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Prof @SorbonneParis1 Director of the Master 2 'Finance Technology Data' @OECD consultant in Fintech
Jan 25, 2022 • 22 tweets • 4 min read
J’explique pourquoi je comprends la fascination pour le bitcoin, mais pourquoi sa décentralisation est un myth, pourquoi le réseau de lightning ne résoudra pas le problème de la consommation énergétique et pourquoi le bitcoin ne deviendra pas l'or digital podcast.ausha.co/investisseur-a… Voici le thread sur mon intervention sur le bitcoin:

La notion de décentralisation et d’absence de tiers de confiance est un myth. En réalité, les utilisateurs de bitcoin font déjà confiance aux développeurs, les mineurs, les plateformes d’achat et de vente, les fintechs. 1/
May 27, 2019 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
I’m an economist, but I’ve recently been reading a lot of research, mostly written by lawyers, about MARKET POWER of TECH platforms, such as Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon.

This THREAD summarizes the most important articles and reports: Sources of tech platform power are summarized by @linamkhan:
1) leveraging monopoly power in one market to enter the ancillary market; 2) gatekeeper power; 3) increasing returns to data and information exploitation power.

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Apr 3, 2018 • 12 tweets • 2 min read
1. Starting from September 2019, the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne is opening a new Master Programme « Finance Technology Data ». I am very excited to co-direct it with Catherine Bruneau. Here is the preliminary web-page for our Programme: pantheonsorbonne.fr/diplomes/mbfa/… 2. This Programme is the academic response to the Fintech developments: loan-based and security-based crowdfunding, mobile payments, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, ICOs, the use of big data and machine learning, the entry of GAFA in finance.