public communication
In-person speaking engagements must compensate travel and accommodation. If attendees are required to buy tickets you must pay me an honorarium. Standard exemptions for academia and policy institutions apply.
Television, Radio, or Podcast Interviews
- BBC Outside Source: The current crash in the cryptocurrency markets (live, 13 June 2022)
- BBC Business Daily Podcast: Why does Bitcoin consume so much energy? (26 Feb 2021)
- BBC The Digital Human: Oops! (24 Feb 2020)
National Public Radio (NPR) or its regional affiliates
- Texas Public Radio (TPR) The Source: Cash, Credit, Cryptocurrency: How Do You Choose to Pay? (panel member on live call-in show, 2 January 2018)
- WBEZ Chicago - Worldview: What is Blockchain Technology and Why Should We Care? (30 July 2018)
- NPR Marketplace: Why pay a ransom in bitcoin? (15 May 2017)
- NPR Marketplace Tech: The rise of cryptocurrencies (22 June 2017)
Other
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Tai Asks Why: What is the Future of Money? (27 April 2022)
- Made in Tech: Vibrant cryptocurrency growth has excited many. Can Regulation spoil it? (12 Feb 2021)
- Scholars’ Circle Radio Show: Cryptocurrency, Insights from Scholars (15 April 2018)
Quoted in a Written Piece
- BBC News: Is the US trying to kill crypto? (15 June 2023)
- BBC News: Will the US crack down on cryptocurrency? (9 March 2022)
- BBC Science: How Bitcoin's vast energy use could burst its bubble (27 February 2021)
Crypto-News Sources
- CoinDesk: Crypto Goes to College (29 September 2022)
- Cointelegraph Magazine: Crypto as a 'public good' in the 22nd Century (22 October 2021)
- Cointelegraph Magazine: Is the cryptocurrency epicenter moving away from East Asia? (10 August 2021)
- Cointelegraph: Terrorists still raise money through crypto, but the impact is limited (9 April 2021)
- Cointelegraph: Happy Birthday Dear Bitcoin: Crypto's first white paper turns 12 (October 2020)
- Nikkei: Digital currency collaborative research, interviews with American experts (22 January 2020)
- Breaker Mag: Economists Are Missing a Trick With Crypto (15 April 2019)
- The Block: Mad Crypto: Hypothesizing bitcoin in a downcycle (7 August 2019)
Other
- The Street: How Fidelity Is Normalizing Bitcoin (10 August 2017)
- Experian: What is Bitcoin and should you buy it? (12 September 2017)oil it? (12 Feb 2021)
- Scholars’ Circle Radio Show: Cryptocurrency, Insights from Scholars (15 April 2018)
Presentations & Panels for Industry/Policy-Focused Audiences
- Public Engagement with CBDCs, R3 CordaDay, 2023
- Roundtable on Digital Assets, Wharton Crypto-Governance Group, 2021
- The impact of CBDC (Central Bank Digital Currency) and its Current State, DEconomy (Seoul, South Korea), 2019
- Launch of Global Cryptoasset Reports, University of Cambridge, Centre for Alternative Finance (hosted by CME Group, Chicago), 2018
- Crypto-Economics, FinTech DC (IMF, Washington DC), 2018
Presentations
- Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), National Association for Business Economics - Dallas Chapter (DABE), 2023
- Pseudo-anonymous not anonymous, Chicago Financial Forum, 2021
- The Global Rise of Cryptocurrency, Chicago Financial Exchange, 2020
- Crypto across International Markets, Chicago University Blockchain Symposium (Northwestern University), 2019
- Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain in Globally-Linked Economies, Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Education Sessions at Geekdom (San Antonio), 2018
- Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, and Blockchain Technology, National Association for Business Economics (NABE) - Dallas Chapter, 2018
- An overview of Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies, and Blockchain Technology, San Antonio Business and Economics Society Luncheon Speaker (SABES), 2017
Academic Presentations (Conferences, Invited Seminars, Etc.)
Cryptocurrencies, Stablecoins, and Central Bank Digital Currency, Session Panelist, 2020
Conference: Southern Economic Association (Online)
How have Cryptocurrency Participants Changed?, 2019
Conferences: American Economic Association (Atlanta Meeting)
Seminars: Texas State University
How Global is the Cryptocurrency Market?, 2018-2019
Central Banks: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta: Workshop on Financial Stability Implications of New Technology
Conferences: American Economic Association (Philadelphia Meeting), International Trade and Finance Association (Beijing Meeting), Western Economic Association (Vancouver Meeting)
Bitcoin Reveals Exchange Rate Manipulation and Detects Capital Controls (various working titles), 2017-2019
Central Banks: De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Conferences: Liberal Arts Macroeconomics Workshop (Davidson College Meeting), Midwest Macroeconomics Meeting (Louisiana State University Meeting), The 49th Money, Macro and Finance Conference (Kings College, London Meeting), Royal Economic Society Conference (University of Sussex Meeting), Western Economic Association (San Diego Meeting)
Seminars: Lafayette College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Financial Regulations and Price Inconsistencies across Bitcoin Markets, 2015-2017
Conferences: Midwest Macroeconomics Meeting (University of Pittsburgh Meeting), Western Economic Association (Portland Meeting), Society for Economic Measurement (MIT Meeting), Eastern Economic Association (Washington D.C. Meeting), International Trade and Finance Association (Occidental College Meeting), Southern Economic Association (New Orleans Meeting)
The following are pedagogy-focused academic presentations
Practical Assessment Design: How to Make Assignments Work for You and Your Students, 2023
Seminar: The University of Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning
Avalanche! A Method to Facilitate Discourse in Classes of Any Size, 2022
Conference: Southern Economic Association (Fort Lauderdale Meeting) [Presidential Session]
Actively Selecting Assessment Techniques: Asking the Why” (now titled: Designing Effective Assessments...), 2022
Conference: American Economics Association (Boston Meeting)
Formative and Summative Assessment Strategies, 2019
Seminar: The University of Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning
Efficient Strategies for Writing Effective Exams, 2019
Seminar: The University of Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning
University-Level Courses
In additional to undergraduate teaching of Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Intermediate Microeconomics, and Intermediate Macroeconomics, I have taught self-designed topical courses in:
Economic Policy Analysis
International Monetary Systems
International Trade
Cryptoasset Markets (MA level course in Financial Mathematics Department)
Invited Guest Speaker in a University Class
The University of Chicago, Law School: LAWS 42505: Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
The University of Chicago, Economics Department: ECON 13000: Money and Banking;
The University of Chicago, Economics Department: ECON 23040: Cryptocurrencies;
The University of Chicago, MA Program in Computer Science: MPSC 56600: Intro to Blockchain
The Ohio State University, Economics Department: Principles of Macroeconomics
Pitzer College, Economics Department: Economics Senior Seminar
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Finance Department: Finance 490: Fintech
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