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.

By the end of the course, acquired knowledge and skills will enable students to better understand how the rise of digital technologies are shaping different fields of law and Fintech area.

Fintech, Finance, Financial markets, Web3, Blockchain, cryptocurrencies

All teaching materials are available on the Luiss Learn platform from the course’s outset. Readings are either uploaded as pdf files or referred to through links to the Luiss electronic Library or external sources.

Lectures, seminars, in-class discussion with students, based on previous reading of the teaching materials. In-class discussion of teaching materials suggesting opposing views on the same issue will also be made to stimulate the discussion and favor autonomous critical thinking.

Attending students: - attendance (20%) - in-class presentation (50%), - in class active participation (10%) - final written exam (20%) Non-attending students: written exam (100%). The program consists of all compulsory readings

Relevance of the topic proposed.