FINTECH
Instructional goals
This course aims to provide students with a solid understanding of the internal and external factors that shape centralized and decentralized financial markets.
The second half of the course is focused on understanding and evaluating opportunities that arise from new technologies, whether decentralized or not.
The students will acquire some of the basic skills to write, articulate and present a business plan for a decentralized startup to develop analytical, critical approach, starting from a practical perspective.
Intended learning outcomes
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Course Contents
Fintech, Finance, Financial markets, Web3, Blockchain, cryptocurrencies
Reference Books
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Teaching Methods
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Assessment Method
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Thesis assignment criteria
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Week 1 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Definition of Exchange, historical prospective, technical structure.
Week 2 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Stocks trading, how a trading book works, price discovery.
Week 3 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Algo trading and high frequency trading. Regulations and legal aspects.
Week 4 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Efficient capital market hypothesis, the role of the information, insider dealing
Week 5 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Introduction to Group Projects (online). Introduction to blockchain. Deep dive into Bitcoin, Consensus mechanisms and mining (on campus).
Week 6 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Week 7 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Ethereum (online).
Week 8 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Decentralization and DeFi (online and on campus).
Week 9 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Web3 Markets (online). ICO, Whitepaper, Tokens, NFTs (on campus).
Week 10 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Case study: FTX (online). Tokenization, “metaverse” and critical approach (on campus).
Week 11 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) (online). VR and AR Experiences (on campus).
Week 12 Contenuto sessioni on line e on campus
Group projects presentations. (online and on campus).