Distributed Ledger Technology/Fintech (Schär)

Schuler, Katrin, Cloots, Ann Sofie and Schär, Fabian (2024) ‘On DeFi and On-Chain CeFi: How (Not) to Regulate Decentralized Finance’, Journal of Financial Regulation [Preprint]. 13.02.2024. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/jfr/fjad014.

Nadler, Matthias, Schuler, Katrin and Schär Fabian (2024) ‘Blockchain Price Oracles: Accuracy and Violation Recovery’. SSRN. Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4700164.

Buterin, Vitalik et al. (2023) ‘Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium’, Blockchain: Research and Applications, 5(1). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bcra.2023.100176.

Schuler, Katrin, Nadler, Matthias and Schär, Fabian (2023) ‘Contagion and loss redistribution in crypto asset markets’, Economics Letters, 231. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111310.

Goldberg, M. and Schär, F. (2023) ‘Metaverse governance: An empirical analysis of voting within Decentralized Autonomous Organizations’, Journal of Business Research, 160. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113764.

Nadler, Matthias, Bekemeier, Felix and Schär, Fabian (2023) ‘DeFi Risk Transfer: Towards A Fully Decentralized Insurance Protocol’, in IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC). Dubai, United Arab Emirates: IEEE (IEEE International Conference on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency (ICBC)), pp. 1–9. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1109/icbc56567.2023.10174937.

Nadler, Matthias and Schär, Fabian (2023) ‘Tornado Cash and Blockchain Privacy: A Primer for Economists and Policymakers’, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 105(Second Quarter 2023), p. 14. Available at: https://doi.org/10.20955/r.105.122-136.

Nadler, Matthias and Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘Decentralized Finance, Centralized Ownership? An Iterative Mapping Process to Measure Protocol Token Distribution’, Journal of Blockchain Research, 1(1), pp. 29 – 36. Available at: https://www.intlpress.com/site/pub/files/_fulltext/journals/jbr/2022/0001/0001/JBR-2022-0001-0001-a003.pdf.

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘Banking mit Blockchain’, Die Volkswirtschaft, 1 January, pp. 8–11. Available at: https://dievolkswirtschaft.ch/de/2021/12/banking-mit-blockchain/.

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘Fabian Schär: Wohin entwickelt sich die Krypto-Welt? [Radiointerview]’, SRF. Switzerland (SRF). Available at: https://www.srf.ch/audio/tagesgespraech/fabian-schaer-wohin-entwickelt-sich-die-krypto-welt?id=12139595.

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘«Der Mensch ist eben ein kapitalistisches Wesen»’, Migros Zeitung, 1 January, p. 2.

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘«Der US-Finanzplatz will sich auf Digital-Währungen ausrichten» [Fernsehinterview]’, SRF. Switzerland (SRF). Available at: https://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/digitaler-us-dollar-der-us-finanzplatz-will-sich-auf-digital-waehrungen-ausrichten.

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘Bitcoin und Ethereum im Tief - «Der Preis ist das Unspannendste an Crypto Assets» [Radiointerview]’, SRF. Switzerland (SRF). Available at: https://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/bitcoin-und-ethereum-im-tief-der-preis-ist-das-unspannendste-an-crypto-assets.

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘Megatrend Kryptowährungen: Interview mit Blockchain-Experte und Basler Uniprofessor Fabian Schär’, Primenews. Switzerland (Primenews). Available at: https://prime-news-aktuell.podigee.io/6-neue-episode.

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘Crash im Kryptoland’, Der Spiegel, 1 January, p. 1.

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘Bitcoin und Blockchain: Prof. Fabian Schär über Innovation, Irrtümer und gesellschaftliche Relevanz’, Sparkr Podcast. Switzerland (Sparkr Podcast).

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘DeFi’s Promise and Pitfalls’, Finance and Development (IMF), 59(3), pp. 33 – 35. Available at: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2022/09/Defi-promise-and-pitfalls-Fabian-Schar.

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘Decentralized Finance (DeFi) - Hype oder Innovation?’, Zeitschrift für das gesamte Kreditwesen. Zeitschrift für das gesamte Kreditwesen, 23. Available at: https://www.kreditwesen.de/kreditwesen/themenschwerpunkte/aufsaetze/decentralized-finance-defi-hype-innovation-id84409.html.

