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E-raamat: Book of Crypto: The Complete Guide to Understanding Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets

Henri Arslanian

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Sari: Economics and Finance
Ilmumisaeg: 05-May-2022
Kirjastus: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Keel: eng
ISBN-13: 9783030979515

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Ilmumisaeg: 05-May-2022
Kirjastus: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
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ISBN-13: 9783030979515

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This book provides a thorough overview of Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, and digital assets and their impact on the future of money and finance. It provides a 360-degree practical, concise, and engaging overview of all the topics that one interested about digital assets needs to know including how Bitcoin and Ethereum work, an overview of the most important digital assets in the market, and deep dives into the various types of digital assets including cryptocurrencies, stable coins, CBDCs, utility tokens, security tokens, NFTs, and many others. The book also covers all the essentials including DeFi, crypto mining, crypto regulations, crypto investors, crypto exchanges, and other ecosystem players as well as some of the latest global crypto trends from Web 3.0 and the Metaverse to DAOs and quantum computing.

Written by a leading industry expert and thought leader who advises some of the leading organisations in the digital assets space globally, this book is ideal foranyone looking to acquire a solid foundational knowledge base of this fast-growing field and understand its potential impact on the future of money.

1 The History of Money

(44)

1 The Importance of Money and Bartering

(3)

2 Primitive Forms of Money

(6)

3 The Impact of Money on the Development of Civilisations

(2)

4 The Invention of Coinage

(3)

4.1 China

(1)

4.2 Lydia

(2)

5 The Transformative Impact of Money

(4)

5.1 Greece

(2)

5.2 Rome

(2)

6 Faith and Money

(4)

6.1 Buddhism

(1)

6.2 Islam

(1)

6.3 Christianity

(3)

7 The Italian Bankers and the Renaissance

(2)

8 China and the Rise of Paper Money

(2)

9 Portugal, Spain and the Age of Discoveries

(1)

10 The Dutch Innovations

(1)

11 The British and the Bank of England

(2)

12 The American Colonies and Paper Banknotes

(3)

13 The Return of the Gold Standard

(3)

14 Leaving the Gold Standard and the Financial Crisis

(1)

15 The Bitcoin Whitepaper

(7)

2 Bitcoin

(46)

1 The Basics of Cryptography and Encryption

(4)

1.1 Early Encryption Techniques

(1)

1.2 Asymmetric or Public Key Cryptography

(1)

1.3 Early Experiments with Cryptocurrencies

(2)

2 The Bitcoin Whitepaper

(9)

2.1 The Role of Cryptography in Bitcoin

(2)

2.2 The Role of Decentralisation in Bitcoin

(2)

2.3 The Role of Immutability in Bitcoin

(1)

2.4 The Role of Proof-of-Work in Bitcoin

(4)

3 The Growth of Bitcoin

(12)

4 Retail Adoption of Bitcoin

(5)

5 Bitcoin as Legal Tender?

(4)

6 Bitcoin as Company Treasury

(2)

7 Challenges Facing Bitcoin

(2)

8 The Bitcoin Lightning Network

(5)

9 Proof-of-Stake

(3)

3 Ethereum

(8)

1 History of Ethereum

(1)

2 How Is Ethereum Different?

(5)

2.1 What Is the Concept of "Gas" on the Ethereum Blockchain?

(3)

3 What Is Ethereum 2.0?

(2)

4 The Emergence of New Blockchains and Crypto-Assets

(22)

1 Examples of Cryptocurrencies and Tokens

101

(20)

1.1 Algorand (ALGO)

101

(1)

1.2 Avalanche (AVAX)

102

(1)

1.3 Binance Coin (BNB)

102

(1)

1.4 Bitcoin Cash (BCH)

103

(1)

1.5 Bitcoin SV (BSV)

104

(1)

1.6 Cardano (ADA)

104

(1)

1.7 Chainlink (LINK)

105

(1)

1.8 DASH (DASH)

105

(1)

1.9 Dogecoin (DOGE)

106

(1)

1.10 Eos

107

(1)

1.11 Hedera Hashgraph (HBAR)

108

(1)

1.12 IOTA (IOTA)

109

(1)

1.13 Litecoin (LTC)

109

(1)

