The power of the swarm

Today, decentralized finance is at the heart of the Web 3.0 revolution, giving everyone the power to control their own financial destiny without recourse to trusted third-party intermediaries. This power gives it a ubiquity that frees it from the constraints of time and space, to the point where we’re beginning to believe in Bill Gates’ confession that, since the 1990s, ＂banking services are necessary, but banks are no longer＂. Could the emergence of crypto-currencies be the embodiment of Gates’ self-fulfilling prophecy? In the shadow of fears and uncertainties, this book explores the shifting frontiers of finance, where the rise of Cryptoactives augurs an upheaval of the international financial order, or even the emergence of a new financial paradigm.