Digital finance : security tokens and unlocking the real potential of blockchain /: security tokens and unlocking the real potential of blockchain. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Baxter Hines.
• Authors: Hines, Baxter
• Contents: Disclaimer Acknowledgments Foreword Preface Introduction Opening Remarks- The Big Picture Disruption of the Investment Industry Case Study: Carlsberg Legacy Ways of Doing Business Paper Securities & The New Alternative Historical Perspective: The London Whale Deceptive Phase vs Disruptive Phase Part I: The Magic Ledger Chapter 1. Blockchain Basics What is Blockchain? Foundational Elements of Blockchain Accounting Ledgers Processing & Communications Computer Science Networks Databases Cryptography Digital Identity Digital Wallets Governance Protocols Consensus Distributed Ledger Technology Building a Blockchain Characteristics of a Block Linking a Blockchain Together Case Study: A Simple Card Transaction Creating a Blockchain Transaction Tampering with a Blockchain Smart Contracts Oracles Case Study: AXA Plane Ticket Insurance Characteristics and Benefits of Blockchain What Differentiates One Blockchain Platform from Another? Chapter 2. Fundamentals of a Security Token Distinguishing the Types of Digital Assets Payment Tokens Utility Tokens Security or Asset Tokens How Security Tokens Came Along Tokenizing a Security Historical Perspective: Gold Certificates Code is Law Benefits of Tokenization Chapter 3. What Types of Assets May Be Tokenized? Stablecoins Case Study: Facebook's Libra Asset Tokens Case Study: Britain's Royal Mint Case Study: St Regis Aspen Resort Fixed Income, Equity and Funds Tokens Case Study: IBM’s Blockchain Accelerator Case Study: The World Bank’s Bond-i Industry Trends: Alternative Financing with Security Tokens Industry Trends: Unlocking Private Equity Fund Liquidity Employee Stock Options Case Study: Fidelity Investments Center for Applied Technology Chapter 4. Security Tokens Will Massively Disrupt and Vastly Improve Markets New Opportunities for Economic Growth New Investment Classes New Business Models More Complex Products Broader Audiences of Investors New Investors New Geographies New Ways to Connect More Efficient Capital Formation Middlemen are Removed Lower Costs of Maintaining A Security Over its Life Cycle Better Governance Potential Industry Trends: Lowering the Cost of Money Transfers To Tokenize or Not to Tokenize? Part II - Creating the Digital Wrapper Chapter 5. Key Features of a Security Token Administration Compliance Know Your Customer (KYC) & Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Accounting and Reporting Safety Mechanisms Chapter 6. The Security Token Ecosystem Fintech Companies Protocols Token Standards Ethereum ERC Standards Issuance Platforms Advisory Services Token Stack: Putting It All Together Part III. Realizing the Potential of Security Tokens Chapter 7. Regulation of Digital Assets A Regulatory View from 50, 000 Feet How Regulators Might Respond Jurisdictions Countries at Forefront of Adoption Switzerland Malta Bermuda Gibraltar Bahamas Key Countries United States Case Study: Ripple European Union United Kingdom China Japan Industry Trends: Central Bank Digital Currencies Chapter 8. Markets for Digital Assets & Security Tokens Trading & Finding Liquidity Developing the Primary Markets Bringing the Token to Market Developing Secondary Markets Case Study: Singapore’s iSTOX Digital Platform What is Needed for Tokenization to Thrive? Trading Jurisdictions Alternative Trading Systems Settlement and Clearing Industry Trends: Real-Time Blockchain Settlements Historical Perspective: The Global Financial Crisis of 2008 Where These Markets are Going? Industry Trends: Stock Exchanges & Distributed Ledger Technology Chapter 9. “DeFi” - eLending and the Future of Getting a Loa Crypto Borrowing & Lending Earn Interest on Crypto Making Loans With Blockchain Mortgages Case Study: Figure Technologies & the Provenance Blockchain Historical Perspective: The Mortgage Crisis of 2007 Chapter 10. Digital Adoption Where We are Today Cryptocurrency Adoption Demographics Synopsis Interest by Country Historical Perspective: Internet Adoption Case Study: FIO Protocol & The Foundation for Interwallet Operability The Next Wave of Users Millennials Institution Investors Hurdles for Tokenization Privacy Quantum Computing Case Study: COVID-19 – The Novel Coronavirus and the Need For Blockchain Solutions Concluding Thoughts Need for Education Industry Trends – Creating a Cashless Society: The Rise of Mobile Payments in Asia Who Will Succeed in This Race for Blockchain Dominance – Notes of Caution Historical Perspectives: First Mover Advantage Big Fish, Little Fish and the Mighty Whales Historical Perspective: Titans of the Dot-Com Boom, Where are They Now? Never Forget, It's All About the Investment Proposition Notes Additional Resources About the Author Index
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 332.10285582; Financial services industry -- Security measures; Finance -- Technological innovations; Blockchains (Databases)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119756316; 9781119756323
• Related ISBNs: 9781119756309
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