Transforming Money: Opportunities & Risks With Digital Currencies
Digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are disrupting global finance while raising new questions about security, regulation, and economic influence. This course outlines how these technologies work, what risks they carry, and how businesses and governments are responding to their growing role in the financial system.
What you will learn
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Establish a foundational understanding of the technologies behind digital currencies by examining two of the most prominent digital currencies, Bitcoin and Ethereum.
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Gain valuable perspectives on the policy implications and the impact of digital currencies on the financial industry.
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Speculate on where the technology is headed and the question of how it will be integrated into the physical world.
Course content
Foundations of Digital Currency
Discover why money has value. Examine Bitcoin including the technologies that enable it, and its limitations.
Evolution of Digital Currency
Explore Ethereum and its utilization of smart contracts. Learn how this innovation extends beyond digital currency enabling an array of diverse applications. Look to the future of what is next for digital currencies.
Policy and Business Implications of Digital Currencies
Learn from policy and business experts about the dual nature of digital currencies as both innovative tools and potential sources of risk.
Your Course Director
Dr. Deniz Yavuz
Hanna Rising Star Associate Professor of Management
Dr. Deniz Yavuz is the founding director of Purdue Fintech Center. He has 5 years of work experience in corporate banking and project finance. He also worked as a consultant to multinational organizations, investment banks and corporations. His research papers are published at top journals in Finance, Strategy, Management and Accounting. His research is covered by media outlets such as Bloomberg and Institutional Investor. Yavuz regularly receives Distinguished Teacher Award. He has also received several research grants and awards; Institute for Quantitative Investment Research (INQUIRE) Europe Grant, John and Marry Willis Young Faculty Scholar Award, CIBER Faculty International Research Grant, Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) Research Grant, Blake Family Fund for Ethics, Governance and Leadership Research Grant. Yavuz was at Washington University in St Louis and Arizona State University before joining Purdue.