Bob Chakravorti was a guest lecture in Heather Russell's graduate law FinTech Program at Boston University Law School. Bob discussed the potential roles for cryptocurrencies and blockchains in finance.
The proportion of retail, non-cash payments made electronically in the U.S. grew from 15% in 1979 to 40% in 2000. A recent Chicago Fed conference addressed the important question of whether today's payment networks can adequately support emerging payment technologies.