2021 in review
Another year in the books! Similar to the end of last year, I want to look back and take stock of all articles, research papers, podcasts, webinars, panel discussions, etc. in which I was involved. The goal of all this work is to spread the word about blockchain, digital assets, digital currencies, and the functioning of our monetary system.
I counted 102 publications/events, up from 54 in 2021. Publishing almost 2 items per week is only possible because I am blessed to work together with a range of very smart people. It is impossible to mention all of them here, but I want to highlight my podcast co-hosts Michael Blaschke and Jonas Gross as well as my good friend and fellow monetary theory geek Manuel Klein.
Below you find a list with links to some of the articles and event recordings. There are already exciting projects in the pipeline for 2022. This is only the beginning! Stay tuned and stay healthy! I wish all of you a happy new year and all the best for 2022!
The year in numbers
- Published 4 academic working papers
- Taught 1 complete course (12 lectures) at the University of St. Gallen and gave 3 lectures at other universities
- Visited 9 conferences (of which 2 have been in person)
- Wrote 6 articles / op-eds
- Was a guest in 11 webinars / podcasts / online panels etc.
- Produced 81 podcast episodes together with my co-hosts and was in front of the mic in 57 of them (Bitcoin, Fiat & Rock’n’Roll)
The year in detail (a selection)
| Research: Designing a Central Bank Digital Currency with Support for Cash-like Privacy Gross, Jonas; Sedlmeir, Johannes; Babel, Matthias; Bechtel, Alexander; Schellinger, Benjamin. 2021. [Link] |
| Research: Quantitative Easing and the Safe Asset Illusion Bechtel, Alexander; Eisenschmidt, Jens; Ranaldo, Angelo and Veghazy, Alexia Ventula. University of St. Gallen, School of Finance Working Paper Series. 2021. [Link] |
| Teaching: Blockchain & Money Bachelor course, University of St. Gallen |
| International Cryptocurrency Conference, Tehran Talk: 8 theses on the tokenized economy Talk: Digital currencies Panel: Q&A on blockchain and digital currencies |
| Blockchance Conference, Hamburg & online Talk: Do we really need CBDC? |
| Bundesbank Conference “The future of payments”, online Panel: Does the euro area need the digital euro? |
| RBI Blockchain Night, online Panel: How does the future of payments look like? [Link] |
| EFA 48th Annual Meeting, online Talk: Quantitative Easing and the Safe Asset Illusion |
| Watch.it DHBW Mosbach Expertenforum, online Talk: The digital euro- A Public-Private-Partnership [Link DE] Panel: The digital Euro [Link DE] |
| EBA Open Forum on Digital Transformation, online Talk: Why we need a public and private digital euro Panel: The digital euro |
| Blockchain for Europe Summit, online Panel: Stablecoins and the international role of the Euro |
| Crypto Assets Conference, online Talk: What are CBDC and why do we need them? [Link] Panel: Can we expect the digital programmable Euro in 2022? Panel: Which Hurdles Do Exist for the Digital Programmable Euro? |
| Untitled Investment Talk, online Podcast: Digital Euro with Alexander Bechtel from Deutsche Bank [Link] Podcast: The Future of Banking with Alexander Bechtel from Deutsche Bank [Link] |
| Wirtschaftsrat CXO-Event Sylt 2021, online Panel: Wettbewerb digitaler Währungen |
| Kryptohelden, online Podcast: Digitales Zentralbankgeld und mehr [Link DE] |
| Blocktrainer YouTube, online Interview: Digitaler Euro CBDC anonyme Zahlungen möglich? [Link DE] |
| METACO Talks, online Interview: The Crypto Business Case for a Bank [Link] |
| CryptX Conference, Frankfurt/Offenbach Keynote: 10 theses on the tokenized economy |
| SIBOS Conference, online Panel: Tokenized assets, stablecoins, and CBDC [Link] |