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About us
The IDFI is a cross-disciplinary institute bridging the blockchain and regtech technology, digital finance business model innovation, digital asset regulation and policy, and applications for the emerging metaverse. The IDFI has developed an ecosystem of world-leading technology, NGO, and institutional strategic partners focused on connecting governments and institutions to digital finance/Fintech solutions that are transforming the world. The IDFI mandate is to catalyse the digital economy/digital finance development by providing the critical technologies, capabilities, and best-practices from world-class innovation.
Our purpose
The IDFI is an advanced research institute in digital finance, with a specific goal of spearheading global thought leadership and applied research focused on the institutional adoption of regulated digital currencies and digital finance innovation. This internationally-focused institution is uniquely positioned to connect the global leaders of digital finance to China’s mainland ecosystem. As China opens up its financial ecosystem to the world and assumes a leadership role in regulated digital assets, the IDFI will be a key bridge to bring bilateral opportunities and partnerships.
Research Pillars
The focus of the IDFI is on 4 major research pillars
1
Digital Currency Research
Digital currency interoperability infrastructure
Digital currency standards
Stablecoin innovation: next generation algorithmic, commodity-backed, etc.
CBDC fiscal and monetary policy innovation
Programmable money innovation
Digital currency regulation: Financial Action Task Force, G7, G20, BIS
Digital asset rights management frameworks
2
Digital Finance Innovation
Asset-backed securitisation: digital securities /commodities /assets
Digital finance business model innovation
Institutional decentralised finance (DeFi)
Digital finance policy and regulation
Regtech: Big Data, AI, blockchain applications for digital finance
Public-private partnerships, tokenizing infrastructure projects, etc.
Digital asset tokeneconomics (crypto-economics)
cSME financing: working with People Centered Internet, UN DCD, World Bank, IFC, FINRA,, etc.
Trade financing: working with various partners on China/Africa/ASEAN trade/cross-border payment bridges
3
Green Digital Finance
Digital green bonds/financing
Blockchain systems for tracking and tracing use of funds, bond principle standards
ESG reporting automation through smart contracts
Compliance automation
Carbon credit tokenisation
Carbon credit futures/indices
4
Digital Economy Innovation for Metaverse
Financialisation layer for Metaverse: NFT infrastructure, payments, exchange, marketplaces
NFT use cases and applications
Web 3.0 Standards and Frameworks
Tokeneconomic systems
Digital economy innovation
Metaverse applications: Spatial computing, digital twins, DeFi, GameFi, SocialFi, Metaverse Advertising, virtual real estate, etc.
The intersection of AI, Quantum, Blockchain, Cloud, and Metaverse