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It is hard to navigate the fast-paced developments in STOs. The topic is at the intersection of regulated finance and blockchain technology, and understanding both is required.

Stefan Loesch is the author of a popular book on Fintech regulation, a financial services veteran at JPMorgan and McKinsey, and a thought leader on STOs. In his daily podcasts he provides concise expert commentary on one topic of interest arising from the news.

If you are an expert yourself, someone aspiring to become an expert, or are just interested in the topic, this is the podcast for you.

The Short STOry Stefan Loesch

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It is hard to navigate the fast-paced developments in STOs. The topic is at the intersection of regulated finance and blockchain technology, and understanding both is required.

Stefan Loesch is the author of a popular book on Fintech regulation, a financial services veteran at JPMorgan and McKinsey, and a thought leader on STOs. In his daily podcasts he provides concise expert commentary on one topic of interest arising from the news.

If you are an expert yourself, someone aspiring to become an expert, or are just interested in the topic, this is the podcast for you.

    Introducing the TheShortSTOry Botcast

    Introducing the TheShortSTOry Botcast

    I was having a bit of a hiatus, but I think I've quite a decent excuse, because I was extremely busy. Apart from my other project I was working on the Bancor release v2.1 where I was retained to write the economic analysis paper. This was actually very exciting, and I _will_ make a podcast or two about it I promise. More exciting however is my new **Botcast** project which I believe is a world first: all TheShortSTOry podcasts will be available via a Telegram chatbot. This bot is, not unsurprisingly, called @TheShortSTOrybot. Go check it out!

    1. https://t.me/TheShortSTOrybot

    2. https://blog.bancor.network/proposing-bancor-v2-1-single-sided-amm-with-elastic-bnt-supply-bcac9fe655b

    3. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1en044m2wchn85aQBcoVx2elmxEYd5kEA/view

    • 2 min
    Uniswap Papers ep. 2: The Reckoning

    Uniswap Papers ep. 2: The Reckoning

    Today we will be discussing the second part of the Uniswap paper [1]. If you found yesterday's episode a bit dry, worry not. This one is more fun and economics, the mathematics stuff is mostly over. We are now moving on to the economics implications, and those are very interesting. Also honorable mentions of Sushiswap [3].

    1. https://theshortstory-podcast.com/papers/202009-uniswap-multipool/#part2

    2. https://theshortstory-podcast.com/papers/202009-uniswap-formulas/

    3. https://thedefiant.substack.com/p/sushiswaps-vampire-scheme-hours-away

    • 10 min
    The Uniswap papers

    The Uniswap papers

    I am currently working quite heavily on formalising my understanding of Uniswap and Uniswap-style pools like the infamous Sushiswap pool that provided a fair amount of drama over the weekend. So instead of a news podcast today a short podcast on those two papers. The first one is simply a collection of important formulas [1], and the second one is a series of charts showing how Uniswap pools prices change with the volume [2].

    1. https://theshortstory-podcast.com/papers/202009-uniswap-formulas/
    2. https://theshortstory-podcast.com/papers/202009-uniswap-multipool/

    • 10 min
    The new SEC rules for accredited investors (with Jeff Bandman)

    The new SEC rules for accredited investors (with Jeff Bandman)

    Today's podcast is with Jeff Bandman [1], principal at Bandman Advisors [2,3] and an esteemed colleague at University of Nicosia where he is teaching a course on blockchain regulations [4]. He is an expert on regulations, in particular in the US, and today we will be talking about SEC's exciting move to extend the definition of accredited investors [5,6,7]

    1. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffbandman/
    2. https://www.linkedin.com/company/bandman-advisors/
    3. https://www.bandmanadvisors.com/
    4. https://www.unic.ac.cy/blockchain/u-blockchain-law-regulation-and-policy/
    5. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeffbandman_sec-modernizes-the-accredited-investor-definition-activity-6704379921923379200-UGgx
    6. https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2020-191
    7. https://www.sec.gov/rules/final/2020/33-10824.pdf

    • 11 min
    Japanese messaging giant LINE in massive new push into crypto

    Japanese messaging giant LINE in massive new push into crypto

    The Japanse messaging giant LINE, creator of the Line friends, launches a blockchain development platform called LINE Blockchain Developers, and a crypto wallet called BITMAX.


    1. https://www.coindesk.com/line-launches-digital-asset-wallet-and-blockchain-development-platform
    2. https://cointelegraph.com/news/line-expands-blockchain-and-crypto-product-portfolio-with-two-new-additions

    • 3 min
    Man bites dog; also: Korea's ICON blockchain offers ID services to established banks

    Man bites dog; also: Korea's ICON blockchain offers ID services to established banks

    In a true man-bites-dog story [1], Korea's largest blockchain firm ICON [2] now offers KYC services to Shinhan Bank, Korea's second largest bank [3] as Coin Telegraph reports.

    1. https://cointelegraph.com/news/icon-app-offers-remote-kyc-for-south-koreas-second-largest-bank
    2. https://cointelegraph.com/news/four-of-the-top-five-south-korean-banks-to-offer-crypto-services
    3. https://icon.foundation/?lang=en

    • 3 min

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