Universität Basel

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Fabian Schär

Prof. Dr. Fabian Schär


Professor (Center for Innovative Finance (CIF))

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WWZ / Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät
Center for Innovative Finance (CIF)
Peter Merian Weg 6
4002 Basel
Schweiz

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f.schaer@unibas.ch
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Fabian Schär

Fabian Schär is Professor for Distributed Ledger Technology (Blockchain) and Fintech at the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel. In addition, he is the Managing Director of the University’s Center for Innovative Finance. He has a PhD in Cryptoassets and Blockchain economics, co-authored the bestselling book “Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptoassets”, published by MIT Press and several publications in scientific journals. His research is at the intersection of economics and computer science, with a particular focus on public Blockchains, Cryptoassets and Decentralized Finance protocols. His work has been featured in the Economist, the Financial Times and Forbes, and he has been listed in the NZZ ranking of the most influential economists in Switzerland. He is the organizer of the “Blockchain Symposium”, the “Blockchain Challenge”, member of the organizing committee of a conference with the Swiss National Bank and co-initiator of a project to secure academic credentials on a Blockchain. In addition, he is a board member of the first FINMA regulated crypto asset manager, an advisor to the Multichain Asset Managers Association and Blockchain for Europe, a member of various World Economic Forum working groups, and an invited expert to hearings by numerours Central Banks, the OECD and IOSCO. He spoke at over 100 conferences, including the G20 Global Financial Stability Conference in Seoul, Korea. Prior to that, he worked as a consultant in various positions at banks and bank-related companies.

Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptoassets

Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptoassets
«This terrific book lucidly explains the key components of Bitcoin and Blockchain, including hashing, public key cryptography, and smart contracts, embedded in an excellent presentation of key concepts from monetary economics and discussion of recent challenges for cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies. If you are looking for one book on this topic, this is it.»

Prof. Dr. Harald Uhlig, University of Chicago
 

English Version (MIT Press, Cambridge)

Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptoassets

«Bitcoin made a big splash in the financial world. This accessible book is an excellent introduction to both monetary theory and crypto technology.»

Prof. Dr. Markus K. Brunnermeier, Princeton University

 

 

Book review by Rodney Garratt, University of California Santa Barbara

German Version (BoD, Norderstedt)