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘Fokus: Möglichkeiten, Chancen und Gefahren des Metaverse [Fernsehinterview]’, SRF. Switzerland (SRF). Available at: https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/10-vor-10/video/fokus-moeglichkeiten-chancen-und-gefahren-des-metaverse?urn=urn:srf:video:5523e402-3394-4d5b-9ce1-f1ed2475a022.

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘Kryptowährungen im Ukraine-Krieg [Fernsehinterview]’, SRF. Switzerland (SRF). Available at: https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/10-vor-10/video/kryptowaehrungen-im-ukraine-krieg?urn=urn:srf:video:8e472748-c074-4b4d-af42-d8a34074c426.

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘An Academic Expert Talks Crypto, Fintech and Regulation’, Real Vision. Switzerland (Real Vision).

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘Die EU verstärkt die Regulierung des Krypto-Markts [Fernsehinterview]’, SRF. Switzerland (SRF). Available at: https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/boerse/video/srf-boerse-vom-01-07-2022?urn=urn:srf:video:95ddff2e-3de0-4295-bb16-00beaaa4aa2d.

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘Decentralised Finance - Hype oder next Big Thing?’, bundesbank.de. Switzerland (bundesbank.de).

Schär, Fabian (2022) ‘Bitcoin fällt auf seinen niedrigsten Stand seit 2020 [Fernsehinterview]’, SRF. Switzerland (SRF). Available at: https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/boerse/video/srf-boerse-vom-10-11-2022?urn=urn:srf:video:2232d1c7-5934-4bb7-aa03-6d87f1599be2.

Schär, Fabian and Schuler, Katrin (2022) ‘Kryptowährungen, Sanktionen und Spendengelder’, Frankfurter Allgemeine, 1 January, p. 1.

Schär, Fabian, Schuler, Katrin and Wagner, Tobias (2022) ‘Blockchain Vending Machine: A Smart Contract-Based Peer-to-Peer Marketplace for Physical Goods’, Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences | 2022, pp. 6023 – 6032. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/80072.

Büttgen, Marion et al. (2021) ‘Blockchain in Service Management and Service Research - Developing a Research Agenda and Managerial Implications’, SMR - Journal of Service Management Research, 5(2), pp. 71–102. Available at: https://doi.org/10.15358/2511-8676-2021-2-71.

Gogel, David et al. (2021) ‘DeFi Beyond the Hype - The Emerging World of Decentralized Finance’. Wharton School (UPenn) and World Economic Forum. Available at: https://wifpr.wharton.upenn.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/DeFi-Beyond-the-Hype.pdf.

Goldberg, Mitchell and Schär, Fabian (2021) ‘Wo Welten verschwimmen’, Weltwoche, 1 January, pp. 44–45. Available at: https://wwz.unibas.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/wwz/99_WWZ_in_den_Medien/20211126_GoldbergSchaer_Weltwoche.pdf.

Lipton, Alexander et al. (2021) ‘Stablecoins, Digital Currency, and the Future of Money’, in Pentland, Alex; Lipton, Alexander; Hardjono, Thomas (ed.) Building the New Economy: Data as Capital. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press (Building the New Economy: Data as Capital), pp. 245–264. Available at: https://wip.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/17h9tjq7/release/4.

Schär, Fabian (2021) ‘Decentralized Finance: On Blockchain and Smart Contract-based Financial Markets’, Review of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, 103(2), pp. 153–174. Available at: https://doi.org/10.20955/r.103.153-74.

Schär, Fabian (2021) ‘Blockchain Forks: A Formal Classification Framework and Persistency Analysis’, The Singapore economic review, p. 22. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1142/s0217590820470025.

Schär, Fabian (2021) ‘DeFi Is Transparent, Unless You Look Closely’, Coindesk, 1 January. Available at: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/04/13/defi-is-transparent-unless-you-look-closely/.

Schär, Fabian (2021) ‘Coinbase-Börsengang verleiht Kryptofinanz Aufwind’, SRF. Switzerland (SRF). Available at: https://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/krypto-finanz-coinbase-boersengang-verleiht-krypto-finanz-aufwind.

Schär, Fabian (2021) ‘Decentralized Finance - Steht das Finanzwesen vor einem Umbruch?’, Avenir Suisse. Switzerland (Avenir Suisse). Available at: https://www.avenir-suisse.ch/podcast/decentralized-finance-steht-das-finanzwesen-vor-einem-fundamentalen-umbruch/.

