The course will cover finance and arbitrage fundamentals, as well as background on Ethereum and smart contracts. It will also touch on more advanced topics such as stable assets, pricing, factoring in volatility, and front running.
Additionally, students will have a chance to talk with an experienced cryptomarket algo-trader. Throughout the workshop, students will compete in an arbitrage challenge, where they will build trading algorithms that compete against each other to earn digital assets.
1. Tue Jan 08 (2-4pm)
Class introduction
Arbitrage identification (part 1)
2. Thu Jan 10 (2-4pm)
Intro to Ethereum & smart contracts 2.0
The challenge: Intro, tools, & examples
3. Tue Jan 15 (2-4pm)
Arbitrage identification (part 2)
Practical challenges of arbitrage trading (part 1)
4. Thu Jan 17 (2-4pm)
Stable tokens & token pricing
Practical challenges of arbitrage trading (part 2)
5. Jan 22 & 24 (2-3pm)
Office hours
6. Jan 29 (2-4pm)
History of Ethereum attacks
7. Thu Jan 31 (2-4pm)
Class discussion: share your experiences
Winners announcement & prize distribution
Room 26-210
Ongoing Jan 10-31
1. Introduction to the challenge (tools, prizes, etc.)
2. Tools set-up
3. Example script
4. Resources: Challenge guidebook
5. User agreement & challenge terms (see here)
Celo is building products for financial inclusion utilizing the power of blockchain technology. Our mission is to build a monetary system that creates the conditions for prosperity for all. The first application launching on our platform is a social payments and cash transfer app, aimed at developing markets.
Celo was founded by MIT Alumni & Faculty in 2017 and is based in San Francisco and Berlin.
Read more about what we’re building. You may also request our whitepaper by emailing mit@celo.org.
