Fabian Schär

Excited to announce that my #DeFi overview paper will be published in the @stlouisfed Review! The pre-print is already online. The Journal version will be available in Q2. research.stlouisfed.org/publications/r…

Can permissionless #blockchains serve as infrastructure for regulated Financial Services? I discuss insights from my recent paper for the European Commission in the @bfrr_podcast. bfrr.info/2025/04/21/per…

Join the discussion on blockchain in finance ⛓️🔗 We’re hosting a webinar with Professor Fabian Schär @fschaer of @UniBasel, where he’ll present his recent report on integrating permissionless blockchain technology into traditional finance. More info: finance.ec.europa.eu/events/webinar…

Zero-knowledge proofs, privacy pools, and compliance—how can blockchain protect users and satisfy regulators? 💡Prof. Fabian Schär @fschaer from @UniBasel explains why pseudonymity isn’t necessarily enough and what this means for financial privacy. 🎧 Learn more in the full podcast: 🟢 open.spotify.com/episode/4g7BRE… 🟣 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ava… 🌐 owlexplains.com/en/podcast/ava… 📑 Full paper: Blockchain Privacy and Regulatory Compliance papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… Co-hosted with @financeUTM and @cryptoeconprof #Web3 #Blockchaineducation #blockchainpolicy

I’m excited to share a new report on public blockchains in the context of regulated financial markets, published by the European Commission. op.europa.eu/en/publication…

Call for Papers: Together with the Swiss National Bank, we will hold our 6th annual research conference on #Cryptoassets and #FinancialInnovation. We look forward to receiving your best #DeFi and #blockchain submissions. Please share. See you in Zürich! snb.ch/en/services-ev…

In this paper, we provide a framework to identify genuine DeFi. We introduce the concept of «On-Chain CeFi» and «centralization vectors» and explore how restricted functions, and in particular governance and upgradability patterns, affect smart contract-based financial protocols.

We are excited to announce the publication of our paper, "On #DeFi and On-Chain CeFi: How (Not) to Regulate Decentralized Finance" in @JFinReg. This is joint-work with Katrin Schuler and @AnnSoCloots. Full paper: academic.oup.com/jfr/advance-ar…

Is #Ethereum governance decentralized? Read our new research paper. We study Ethereum's decision-making process, wrt transparency, openness & decentralization. Joint-work w/ @CesareFracassi & Moazzam Khoja, @UTAustin. DMs open, comments appreciated. 📄papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

New academic knowledge article by @golmit_crypto, PhD Candidate at @UniBasel @cifunibas. 📚 Mitchell, along with @dario_thuerkauf and @fschaer, has explored the fascinating world of #NFT-Based Retailing in the Metaverse. 🌐 Read the full article below👇 cfc-stmoritz.com/academic-knowl…

Exciting news 🥳!! Angelo #Ranaldo will be joining our faculty from August 2024 onwards. I am looking forward to our new colleague with his groundbreaking research agenda 🚀!!! Welcome Angelo! #moneyFinance wwz.unibas.ch/de/newsdetails… @fschaer

@paulbrigner @jswihart Thanks for hosting this. Great conversation. Also, I am proud to be one of the two "other academics"... 🤣youtu.be/52DlSLx0_lY?si…

Full paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Great podcast on Privacy Pools with @VitalikButerin and @zooko. youtube.com/watch?v=52DlSL…

Excellent keynote by @ErikVoorhees.

@Marcolienov @lukso_io @JakGrills @feindura Happy to invite @feindura for a tech talk to our internal research seminar if he's interested.

We are excited to announce the BETA release of the Universal Profile Browser Extension is now LIVE on Testnet! 🎉 Download the extension and begin experimenting with Universal Profiles! 🔗 my.universalprofile.cloud Read more for important details👇 medium.com/lukso/the-univ…

@ameensol @Oskar8817323565 @VitalikButerin @mat_nadler Great feedback! Thank you!

@Oskar8817323565 @fschaer @VitalikButerin @mat_nadler can you do the rest too, this is great 👍

1/ New privacy paper with @VitalikButerin, Jacob Illum (@chainalysis), @mat_nadler, @fschaer! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… We explored new compliance opportunities made possible by privacypools.com, where users can provably dissociate from illicit funds. story below 🧵👇

@bigplansdoteth @VitalikButerin @chainalysis @mat_nadler @UniBasel_en @ameensol Thanks for letting us know. Can’t believe we missed that. 😅 Will change it later today.

@fschaer @VitalikButerin @chainalysis @mat_nadler @UniBasel_en @ameensol Only joking just pointing it out Keep up the great work

Very excited to share our new paper. This is joint-work with @VitalikButerin, Jacob Illum (@chainalysis), @mat_nadler (@UniBasel_en) and @ameensol. Full Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

@niubob @ameensol @VitalikButerin @chainalysis @mat_nadler Thanks, much appreciated! Will change this later today.

@ameensol @VitalikButerin @chainalysis @mat_nadler @fschaer Very cool paper! Just nitpicking a bit, there's a small typo in figure 1, missing one purple sister node.

Privacy Pools has the potential to be the most important tool we have to address regulatory challenges while maintaining privacy on public blockchains.

@TrustlessState I am not affiliated with the Fed. Otherwise, pretty accurate description! 😂

"I'm assembling a team... " the team: - Vitalik, creator of Ethereum - Jacob, Chainalysis narc - Fabian, St. Louis Fed board - Mattias, PhD of nerds @ Uni of Basel - Ameen, amateur pornstar