1.14 Monero (XMR)

110

(1)

1.15 Polkadot (DOT)

110

(1)

1.16 Polygon (MATIC)

111

(1)

1.17 Ripple (XRP)

111

(2)

1.18 Shiba Inu (SHIB)

113

(1)

1.19 Solana(SOL)

114

(2)

1.20 Stellar (XLM)

116

(1)

1.21 Tezos(XTZ)

116

(1)

1.22 Tron(TRX)

117

(1)

1.23 Vechain(VET)

118

(1)

1.24 ZCash(ZEC)

118

(3)

5 The Technology Behind Bitcoin: Blockchain

121

(12)

1 Denning the Characteristics of a Blockchain

121

(2)

2 Differences Between Private and Public Blockchains

123

(2)

3 Challenges of Blockchain

125

(3)

4 Use Cases of Blockchain

128

(5)

6 Cryptocurrencies

133

(16)

1 Fungible and Non-fungible Tokens

135

(2)

2 Payment Tokens

137

(2)

3 Cryptocurrencies

139

(10)

3.1 Decentralised Cryptocurrencies

140

(1)

3.2 Centralised Cryptocurrencies

141

(1)

3.3 Privacy Coins

142

(7)

7 Stablecoins

149

(22)

1 Fiat-Collateralised Stablecoins

152

(5)

1.1 Regulated Fiat Stablecoins

153

(2)

1.2 Non-regulated Fiat Stablecoins

155

(2)

2 Crypto-Collateralised Stablecoins

157

(3)

3 Non-collateralised Stablecoins

160

(3)

4 Facebook's Libra (Meta's Diem)

163

(8)

4.1 Libra 1.0

164

(2)

4.2 Libra 2.0

166

(4)

4.3 Diem

170

(1)

8 Central Bank Digital Currencies

171

(14)

1 Benefits for Central Banks

174

(3)

2 History and Catalysts for CBDCs

177

(8)

9 Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currencies

185

(18)

1 National Model

185

(3)

2 Cross-Border (Corridor Model)

188

(7)

3 Cross-Border (Multi-CBDC) Model

195

(8)

3.1 Compatible CBDC Systems

195

(2)

3.2 Interlinked CBDC Systems

197

(1)

3.3 Single mCBDC Multi-Currency System

198

(5)

10 Retail Central Bank Digital Currencies

203

(30)

1 Token-Based Issuance

206

(4)

2 Account-Based

210

(1)

3 Forms of Retail CBDC

211

(22)

3.1 Decentralised Approach

213

(3)

3.2 Direct Approach

216

(1)

3.3 Synthetic Approach

216

(2)

3.4 Two-Tier/intermediated Approach

218

(5)

3.5 Platform Approach

223

(10)

11 Utility Tokens and Social Tokens

233

(8)

1 Utility Tokens

233

(1)

2 When Is a Token a Security?

234

(5)

3 Social Tokens

239

(2)

12 Security Tokens

241

(8)

1 What Is Tokenisation?

241

(2)

2 Tokenisation of New Investment Instruments

243

(2)

3 Tokenisation of Pre-existing Investment Instruments

245

(4)

13 Non-Fungible Tokens

249

(10)

1 Non-Fungible Tradable Tokens

249

(8)

2 Non-Tradable and Non-Fungible NFTs

257

(2)

14 Bitcoin and Crypto Mining

259

(18)

1 The Evolution of Bitcoin and Crypto Mining

259

(3)

2 What Are Mining Pools?

262

(1)

3 The Environmental Impact Debate

263

(10)

4 Where Does Mining Take Place?

273

(4)

15 Crypto-Asset Creation and Distribution

277

(14)

1 Initial Coin Offerings

277

(6)

2 Initial Exchange Offerings

283

(1)

3 Security Token Offerings

284

(1)

4 Hard and Soft Forks

285

(2)

5 Airdrops

287

(1)

6 Liquidity Mining/Yield Farming

288

(3)

16 Decentralised Finance (DeFi)

291

(24)

1 What Is DeFi?

291

(2)

2 Can DeFi Be Regulated?

293

(3)

3 DeFi Stablecoins

296

(2)

4 DeFi Borrowing and Lending

298

(2)

