Blockchain in Finance

"Blockchain in Finance" 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.