Navigating Decentralized Finance

Navigating Decentralized Finance: From Blockchain to Crypto Assets and Tokenization provides an in-depth overview of how blockchain and digital assets drive financial economics with a truly global approach. Easy to digest and yet comprehensive in its treatment, this textbook covers blockchain technologies, infrastructure, applications, regulatory and legal aspects, offering both a quick introduction for beginners and numerous, practical case studies to engage advanced students and working professionals. Here, after discussing blockchain fundamentals, this expert author team considers blockchain contracts, scalability, CBDCs, tokenization, stablecoins, NFTs, decentralized finance (DeFi), and the metaverse, among other topics, with applications explored across the financial world. Each chapter adopts a consistent structure and pedagogy. These are accompanied by over 120 illustrations across the book, as well as a blockchain glossary. An instructor website includes a complete set of lecture slides supporting undergraduate, graduate, certificate, and professional course faculty across the globe.

• Features clear, accessible explanations, connecting blockchain technology and infrastructure with business and financial applications
• Includes more than 120 unique graphics and practical case studies
• Adopts a global, interdisciplinary perspective, incorporating technical, business, finance, IT, legal, regulation, and strategy aspects
• Accompanied by an instructor website with a complete set of lecture slides supporting undergraduate, graduate, certificate and professional course faculty