January 2, 2024Despite the fears of regulators and skittish investors, clear and accurate signals of cryptocurrency quality may be hidden in plain sight.
February 2, 2022The combination of two unlikely bedfellowscryptography, a subfield of computer science, and currency, a topic in economicsis at the heart of the transformative potential of its underlying blockchain technology. But the uniqueness of the pairing can make it very difficult for research professionals in either field to predict, let alone positively influence, blockchains future development. Jiasun Li, an assistant professor of finance at Mason, is among an elite group of academics who are bridging the divide by merging relevant concepts from computer science with game theorya subfield of economics that studies the interactions of decisions made by interdependent economic actors.
May 26, 2020Blockchain is a kind of distributed ledger that could change how business activities are organized, says Jiasun Li, assistant professor of finance. It essentially provides an alternative way for economic activities to be conducted.
