Papers Overview
Published Papers
The Token Taxonomy: A Comprehensive Guide to Digital Asset Categories
The blockchain ecosystem uses "tokens" to represent currencies, governance rights, digital art, and real-world assets, but the terminology is confusing. This comprehensive guide establishes a clear taxonomy across fungible tokens, NFTs, governance tokens, utility tokens, security tokens, and stablecoins. Covering Ethereum, Solana, Binance Smart Chain, and Bitcoin with dozens of real-world examples, this paper helps diverse audiences navigate digital assets with confidence.
Stablecoins: From Fundamentals to Systemic Impact
Stablecoins have grown from a niche cryptocurrency tool to a $200+ billion market reshaping global payments, financial inclusion, and monetary policy. This comprehensive paper examines how stablecoins work, their real-world applications across retail payments and DeFi, practical guidance for new users, and the emerging regulatory frameworks shaping adoption worldwide. Essential reading for individuals, businesses, policymakers, and investors navigating the future of digital money.
Research In-Progress
Real-World Assets: What They Are and Why They're Changing Finance
Real estate, treasuries, private credit, commodities: trillions in value locked behind outdated infrastructure. Tokenization is changing that by bringing real-world assets on-chain, unlocking fractional ownership, 24/7 liquidity, and DeFi composability. This paper maps the full RWA landscape, from how tokenization works to the ecosystem of protocols, platforms, and players shaping it, and confronts the challenges that will determine whether this market fulfills its promise.