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- December 7, 2022
- Article
Why Decentralized Crypto Platforms Are Weathering the Crash
By: Shai Bernstein and Scott Duke Kominers
In the past year, crypto markets dropped from $2.9 trillion in value to around $800 billion. In the wake of the collapse, crypto lenders and exchanges have been accused of fraud and other wrongdoing. What went wrong? One factor is competition. In theory, competition... View Details
Keywords: Crypto Economy; Cryptocurrency; Financial Complexity; Financial Crisis; Decentralization; Decentralized Markets; Decentralized Autonomous Organizations; Finance; Market Design; Financial Services Industry
Bernstein, Shai, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Why Decentralized Crypto Platforms Are Weathering the Crash." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (December 7, 2022).
- February 9, 2024
- Article
The Rise of Consumer Crypto
By: Steve Kaczynski and Scott Duke Kominers
Although non-fungible tokens are often misunderstood and even derided, they remain a general and flexible solution for establishing and tracking ownership in the digital domain. As a superior solution to existing technology in many areas of the consumer economy, their... View Details
Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Crypto Economy; NFTs; Non-fungible Tokens; Internet Of Everything; Market Design; Technological Innovation; Demand and Consumers; Web Services Industry
Kaczynski, Steve, and Scott Duke Kominers. "The Rise of Consumer Crypto." Project Syndicate (February 9, 2024).
- April 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Ripple: The Business of Crypto
By: David B. Yoffie and George Gonzalez
The case explores Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s mission to disrupt the global payments industry by leveraging the cryptocurrency XRP. Students will learn about Bitcoin and the blockchain industry, as well as Ripple’s unique crypto business model. The case provides an... View Details
Keywords: Payment Systems; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Blockchain; Fintech; Business Startups; Business Model; Disruption; Strategy; Banking Industry; Technology Industry
Yoffie, David B., and George Gonzalez. "Ripple: The Business of Crypto." Harvard Business School Case 719-506, April 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- October 2022 (Revised January 2025)
- Case
On Ramp to Crypto
Bojinov, Iavor, Michael Parzen, and Paul Hamilton. "On Ramp to Crypto." Harvard Business School Case 623-040, October 2022. (Revised January 2025.)
- 2018
- Case
Getting Rich on Crypto
By: C. Goelz, D. Willingham, S. Le and Y. Grushka-Cockayne
Goelz, C., D. Willingham, S. Le, and Y. Grushka-Cockayne. "Getting Rich on Crypto." University of Virginia, Darden School of Business Case UVA-QA-0897, 2018.
- May 2024
- Case
Uniswap: Decentralized Crypto Trading
By: Marco Di Maggio and Wenyao Sha
Di Maggio, Marco, and Wenyao Sha. "Uniswap: Decentralized Crypto Trading." Harvard Business School Case 224-082, May 2024.
- December 2019 (Revised February 2024)
- Teaching Note
Ripple: The Business of Crypto and Ripple 2023
By: David B. Yoffie
The case explores Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s mission to disrupt the global payments industry by leveraging the cryptocurrency XRP. Students will learn about Bitcoin and the blockchain industry, as well as Ripple’s unique crypto business model. The case provides an... View Details
Keywords: Payment Systems; Cryptocurrency; Bitcoin; Blockchain; Fintech; Business Startups; Business Model; Disruption; Strategy
- Forthcoming
- Article
Trading Volume Manipulation and Competition Among Centralized Crypto Exchanges
By: Dan Amiran, Evgeny Lyandres and Daniel Rabetti
How competition affects manipulation by firms of information about important attributes of their products and how such information manipulation impacts firms’ short-term and long-term performance are open empirical questions. We use a setting that is especially... View Details
Amiran, Dan, Evgeny Lyandres, and Daniel Rabetti. "Trading Volume Manipulation and Competition Among Centralized Crypto Exchanges." Management Science (forthcoming). (Pre-published online February 5, 2025.)
- October 2021
- Case
Coinbase: The Exchange of the Cryptos
By: Marco Di Maggio and Wenyao Sha
Di Maggio, Marco, and Wenyao Sha. "Coinbase: The Exchange of the Cryptos." Harvard Business School Case 222-044, October 2021.
- March 2021
- Supplement
modum.io (B): Bidding Farewell to Crypto
By: Laura Huang, Maximilian Enthoven, Alex Murray and Erik Hofmann
Huang, Laura, Maximilian Enthoven, Alex Murray, and Erik Hofmann. "modum.io (B): Bidding Farewell to Crypto." Harvard Business School Supplement 421-068, March 2021.
- March 2021
- Teaching Note
modum.io (B): Bidding Farewell to Crypto
By: Laura Huang, Maximilian Enthoven, Alex Murray and Erik Hofmann
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 421-068. View Details
- 17 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
‘Not a Bunch of Weirdos’: Why Mainstream Investors Buy Crypto
large-scale adoption.” Yet while crypto investors might have a higher risk tolerance than more typical investors, in many ways they’re more mainstream than some might imagine, Di Maggio says. Crypto... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- Article
Bitcoin and Beyond
By: Christian Catalini, Ravi Jagadeesan and Scott Duke Kominers
From the growing attention to Bitcoin and "decentralized finance" to the latest excitement spurred by non-fungible tokens, the crypto economy is here to stay. But will it develop the social consensus and institutional arrangements needed to go fully mainstream? View Details
Catalini, Christian, Ravi Jagadeesan, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Bitcoin and Beyond." Project Syndicate (April 23, 2021).
- June 2024
- Teaching Note
Lemonade Crypto Coalition: Navigating Innovation and Sustainability in Agricultural Insurance
By: Marco Di Maggio
- March 2024
- Case
Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition: Navigating Innovation and Sustainability in Agricultural Insurance
By: Marco Di Maggio
Di Maggio, Marco. "Lemonade Crypto Climate Coalition: Navigating Innovation and Sustainability in Agricultural Insurance." Harvard Business School Case 224-058, March 2024.
- March 2024
- Supplement
Celsius Network Inc.: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt in the Brave New World of Crypto Bankruptcy
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
- November 2023 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
Celsius Network Inc.: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt in the Brave New World of Crypto Bankruptcy
By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
In July 2022, Celsius Network filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. CEO Alex Mashinsky acknowledged that Celsius had grown its assets “faster than the Company was prepared to deploy [them]” and as a result had made “certain poor asset deployment decisions.” Two months after... View Details
Keywords: Cryptocurrency; Chapter 11; Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Asset Management; Acquisition; Borrowing and Debt; Financial Services Industry; United States
Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "Celsius Network Inc.: Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt in the Brave New World of Crypto Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Case 224-044, November 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
- Article
Russia's Greatest Ponzi Mastermind Is Dead, but His Legacy Lives On in the Crypto World
By: Eugene F. Soltes and Sara Hess
Soltes, Eugene F., and Sara Hess. "Russia's Greatest Ponzi Mastermind Is Dead, but His Legacy Lives On in the Crypto World." Quartz (April 25, 2018).
- Article
Metaverse Land: What Makes Digital Real Estate Valuable
Keywords: Crypto Economy
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Metaverse Land: What Makes Digital Real Estate Valuable." a16zcrypto.com (June 2, 2022).