Welcome to the newest edition of the BlogBook “The Crypto: A Trigger For Economic Downturn” based on the content of the research blog run on Medium.com “TradFi and DeFi: Broaden Horizons” by Dr. Olga D. Khon. 

It’s a combination of short articles, the notes, dedicated to the topic of crypto assets, their application to the global financial system, and the damaging outcome of the blockchain industry in facilitating cross-border illicit finance (incl. tax circumvention, sanction evasion, money laundering and terrorism financing) worldwide.

It also covers the drawbacks of the crypto industry accompanying Russia following its full-scale invasion of Ukraine utilising anonymity and asset obfuscation techniques to evade international sanctions.

Lately, it highlights the impacts of crypto populism and artificial intelligence’s (AI) hype in higher education.

BlogBook Content:

I.   Chapter I   (2022)

II.  Chapter II  (2023)

III. Chapter III (2024-2025)

IV. Chapter IV (2026)

V.  Special Selections:

• A) Special Selection "Crypto Facilitation of Sanction Evasion: The Case of Russia and other Authoritarian Regimes"

• B). Special Selection "Smart Contracts and Decentralized Finance (DeFi)": The Backbone of Illicit Finance and Corruption"

• C) Special Selection "Ethereum Blockchain: The Catalyst of Global Corruption"

Read more about Dr. Olga D. Khon and her University Teaching and Research.