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                       Class meets in the KF Room, Harrison Libraries, University of Hartford

Cryptocurrency, already disrupting the established financial world, is poised to take us. . . where, exactly?  Is this a forward flight to fiscal evolution, revolution or dissolution? Join crypto-skeptic Vivek Sharma to first learn the vocabulary (Bitcoin, blockchain technology, mining, the Hash algorithm, ICOs, NFTs, Decentralized Finance and Web 3.0.), and then to discuss the economic implications, macro- and micro-. Is Bitcoin “real” money or a Ponzi scheme? Will Blockchain technology reshape the world? How will cryptocurrencies reshape our existing assumptions about finance? You’ll have questions, and Professor Sharma will have answers.

VIVEK SHARMA (BSc Economics, Presidency College; MS Quantitative Economics, Indian Statistical Institute; PhD Finance, University of Memphis, CFP) has worked as an Investment Banker and a hedge fund analyst prior to his current role in academia. His research is in investments and asset pricing. At the University of Hartford, he oversees the student managed fund (Barney Investment Club) and is part of the core team developing the Fintech major. He has also launched new courses in alternative investments, cryptocurrencies, and personal finance.