Conferences

Conferences & Keynotes

Media

Press & Media

Publications and Projects

Schuler, K., Cloots, A.S. and Schär, F. (2024) “On DeFi and On-Chain CeFi: How (Not) to Regulate Decentralized Finance”, Journal of Financial Regulation, 10(2), pp. 213–242. Available at: 10.1093/jfr/fjad014.   
Goldberg, M., Kugler, P. and Schär, F. (2024) “Land valuation in the metaverse: location matters”, Journal of Economic Geography, 24(5), pp. 729–758. Available at: 10.1093/jeg/lbae027.   
Buterin, V. et al. (2023) “Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance: Towards a Practical Equilibrium”, Blockchain: Research and Applications, 5(1). Available at: 10.1016/j.bcra.2023.100176.   
Schuler, K., Nadler, M., Schär, F. (2023) “Contagion and loss redistribution in crypto asset markets”, Economics Letters, 231. Available at: 10.1016/j.econlet.2023.111310.   
Goldberg, M., Schär, F. (2023) “Metaverse governance: An empirical analysis of voting within Decentralized Autonomous Organizations”, Journal of Business Research, 160. Available at: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2023.113764.   
Nadler, M., Schär, F. (2023) “Tornado Cash and Blockchain Privacy: A Primer for Economists and Policymakers”, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, 105(2), pp. 122–136. Available at: 10.20955/r.105.122-136.   
Schär, F., Schuler, K., Wagner, T. (2022) “Blockchain Vending Machine: A Smart Contract-Based Peer-to-Peer Marketplace for Physical Goods”, Proceedings of the 55th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences | 2022, pp. 6023–6032. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/80072.   
Nadler, M., Schär, F. (2022) “Decentralized Finance, Centralized Ownership? An Iterative Mapping Process to Measure Protocol Token Distribution”, Journal of Blockchain Research, 1(1), pp. 29–36. Available at: https://www.intlpress.com/site/pub/files/_fulltext/journals/jbr/2022/0001/0001/JBR-2022-0001-0001-a003.pdf.   
Schär, F. (2022) “DeFi’s Promise and Pitfalls”, Finance and Development (IMF), 59(3), pp. 33–35. Available at: https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/fandd/issues/2022/09/Defi-promise-and-pitfalls-Fabian-Schar.   
Schär, F. (2021) “Blockchain Forks: A Formal Classification Framework and Persistency Analysis”, The Singapore economic review, p. 22. Available at: 10.1142/s0217590820470025.   edoc | Open Access
Schär, F. (2021) “Decentralized Finance: On Blockchain and Smart Contract-based Financial Markets”, Review of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, 103(2), pp. 153–174. Available at: 10.20955/r.103.153-74.   edoc | Open Access
Büttgen, M. et al. (2021) “Blockchain in Service Management and Service Research - Developing a Research Agenda and Managerial Implications”, SMR - Journal of Service Management Research, 5(2), pp. 71–102. Available at: 10.15358/2511-8676-2021-2-71.   edoc
Schär, F. (2020) “Cryptocurrencies: Miner Heterogeneity, Botnets, and Proof-of-Work Efficiency”, Frontiers in Blockchain, 3(16). Available at: 10.3389/fbloc.2020.00016.   edoc
Schär, F., Mösli, F. (2019) “Blockchain diplomas: Using smart contracts to secure academic credentials”, Beiträge zur Hochschulforschung, 41(3), pp. 48–58. Available at: https://www.bzh.bayern.de/en/archiv/artikelarchiv/artikeldetail/blockchain-diplomas-using-smart-contracts-to-secure-academic-credentials.   edoc
Berentsen, A., Schär, F. (2018) “The Case for Central Bank Electronic Money and the Non-case for Central Bank Cryptocurrencies”, Review of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, 100(2), pp. 97–106. Available at: 10.20955/r.2018.97-106.   edoc
Berentsen, A., Schär, F. (2018) “A Short Introduction to the World of Cryptocurrencies”, Review of the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, 100(1), pp. 1–16. Available at: 10.20955/r.2018.1-16.   edoc
Nyffenegger, R., Schär, F. (2018) “Token Sales: Eine Analyse des Blockchain-basierten Unternehmensfinanzierungsinstruments”, Corporate Finance, 05(06), pp. 121–125. Available at: https://cf-fachportal.owlit.de/document.aspx?docid=CF1267606.   edoc