Schär, Fabian (2021) ‘Prof. Dr. Fabian Schär über Bitcoin, Blockchain, Kryptoassets und seinen Werdegang’, Catch the Zenith. Switzerland (Catch the Zenith). Available at: https://catchthezenith.com/fabian-schaer/.

Schär, Fabian (2021) ‘Mutig in die Zukunft des Wissenschaftsbetriebs - Online-Unterricht: gar nicht so übel’, SRF. Switzerland (SRF). Available at: https://www.srf.ch/audio/kontext/mutig-in-die-zukunft-des-wissenschaftsbetriebs?id=11947264.

Schär, Fabian (2021) ‘Pläne für digitalen Euro’, SRF. Switzerland (SRF). Available at: https://www.srf.ch/audio/echo-der-zeit/plaene-fuer-digitalen-euro?partId=11955619.

Honegger, Lorenz and Schär, Fabian (2020) ‘Schweizer Blockchain-Experte: «Nur weil jemand anonym bleiben möchte, heisst das nicht, dass er kriminell ist»’, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1 January, pp. 2–2. Available at: https://www.nzz.ch/finanzen/blockchain-forscher-ueber-illegale-transaktionen-mit-bitcoin-ld.1590145.

Schär, Fabian (2020) ‘Cryptocurrencies: Miner Heterogeneity, Botnets, and Proof-of-Work Efficiency’, Frontiers in Blockchain, 3(16). Available at: https://doi.org/10.3389/fbloc.2020.00016.

Schär, Fabian (2020) ‘Decentralized Finance: Open Banking on Steroids’. Crypto Finance Conference. Available at: https://crypto-finance-conference.com/blog/decentralized-finance-open-banking-on-steroids.

Schär, Fabian (2020) ‘Understanding the Bitcoin Halving’. Crypto Finance Conference. Available at: https://crypto-finance-conference.com/blog/understanding-the-bitcoin-halving.

Schär, Fabian and Berentsen, Aleksander (2020) Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptoassets: A Comprehensive Introduction. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. Available at: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/bitcoin-blockchain-and-cryptoassets.

Roth, Jakob, Schär, Fabian and Schöpfer , Aljoscha (2020) ‘The Tokenization of Assets: Using Blockchains for Equity Crowdfunding’, in Wendt, Karen (ed.) Theories of Change. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature (Sustainable Finance), pp. 329–350. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52275-9_19.

Schär, Fabian and Hübner, Philipp (2020) ‘Blockchain und Smart Contracts im Kontext der Prozessautomatisierung’, in Bruhn, Manfred; Hadwich, Karsten (ed.) Automatisierung und Personalisierung von Dienstleistungen. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler (Automatisierung und Personalisierung von Dienstleistungen), pp. 297–316. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-30168-2_12.

Roth, Jakob, Schär, Fabian and Schöpfer, Aljoscha (2019) ‘The Tokenization of Assets: Using Blockchains for Equity Crowdfunding’. SSRN. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3443382.

Schär, Fabian (2019) ‘Spiel mit dem Feuer’, Die Weltwoche, 1 January, pp. 40–41. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00103-010-1112-1.

Schär, Fabian (2019) ‘Blockchains: How They Work and What They are Used For’, Building Blocks, 1 January, pp. 2–5.

Schär, Fabian (2019) ‘Wertkomponenten von Krypto-Assets’. Bank Frick Blog. Available at: https://blog.bankfrick.li/wertkomponenten-von-krypto-assets/.

Schär, Fabian (2019) ‘Von öffentlichen und privaten Blockchains’, 10x10 Magazine, 1 January, pp. 8–8.

Schär, Fabian (2019) ‘Blockchain. Wie sich Technologien auf die Wirtschaft und die Gesellschaft auswirken’, Scope Magazine, 1 January, pp. 50–55.

Schär, Fabian (2019) ‘Verteilte Datenbanken und Blockchain-Technologie: Distributed Databases and Blockchain Technology in Payments’, Clear It, 1 January, pp. 12–13.

Schär, Fabian (2019) ‘SWR1 Leute: Machen virtuelle Währungen (Bitcoin) Banken überflüssig?’, SWR1. Switzerland (SWR1). Available at: https://www.swr.de/swr1/bw/swr1leute/broadcastcontrib-swr-7618.html.

Schär, Fabian (2019) ‘Blockchain als Vertrauens-Optimierer in einer digitalen Welt, sagt Prof. Fabian Schär (Uni Basel)’, Finance News TV. Switzerland (Finance News TV). Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQuIl3yXx1o.

