I am excited to be part of the founding editorial board of a new academic journal: The Journal of Financial Technology. The JFT is a free and open-access academic journal founded to provide a quality venue to promote and develop fintech as an academic field. It will bring together mathematics…

I’m excited to be teaching a new course at St. Mary’s University School of Law in Fall 2018, exploring the legal and policy issues around cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. Suggestions on topics, reading materials, or guest speakers are welcome! (Volunteers for guest speakers taken as well.) Since Spring 2013, I…

*Edited for additional clarification on March 1, 2018 at 10:45am Today I was quoted in a Bloomberg article entitled Bitcoin-Futures Regulator Clears Employees to Trade Crypto Coins. I was quoted, accurately, as saying: “This is actually mind-boggling that they are allowing investing in this at all,” said Angela Walch, an…

The Ghost of Pre-Crisis Past Mr. Finance awoke with a start to a heavy darkness. He fumbled for his smartphone to check the time. It read 8:00. …

A Tale in 5 Blocks — (with thanks to Charles Dickens) Block 1(Genesis Block) — Ghosts of the Financial Crisis The Financial Crisis was over: to start. No one is questioning that. The bailouts had concluded, inquiries had been held, fines had been paid, and laws had been passed. The Financial Crisis was buried deep in…