Schär, F. and Berentsen, A. (2020) Bitcoin, Blockchain and Cryptoassets: A Comprehensive Introduction. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press. Available at: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/bitcoin-blockchain-and-cryptoassets.   edoc
Lipton, A. et al. (2021) “Stablecoins, Digital Currency, and the Future of Money”, in A. Pentland, A. Lipton, and T. Hardjono (eds.) Building the New Economy: Data as Capital. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, pp. 245–264. Available at: https://wip.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/17h9tjq7/release/4.   edoc
Schär, F., Hübner, P. (2020) “Blockchain und Smart Contracts im Kontext der Prozessautomatisierung”, in M. Bruhn and K. Hadwich (eds.) Automatisierung und Personalisierung von Dienstleistungen. Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler, pp. 297–316. Available at: 10.1007/978-3-658-30168-2_12.   edoc
Roth, J., Schär, F., Schöpfer, A. (2020) “The Tokenization of Assets: Using Blockchains for Equity Crowdfunding”, in K. Wendt (ed.) Theories of Change. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature (Sustainable Finance), pp. 329–350. Available at: 10.1007/978-3-030-52275-9_19.   edoc
Berentsen, A., Schär, F. (2019) “Stablecoins: The quest for a low-volatility cryptocurrency”, in A. Fatas (ed.) The Economics of Fintech and Digital Currencies. London: CEPR Press, pp. 65–71.   edoc
Nadler, M., Schuler, K. and Schär, F. (2024) “Blockchain Price Oracles: Accuracy and Violation Recovery”. SSRN. Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4700164.   
Roth, J., Schär, F. and Schöpfer, A. (2019) “The Tokenization of Assets: Using Blockchains for Equity Crowdfunding”. SSRN. Available at: 10.2139/ssrn.3443382.   edoc
Schär, F. (2022) “Banking mit Blockchain”, Die Volkswirtschaft, pp. 8–11. Available at: https://dievolkswirtschaft.ch/de/2021/12/banking-mit-blockchain/.   edoc
Schär, F. and Schuler, K. (2022) “Kryptowährungen, Sanktionen und Spendengelder”, Frankfurter Allgemeine, p. 1.   
Schär, F. (2022) “«Der Mensch ist eben ein kapitalistisches Wesen»”, Migros Zeitung, p. 2.   
Schär, F. (2022) “Decentralized Finance (DeFi) - Hype oder Innovation?”. Zeitschrift für das gesamte Kreditwesen. Available at: https://www.kreditwesen.de/kreditwesen/themenschwerpunkte/aufsaetze/decentralized-finance-defi-hype-innovation-id84409.html.   
Schär, F. (2022) “Crash im Kryptoland”, Der Spiegel, p. 1.   
Goldberg, M. and Schär, F. (2021) “Wo Welten verschwimmen”, Weltwoche, pp. 44–45. Available at: https://wwz.unibas.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/wwz/99_WWZ_in_den_Medien/20211126_GoldbergSchaer_Weltwoche.pdf.   edoc
Schär, F. (2021) “DeFi Is Transparent, Unless You Look Closely”, Coindesk. Available at: https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2021/04/13/defi-is-transparent-unless-you-look-closely/.   edoc
Honegger, L. and Schär, F. (2020) “Schweizer Blockchain-Experte: «Nur weil jemand anonym bleiben möchte, heisst das nicht, dass er kriminell ist»”, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, pp. 2–2. Available at: https://www.nzz.ch/finanzen/blockchain-forscher-ueber-illegale-transaktionen-mit-bitcoin-ld.1590145.   edoc
Schär, F. (2019) “Spiel mit dem Feuer”, Die Weltwoche, pp. 40–41. Available at: 10.1007/s00103-010-1112-1.   edoc
Schär, F. (2019) “Blockchains: How They Work and What They are Used For”, Building Blocks, pp. 2–5.   edoc
Schär, F. (2019) “Von öffentlichen und privaten Blockchains”, 10x10 Magazine, pp. 8–8.   edoc
Schär, F. (2019) “Blockchain. Wie sich Technologien auf die Wirtschaft und die Gesellschaft auswirken”, Scope Magazine, pp. 50–55.   edoc
Schär, F. (2019) “Verteilte Datenbanken und Blockchain-Technologie: Distributed Databases and Blockchain Technology in Payments”, Clear It, pp. 12–13.   edoc
Schär, F. (2018) “Blockchain-Diplome für Uni-Basel-Studierende?”, Basler Zeitung, pp. 7–7.   edoc
Bolla, L. and Schär, F. (2018) “Die Kryptonation Schweiz im Jahr 2050”, Schweizer Monat, pp. 78–79.   edoc
Berentsen, A. and Schär, F. (2018) “Bitcoin und andere Kryptowährungen. Ein dezentrales Register”, ius inhouse, pp. 8–9.   edoc | Open Access
Schär, F. (2018) “Das Bitcoin Experiment”, 10x10. Available at: https://www.10x10.ch/das-bitcoin-experiment/.   edoc
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