In questo articolo guarderemo dentro i meccanismi che permettono a Bitcoin di funzionare come mezzo per scambiare del valore. Inizieremo introducendo Bitcoin come un protocollo che risolve il problema del double spending. Parleremo poi di come Bitcoin offre una soluzione ...more »

Il 9-10 Maggio 2018 si è tenuta al Politecnico di Milano la conferenza From Blockchain&Bitcoin to Distributed Ledger Technologies, Smart Contracts and Cryptocurrencies in Finance Di seguito il programma e le ...more »

The deputy governor of the Bank of Italy Fabio Panetta spoke about Fintech developement in the European Union. The definition of "Fintech" comes from the Financial Stability Board: Fintech refers to any “technologically enabled financial innovation that could result in new business models, applications, processes or ...more »

No free lunch. A catchphrase to express that it is impossible to get something for nothing, or, in other words, that the investors are not able to make large profits without bearing the risk of a potential loss. Partial information surrounded by loose comments may be deceiving and ...more »

The Bank of International Settlement (BIS) published today a report on FinTech credit, that is, credit activity facilitated by electronic platforms such as peer-to-peer lenders. The report aims at shed light on the significant uncertainty as to how FinTech credit markets will develop and how they will affect the nature of ...more »

A new context brings new challenges .The increasing levels of regulation and more challenging regulatory expectations are having significant operational impacts on firms requiring people, process and technology based solutions. In respect of new legislation and ...more »

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Christine Lagarde approached the topic of crypto assets for the second time within a few weeks. One month ago, she expressed the possible drawbacks of crypto currencies market, focusing on the potential use for money laundering and the financing of ...more »

Il Nicola Bruti Liberati Quantitative Finance Lab del Dipartimento di Matematica del Politecnico di Milano organizza nei giorni 9-10 maggio 2018 la conferenza From Blockchain&Bitcoin to Distributed Ledger ...more »

The Bank for International Settlement (BIS)  recently completed work on central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), analysing their potential implications for payment systems, monetary policy implementation and transmission as well as for the structure and stability of the financial system. ...more »