Prof. Ladislav Krištoufek (Charles University) on the market effects of stablecoin issuance (EP.171)

Economics professor at Charles University Ladislav Krištoufek joins us for a discussion centered on his new paper, On the Role of Stablecoins in Cryptoasset Pricing Dynamics. In this episode: 

• How Ladislav began covering crypto markets in 2013
• Ladislav's research agenda as it pertains to the crypto markets
• Why the quality of so much Bitcoin academia is dubious
• The academic-practitioner gap and how to close it
• How Ladislav came to write his newest paper
• Methodological details
• How to interpret the findings in the paper
• Whether issuance of stablecoins affects the price of bitcoin
• Ladislav's critiques of the Griffin and Shams paper
• Key takeaways from Ladislav's paper
• Ladislav's ultimate explanation for stablecoin issuance
• Other papers Ladislav recommends on stablecoins

Also mentioned: 

• 'What Keeps Stablecoins Stable?', OTB discussion with Ganesh Viswanath-Natraj
• Is Bitcoin Really Untethered? by Griffin and Shams