Schär, Fabian (2019) ‘Blockchain-Technologie für die Finanzdienstleistungsindustrie - Vorteile und Risiken’, Boersen Radio (Österreich). Switzerland (Boersen Radio (Österreich)). Available at: https://boersenradio.at/36266-Fabian-Schaer-Blockchain-Finanzdienstleistungsindustrie-Kryptowaehrungen.

Schär, Fabian and Mösli, Fabian (2019) ‘Blockchain diplomas: Using smart contracts to secure academic credentials’, Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung, 41(3), pp. 48–58. Available at: https://www.bzh.bayern.de/en/archiv/artikelarchiv/artikeldetail/blockchain-diplomas-using-smart-contracts-to-secure-academic-credentials.

Berentsen, Aleksander and Schär, Fabian (2019) ‘Stablecoins: The quest for a low-volatility cryptocurrency’, in Fatas, Antonio (ed.) The Economics of Fintech and Digital Currencies. London: CEPR Press (The Economics of Fintech and Digital Currencies), pp. 65–71.

Berentsen, Aleksander and Schär, Fabian (2018) ‘A Short Introduction to the World of Cryptocurrencies’, Review of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, 100(1), pp. 1–16. Available at: https://doi.org/10.20955/r.2018.1-16.

Berentsen, Aleksander and Schär, Fabian (2018) ‘The Case for Central Bank Electronic Money and the Non-case for Central Bank Cryptocurrencies’, Review of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, 100(2), pp. 97–106. Available at: https://doi.org/10.20955/r.2018.97-106.

Berentsen, Aleksander and Schär, Fabian (2018) ‘Bitcoin und andere Kryptowährungen. Ein dezentrales Register’, ius inhouse, 1 January, pp. 8–9.

Berentsen, Aleksander and Schär, Fabian (2018) ‘Uni Basel gründet Center for Innovative Finance’, Telebasel. Switzerland (Telebasel). Available at: https://telebasel.ch/2018/03/13/uni-basel-gruendet-center-for-innovative-finance/.

Bolla, Lidia and Schär, Fabian (2018) ‘Die Kryptonation Schweiz im Jahr 2050’, Schweizer Monat, 1 January, pp. 78–79.

Nyffenegger, Remo and Schär, Fabian (2018) ‘Token Sales: Eine Analyse des Blockchain-basierten Unternehmensfinanzierungsinstruments’, Corporate Finance, 05(06), pp. 121–125. Available at: https://cf-fachportal.owlit.de/document.aspx?docid=CF1267606.

Reichmuth, Tobias, Roth, Jakob and Schär, Fabian (2018) ‘Blockchain: Disrupting the Renewable Energy Landscape’. University of Basel.

Schär, Fabian (2018) ‘Mit Blockchain gegen Fälschungen’, SRF. Switzerland (SRF). Available at: https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/falsche-diplome-mit-blockchain-gegen-faelschungen.

Schär, Fabian (2018) ‘Bitcoin: Eine Währung für Kriminelle?’, SRF. Switzerland (SRF). Available at: https://www.srf.ch/news/panorama/kryptowaehrungen-bitcoin-eine-waehrung-fuer-kriminelle.

Schär, Fabian (2018) ‘Report: Banking 2.0’, Telebasel. Switzerland (Telebasel). Available at: https://telebasel.ch/2018/01/17/report-banking-2-0/.

Schär, Fabian (2018) ‘Das Bitcoin Experiment’, 10x10, 1 January. Available at: https://www.10x10.ch/das-bitcoin-experiment/.

Schär, Fabian (2018) ‘Blockchain-Diplome für Uni-Basel-Studierende?’, Basler Zeitung, 1 January, pp. 7–7.

Schär, Fabian and Verdon, Antoine (2018) ‘La blockchain, une technologie anti piratage qui permet notamment d’authentifier les certificats universitaires’, RTS (SRF). Switzerland (RTS (SRF)). Available at: https://www.rts.ch/play/tv/19h30/video/la-blockchain-une-technologie-anti-piratage-qui-permet-notamment-dauthentifier-les-certificats-universitaires?id=9924273.

Schär, Fabian (2017) Bitcoin, Blockchain und Kryptoassets. . Translated by Zimmermann Heinz; Berentsen Aleksander. Dissertation.