Research
Publications
Dionysopoulos, L., Marra, M., Urquhart, A., 2023. Central bank digital currencies: A critical review. International Review of Financial Analysis 103031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.irfa.2023.103031
Working Papers
Dionysopoulos, L., Marra, M., Urquhart, A., 2023. What Drives Stablecoin Growth?
Book Chapters
Dionysopoulos, L., Giaglis, G. (2022). Towards Optimal Technological Solutions for Central Bank Digital Currencies. In: Soldatos, J., Kyriazis, D. (eds) Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Digital Finance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94590-9_5
Dionysopoulos, L. (2022). Historic Overview and Future Outlook of Blockchain Interoperability. In: Soldatos, J., Kyriazis, D. (eds) Big Data and Artificial Intelligence in Digital Finance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-94590-9_6
Reports, articles, and blogs
February 7, 2024, Digital euro launch likely delayed as the hot money backs China
February 1, 2024, Trend Report
November 29, 2023, Trend Report
April 13, 2023, The Ethereum Merge
November 1, 2022, PoW Energy Consumption in the EU
October 20, 2022, EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum Event, Nicosia. State of the EU Blockchain Ecosystem
September 20, 2022, Metaverse
August 24, 2022, EU blockchain ecosystem latest developments 2
August 22, 2022, Metaverse and the hauntology of business (Hackernoon)
June 12, 2022, DeFi pulls the curtain on financial magic, says EU Blockchain Observatory expert (Cointelegraph)
May 13, 2022, Post Mortem: The death of LUNA & TerraUSD, Explained Simply
May 24, 2022, Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
January 8, 2022, Demystifying NonFungible Tokens (NFTs)
January 8, 2022, CBDCs in 2022: New Trials and Competition with Crypto
July 9, 2021, Demystifying the next evolution of money: Central Bank Digital Currencies (Hackernoon)
July 2, 2021, Demystifying the next evolution of money: Central Bank Digital Currencies (Irish tech news)
June 5, 2021, Central Bank Digital Currencies and a Euro for the Future
May 31, 2021, 4th EUBOF trend report for June 2021
January 28, 2021, 2nd EUBOF trend report for January 2021
January 24, 2021, Blockchain: Demystifying the key technology behind cryptocurrencies with MEP Eva Kaili (gr)
November 29, 2021, Demystifying NonFungible Tokens (NFTs)
December 11, 2020, Looks like the EU is finally getting crypto-regulation right
December 3, 2020, 1st EUBOF trend report for November 2020
November 20, 2020, EU Blockchain Ecosystem latest developments
November 26, 2020, At the brink of a tectonic shift EU countries that do crypto-regulation right
March 6, 2020, Bitcoin and the chronicles of a post-dated catastrophe (gr)
Academic Conferences
November 8-9, 2023, The Second International Cardiff Fintech Conference (Cardiff, Wales)
August 28-30, 2023, Cryptocurrency Research Conference - CBDCs: A Critical Review (Monaco, Monaco)
June 20-23, Sao Paolo Blockchain Festival - CBDCs: Their Present, Future, and Transformative Potential (Sao Paolo, Brazil)
April 13-14, 2023, Future Finance and Economics Association, Fintech for the Future - CBDCs: A Critical Review (Ghent, Belgium)
Other Conferences
September 12-14, 2023, Blockchain Rio Festival (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
September 20, 2022, EU Blockchain developments: shaping the future (Online)
July 8, 2022, Blockchain: a key enabler to innovation in Europe and the world (Online)
November 11, 2021 Democracy4All: Workshop - The State of the European Blockchain Ecosystem (Bercelona, Spain)
September 24, 2021, European Blockchain Week: Panel on DeFi & Regulation
April 5, 2021, DLT4ALL: The European Blockchain Observatory & Forum and the state of the European ecosystem
March 30, 2021, Frankfurt Blockchain Centre: How CBDCs could change the future of payments
March 9, 2021, Austrian Blockchain Conference: Annual Blockchain Conference
October 20, 2020, Blockpool: The European Blockchain Observatory and Forum
April 16, 2020, The future of organisations are DAOs