Crypto & Digital Currency

See what our faculty experts have to say about crypto, digital currency, and other fintech innovations.

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Crypto Exchanges Usher in Era of Round-the-Clock Stock Trading

“It seems to me that this is a competition among new and old exchanges,” Professor Will Cong tells Bloomberg Wealth.

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He just spent $69 million on a digital piece of art. It’s not his first Beeple.

“Think about how traditional art pieces are hard to trade,” Professor Will Cong tells the Washington Post. “That is solved after the ownership can be easily divided and traded.”

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Democrats Question Game-Like Trading Apps at House Hearing

“These online brokers use prompts, push notifications and other nudges for the purpose of eliciting a specific behavior: increased trading by the investor,” Professor Vicki Bogan said at the House Financial Services Committee Meeting on GameStop.

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Market Manipulation Chatter Rises as Digital Art Scene Explodes

“Fraud detection is hard,” Professor William Cong tells Bloomberg. “Even if they are all non-fungible, they’re still anonymous and it would be hard to track down market manipulators.”

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MBAs launch high-growth startups in deep tech through radical collaboration

Big Red Tech Strategy partners MBAs with Cornell Engineering Commercialization Fellows to launch businesses based on their technological innovations.

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Fintech Trends: The Year Ahead

Scholars at the SC Johnson College of Business were joined by industry experts in a discussion that highlights current and upcoming fintech trends.

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Cryptocurrency | What You Need To Know

Professor Will Cong discusses the basics of cryptocurrencies with Business Because.

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China’s e-currency is the world’s first sovereign digital currency

China is creating a digital yuan in an attempt to make their currency stronger and more global.

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Moody’s, Fiserv named inaugural sponsors of Fintech at Cornell initiative

Cornell SC Johnson College of Business is pleased to announce that Moody’s Inc. and Fiserv will serve as the inaugural sponsors of Fintech at Cornell.