1 Introduction -- 2 Economical and Historical Context -- 3 New Technological Developments and Opportunities -- 4 Toolkit for Getting Started -- 5 Make use of Decentralized Finance -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- A Blockchain Applications -- B Token Classification Example – Bitcoin -- Index --...

This book explores how decentralized finance (DeFi) can disrupt traditional centralized finance including the business areas of insurance companies, banks, money markets, and bonds. DeFi is not a company or a single product, rather it is a collection of products or services. As part of the...

Preface -- Note of thanks -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I The Key Prerequisite of Digitalization: Money -- Chapter 1: Digital Gold and Gold-Backed Crypto Currencies: The Return of the Gold Standard -- Chapter 2: Crypto Currencies: Speculative Bubble or Disruptive Technology? -- Chapter 3:...