Crypto & Digital Currency

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

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How two curious and technologically savvy SHA students forged Cornell Blockchain

SHA’s entrepreneurial bent and a fascination with Bitcoin led a pair of Hotelies to found a university-wide blockchain club for undergraduates.

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Johnson BusinessFeed

A digital dive into Fintech

Will Cong, Rudd Family Professor of Management, discusses the future of financial technology in this podcast.

Andrew Karolyi and Eswar Prasad
Johnson BusinessFeed

Present Value: Eswar Prasad and Andrew Karolyi discuss emerging markets and cryptocurrency

Present Value interviews Eswar Prasad and Andrew Karolyi, Cornell economics professors with expertise in emerging markets and finance.

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Cybersecurity: Crimes and consequences

As hacking threats grow in sophistication, here’s a look at what companies are doing to protect themselves and their clients.

Saule Omarova
Johnson BusinessFeed

Present Value: Saule Omarova discusses financial sector oversight and fintech

Present Value podcast talks with Cornell Law School’s Saule Omarova about financial oversight, Dodd-Frank, and implications of an emerging fintech sector.

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Johnson BusinessFeed

Present Value: Drew Pascarella discusses industry-leading Fintech Intensive

Present Value, a student-run podcast, sits down with Drew Pascarella, senior lecturer of finance, to discuss Johnson’s new Fintech Intensive.

The Transformative Power of Blockchain
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The transformative power of blockchain

Cryptocurrencies aside, blockchain technology is set to transform a host of industries beyond finance.

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A most curious Hotelie: Gregory Falco’s wide-ranging path to MIT and beyond

Falco landed on Forbes’s 30 Under 30 list in enterprise technology in recognition of the promise of NeuroMesh, the anti-hacking security company that he founded with MIT kindred spirit Caleb Li.

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Johnson BusinessFeed

Why entrepreneurial MBAs should care about initial coin offerings

While ICOs are still young and largely unregulated, they have already activated communities of interest and emerged as a new channel for fundraising, product validation, market testing, and customer engagement.