that a compelling case for the tokenization of bank deposits exists irrespective of the debate regarding central...

Shortly after the first financial crisis of globalization (2008-2009), a number of changes started to dominate the financial and banking world. Households and companies were confronted with a series of new rules and procedures aimed at protecting both the banks and the public. In most cases they...

A value investing strategy consists of purchasing stocks relatively undervalued to their funda-mental values and selling those relatively overvalued. Finding this kind of companies has been one of the most challenging goals for investors throughout the history. The main objective of this paper...

This book identifies and discusses the most successful investing practices with an emphasis on the academic articles that produced them and why this research led to popular adoption and growth in $AUM. Investors are bombarded with ideas and prescriptions for successful investing every day. Given...

It is difficult for private agents to produce money that circulates at par with no questions asked. We study two cases of privately-produced money: pre-Civil War U.S. private banknotes and modern stablecoins. Private monies are introduced when there are no better alternatives, but they initially...