crypto - Publications - Faculty & Research

August 2021
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Mylestone: Can Multiple Pivots Preserve the Life of a Death Tech Startup?

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Marilyn Morgan Westner

Dave Balter and Jim Myers co-founded Mylestone, a death tech startup that applied technology to transform how grieving people memorialize the dead. The startup addressed a cultural problem and promised to solve a pressing need in the antiquated, multi-billion dollar... View Details

Keywords: Pivot; Startup; Business Model; Cryptocurrency; Ethical Decision Making; Emotions; Growth and Development Strategy; Ethics; Market Entry and Exit; Customer Relationship Management; Loss; Change Management; Relationships

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Activities, Government & Clubs - MBA

Association Art Society Asian-Affinity Business Association Australian & New Zealand Club B B-School Blades Beyond Dance Club Bitcoin & Crypto Club Black Investment Club Boat Club Brazilian-Portuguese Cultural Club Brew Club Business of... View Details

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Club Conferences - MBA

Blockchain & Crypto Conference Blockchain & Crypto Club April 20, 2025 Infrastructure Club Conference Infrastructure Club April 26, 2024 Real Estate Conference Real Estate Club April 27, 2025 LatAm Business... View Details

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Lifelong Learning - Alumni

Alfaro (Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration); By: Jennifer Myers 01 Mar 2024 HBS Alumni Bulletin The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown Lessons from the downfall of a crypto criminal Re: Aiyesha Dey (James R. Williston... View Details

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aaba@studentclubs.hbs.edu Australian & New Zealand Club Co-Presidents Dalton Fogarty dfogarty@mba2025.hbs.edu Edouard Lyndt elyndt@mba2025.hbs.edu Laura Brennan lbrennan@mba2025.hbs.edu Club Email anzc@studentclubs.hbs.edu Bitcoin & View Details

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Latin America - Global

Bitcoin was mostly used for trading and had one of the most volatile track records among assets. Yet, crypto adoption as a medium of exchange was starting to gain pace worldwide. Bukele claimed it would be a boon for financial inclusion,... View Details

23 Jan 2024
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More Than Memes: NFTs Could Be the Next Gen Deed for a Digital World

also advise companies and serve as experts on marketplace and incentive design, Web3 strategy, NFT brand-building, and other topics. Additionally, Kominers is a Research Partner at a16z crypto, which is an investor in crypto projects,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Information Technology; Technology; Financial Services

18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

Professor Scott Duke Kominers spoke to the Harvard Gazette about why the crypto market has plunged in value recent months and how a tide of upcoming international regulation could affect the market. The interview has been edited for... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Technology

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Faculty & Research - Entrepreneurship

Roberto Dagnoni, chairman of the board, viewed the unprecedent crypto momentum as a w... More Research November 2024 Case MiDAS: Automating Unemployment Benefits By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai More Research 2024 Working Paper Why Has... View Details

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General Management - Faculty & Research

country would adopt bitcoin as legal tender, becoming the first nation to do so. Bitcoin was mostly used for trading and had one of the most volatile track records among assets. Yet, crypto adoption as a medium of exchange was starting to... View Details

14 Mar 2023
In Practice

What Does the Failure of Silicon Valley Bank Say About the State of Finance?

on SVB were no more apparent than the runs we have seen in the crypto space. The swift government actions to back regional banks, in my view, are commendable, although more targeted to managing general confidence than reflecting the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

01 Mar 2024
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Unlocking the Power of Community

When Tara Fung (MBA 2016) explains Co:Create, the company she cofounded in 2022 and now leads as CEO, she doesn’t mention Web3 first. “We help innovative brands and creators unlock the power of community,” she explains. Co:Create does this with a new, gamified approach... View Details

Keywords: April White

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African American Student Union Spotlight on Joint Degrees - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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The Internet's Next Frontier

While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical construct: it is a sandbox—an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Finance and Investing | Working Knowledge

Finance and Investing Uncover insights on finance trends like rising costs in budget brands, the crypto investor shift, NFTs' potential, private equity strategies, and preparing for financial crises. Essential advice for investors... View Details

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Collections | Working Knowledge

non-binary employees to using immigration policy to ease labor shortages. Finance and Investing Finance insights on inflation, crypto trends, NFT potential, private equity, strategies for shifting markets, and more. Economics and Global... View Details

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3 Technologies that Will Change the World in the Next Decade - Course Catalog

growing explosively the Web 3 and crypto markets, that had been seen as the big disruptive force for society a year earlier, were limping through a crypto winter. Companies that had been slated to... View Details

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28 May 2019
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Beyond the Bitcoin Bubble

offering. People who got burned when the price of bitcoin crashed are now starting to do more rigorous analysis. In the crypto space, people were not doing that because there was so much excitement. What’s your short answer to the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

LAB The rapid advancement of the crypto sector has sometimes been compared to the early days of the internet. As the internet sprints toward a Web3 future (Web 3.0, the next iteration of the World Wide Web) that will enable users to... View Details

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