5 What Are Flash Loans?

300

(1)

6 DeFi Exchanges

301

(2)

7 What Are Automated Market Makers (AMM)?

303

(5)

7.1 What is Total Value Locked (TVL)?

306

(1)

7.2 What Is Impermanent Loss When Referring to Decentralised Exchanges?

306

(2)

8 DeFi Synthetic Assets

308

(1)

9 DeFi Insurance

309

(1)

10 Aggregators

310

(1)

11 Benefits and Challenges of DeFi

311

(4)

17 Crypto Regulations and Compliance

315

(20)

1 Different Approaches to Crypto Regulations

316

(3)

1.1 A Positive Disposition to Crypto-Assets

316

(1)

1.2 A Neutral Approach to Crypto-Assets

317

(1)

1.3 A Negative Approach to Crypto-Assets

317

(1)

1.4 The Future of Crypto-Asset Regulation

318

(1)

2 Different Approaches to Crypto Tax

319

(2)

3 Crypto and Illicit Activities

321

(4)

4 Crypto Compliance

325

(10)

18 Crypto Exchanges

335

(16)

1 Centralised Crypto-Asset Exchanges

335

(9)

1.1 Fiat-to-Crypto Exchanges

337

(3)

1.2 Crypto-to-Crypto Exchanges

340

(1)

1.3 Crypto Derivative Exchanges

341

(3)

2 Decentralised Crypto-Asset Exchanges

344

(2)

3 Cybersecurity and Hacking Considerations

346

(5)

3.1 Inherent Risks with Crypto-Assets

346

(1)

3.2 Centralised Crypto Exchange Hacks

347

(1)

3.3 Decentralised Crypto Exchange Hacks

348

(3)

19 Crypto Funds

351

(12)

1 Active Crypto Funds

353

(5)

2 Passive Crypto Funds

358

(2)

3 Crypto ETFs

360

(1)

4 Venture Capital Crypto Funds

361

(1)

5 Tokenised Funds

362

(1)

20 Crypto Ecosystem Enablers

363

(18)

1 Traditional Financial Institutions

363

(2)

2 Crypto-Focused Banks

365

(1)

3 Crypto Borrowing and Lending Platforms

366

(3)

4 Institutional Investors

369

(5)

5 Crypto-Asset Custodians and Wallets

374

(3)

5.1 Third-Party Crypto Custodians

376

(1)

5.2 Self-Custody

377

(1)

6 Large Tech Firms

377

(1)

7 Service Providers

378

(1)

8 Crypto Media Ecosystem

379

(2)

21 Future Trends to Watch

381

(14)

1 Web 3.0

381

(2)

2 The Metaverse

383

(1)

3 Quantum Computing

384

(5)

4 Zero-Knowledge Roll-Ups

389

(2)

5 Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAO)

391

(4)

Conclusion

395

(2)

Notes

397

(52)

Index

449

Henri Arslanian is the former PwC Crypto Leader and Partner, the first Chairman of the FinTech Association of Hong Kong and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Hong Kong where he teaches the first FinTech university course globally. A lawyer and banker by background, he has advised many of the worlds leading crypto platforms, investors, financial institutions and tech firms on their crypto initiatives as well numerous governments, regulators and central banks on crypto regulatory and policy matters. With over 500,000 LinkedIn followers, Henri is a TEDx and global keynote speaker, a best-selling and award-winning published author and is regularly featured in global media including Bloomberg, CNBC, CNN, BBC, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist and the Financial Times. He is also the host of the Crypto Capsules social media video series as well as The Future of Money podcast and newsletter.

LinkedIn named Henri as one of the global Top Voices in Economy & Finance and Onalytica ranked Henri as the #1 most influential individual on Finance globally on LinkedIn out of 50k+ individuals working at the top professional services and management consulting firms in the world. Chambers Global called Henri the highest profile FinTech consultant in Hong Kong, Blockchain Asset Review named him the Most Influential Crypto and Blockchain Thought Leader in Asia, and Asian Private Banker awarded him the FinTech Changemaker of the Year award. Henri is also the recipient of numerous others awards including the PwC Chairman Game Changer Award, the UBS CEO Award for Excellence, and the Governor General of Canada Gold Medal for Academic Excellence.

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