Skip to main content
Toggle Menu

Secondary Menu

  • Who We Are
  • What We Do
  • Research
  • Incumbents and Disruptors
  • News
  • Contact
  • Search

Main Menu

  • Who We Are
  • What We Do
  • Research
  • Incumbents and Disruptors

Crypto Assets

Working Paper

Incentivizing Gigaton-Scale Carbon Dioxide Removal via a Climate-Positive Blockchain

August 04, 2023
In this working paper, Bachman, Chakravorti, Rane, and Thyagarajan propose an incentive mechanism to remove CO2 from the atmosphere using direct air carbon capture and storage technology using distributed ledger technology.
Incumbents Disruptors

What Problems Do CBDCs Solve?

February 23, 2022
In this blog, Chakravorti explores the role of retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and their impact on payments and banking, more fundamentally. CBDCs are digital representations of fiat currencies issued by central banks, but their existence may have wider implications than just for payments. Today, central banks around the...
Incumbents Disruptors

What Problems Do Stablecoins Solve?

December 21, 2021
In this blog, Chakravorti discusses the roles for stablecoins and their ability to increase the use of cryptocurrencies for both payments and DeFi applications. He also discusses different ways to regulate stablecoins to maintain financial stability while not stifling innovative solutions geared toward achieving greater financial inclusion.
News

Chakravorti Appointed Chief Economist (consulting) at Ripple

April 12, 2021
Bob is appointed first Chief Economist (consulting) at Ripple to provide economic analysis.
Presentation

The Future of Cryptotokens (Presentation)

December 20, 2019
Chakravorti presented his paper with Joey Biasi, titled "The Future of Cryptotokens," at the World Banking and Finance Symposium in New Delhi in December 2019.
News

Chakra Advisors' Bob Chakravorti Presented at International Conference in New Delhi

December 19, 2019
Bob presented a paper on crypto tokens and discussed a finance paper at the World Finance and Banking Symposium in New Delhi, India in December 2019. The conference was attended by financial faculty and professionals from around the world.
News

Chakra Advisors’ Bob Chakravorti Taught Courses at Indian Banking Institute

December 17, 2019
Bob gave three lectures at the National Institute of Bank Management in Pune, India in December 2019. He taught students on cryptocurrency, the current state of FinTech, and micro, small and medium enterprise lending and FinTech. The lectures were attended by finance professionals from various parts of India.
Presentation

Cryptocurrency

December 17, 2019
As part of training of Indian senior bankers, the National Institute of Bank Management located in Pune, India, invited Bob Chakravorti to teach three courses. This course is on the viability and applications of cryptocurrencies and crypto assets.
Book Chapter

The Future of Cryptotokens

October 21, 2019
In this chapter, Biasi and Chakravorti study how cryptotoken issuance, also referred to as initial coin offerings and security token offerings, may disrupt funding markets such as venture capital, crowdfunding, and private equity. The authors discuss the necessary infrastructure to support this new asset class. The authors analyze the market...
Incumbents Disruptors

Global Money: Facebook's Libra?

June 28, 2019
Generally, cross-border fund transfers occur over proprietary platforms requiring multiple intermediaries including banks. How do we provide payment mechanisms to the greater than 1.7 billion people without access to bank-intermediated financial services at a lower cost globally? Facebook announced last week that its new global currency, Libra, will address this...
Showing 1 - 10 of 14 results

Pagination

  • Current page 1
  • Page 2
  • Next page ›
  • Last page »
Chakra Advisors LLC © 2025. All rights reserved.
  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn