Demelza Hays

I am a Ph.D. student in the Business Economics program at the University of Liechtenstein. In 2015, I received my master's degree in economics from the Toulouse School of Economics. From 2008 until 2012, I completed my bachelor's degree in economics at the University of South Florida.

I am the editor of the Crypto Research Report www.CryptoResearch.Report. I also write a weekly newsletter on cryptocurrencies www.cryptoresearchnewsletter.substack.com. I am a research assistant to Professor Dr. Andrei Kirilenko at University of Cambridge Judge Business School. Under the supervision of Professor Dr. Michael Hanke and Professor Dr. Kirilenko, I am researching the role of cryptocurrency in asset management.

• Cross-Faculty Lecturer: Bitcoin and Blockchain Technology. University of Liechtenstein. 2017 - 2019.

• Bachelor's Course Lecturer: Financial Services. University of Liechtenstein. 2017-2019.

• Bachelor's Course Lecturer: Corporate Finance. University of Liechtenstein. 2019.

• Teaching Assistant. Business Statistics II. University of South Florida. 2011-2012.

Online

• Hays, Demelza. (2019). The Pursuit of Optimal Money. GenTwo.

• Hays, Demelza. (2019). ICOs: You Get What You Pay For. GenTwo.

• Hays, Demelza; Coronado, Andrés. (2018). Purchasing Power Is Increasing. FEE Foundation for Economic Education.

• Hays, Demelza. (2018). Cryptocurrencies and the Blockchain Technology. Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting Blog.

• Hays, Demelza. (2018). Bitcoin Is a Bubble, and It’s Not. The Epoch Times.

• Hays, Demelza; Zapke, Friederich. (2018). Dezentralisierung verhindert Double-spending. Bank Frick Blog.

• Hays, Demelza. (2018). Will Cryptos Fulfill Hayek's Vision of Private, De-Nationalized Money. Mises Institute.

• Hays, Demelza. (2018). Relative valuation of distributed ledger technologies with insights from Metcalfe. VOX CEPR Policy Portal.

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2018). Bitcoin: Bubble Or Hyperdeflation? ZeroHedge.

• Hays, Demelza. (2017). Blockchain Technology: ‘Proof-Of-Work’ Versus ‘Proof-Of-Stake’. Lindau Nobel Laureates Meeting Blog.

• Hays, Demelza. (2017). Central Banks Are Driving Many To Cryptocurrencies. ZeroHedge.

 

Magazine

• Hays, Demelza. (2020). DIGITAL LEADERS 2020 Das Who is Who des digitalen Liechtensteins. Digital Liechtenstein.

• Hays, Demelza. (2020). Anlegen im sicheren Hafen. Schweizer Monat.

• Hays, Demelza. (2020). How Decentralized Finance is Automating Central, Commercial,and Investment Banking. Bitcoin Suisse 2020 Outlook.

• Hays, Demelza. (2019). Gold vs. Bitcoin vs. Stablecoins. In Gold We Trust. Goldgedeckte Tokens vs. Bitcoin vs. Stablecoins (auf Deutsch).

• Hays, Demelza. (2019). Preparing for Crypto Spring. Forbes.

• Hays, Demelza; Coronado, Andrés. (2018). Dank Blockchain zur eigenen Firma. Peace Love Libery Das Studentenmagazin.

• Hays, Demelza. (2017). Bitcoin or Gold – Why Not Invest in Both? Forbes.

• Hays, Demelza. (2017). In Bitcoin We Trust? In Gold We Trust. In Bitcoin We Trust? (auf Deutsch).

• Hays, Demelza. (2016). Bitcoin and New Austrian Monetary Theory. Hayek Feder Magazine (Vol. 3).

• Hays, Demelza; Hoefer Martí, Julia. (2013). An Interview with Jean Tirole. TSEconomist Magazine.

 

Journal

• Hays, Demelza. (2018). Blockchain: An Overview. London School of Economics Business Review.

• Hays, Demelza. (2015). Privacy vs. Security: Does a Trade-off Really Exist? Fraser Institute Canadian Student Review Journal.

Books

• Sincich, Terry S. (2013). Statistics for Business and Economics (13e). Researcher and Contributer. Pearson.

 

Newspaper

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2019). Steuerliche Gegebenheiten bei Kryptowährungen. Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2019). Bitcoin in Zeiten von Rezession. Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2019). Bitcoin Suisse & Incrementum. Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2019). Das Ende des staatlichen Geldmonopols? Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2019). Facebooks Digitalwahrung Libra. Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2019). Das Zeitalter der Vetrauenserosion? Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2019). Ungedecktes Geld vs. Bitcoin. Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2019). Risiko und Innovation. Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2019). Wenn die Ebbe kommt. Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2019). Blockchain ganz ohne Krypto? Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2019). Kann die Blockchain Portfoliomanagement revolutionieren? Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2019). Ist der Kryptowinter vorüber? Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza; Valek, Mark. (2019). Eine Gold_Bitcoin Anlagestrategie. Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza. (2019). Verantwortungsvolle Krypto-Verwahrung. Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza. (2018). Kryptowährungen für Institutionelle Investoren. Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza. (2018). Wertpapier-Token oder Token-Wertpapierer? Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza. (2017). Eine tausendfache Rendite ist ein nettes Investment. Vaterland.

• Hays, Demelza. (2017). Neue Technologie erobert die Welt. Vaterland.

• Hays, Demelza. (2017). Bitcoin-Automat sagt Tschau zum Hoi-Laden. Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza. (2017). Nachwuchsforschende bei Nobelpreisträgertagung in Lindau. Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza. (2016). 8. Vernon Smith Prize verliehen. Volksblatt.

• Hays, Demelza. (2016). Eine gewisse Schwäche für Kryptogeld. Die Presse.

• Hays, Demelza. (2016). Is the federal government’s surveillance program really worth it? Tampa Tribune.

 

Essay Contests

• Hays, Demelza. (2016). The Ethics of Government Surveillance. European Center for Austrian Economics Foundation Vernon Smith Essay Contest.

• Hays, Demelza. (2019). Academic Literature on Security Token Offers. Panel discussion at Crypto Finance Conference. St. Moritz.

• Hays, Demelza. (2018). Limits of Cryptoasset Diversification . Paper presented at Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Cleveland.

• Hays, Demelza. (2018). Stocks vs. ICOs. Paper presented at Heidelberg Nobel Laureate Meeting. Heidelberg.

• Hays, Demelza. (2018). Security Token Regulation on a Global Scale. Liechtenstein Meets Blockchain. University of Liechtenstein.

• Hays, Demelza. (2017). Role of Cryptocurrency in Asset Management. Blockchain in Finance University of Liechtenstein.

• Hays, Demelza. (2017). Central Bank Cryptocurrencies. European Commission FinTech Task Force Workshop on Blockchain. Brussels.

• Hays, Demelza. (2017). The Role of Cryptocurrency in Asset Management. Paper presented at Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Lindau.

• Hays, Demelza. (2017). Is Bitcoin Money. Paper presented at Forbes Europe Future of Money Conference. Vienna.

• Hays, Demelza. (2017). Historical Returns on ICO Investments. Paper presented at Rise of ICO Conference. Linz.

• Hays, Demelza. (2019). Forbes Europe 30 Under 30.

• Hays, Demelza. (2018). Forbes DACH 30 Under 30.

• Hays, Demelza. (2012). Outstanding Graduate. University of South Florida.

• Hays, Demelza. (2019). Alpbach Forum. Alpbach, Austria.

• Hays, Demelza. (2016-17). Charles Koch Foundation Dissertation Grant.

• Hays, Demelza. (2015-16). Mercatus Center Frédéric Bastiat Fellow. George Mason University.

• Hays, Demelza. (2012-13). Fulbright Scholarship. U.S. Department of State. Punjab, India.

• Hays, Demelza. (2011). Critical Language Scholarship. U.S. Department of State. Punjabi Institute in Chandigarh, India.

• July 11, 2019. IE9_The Conference. Munich, Germany.

• August 14 - 28, 2019. Alpbach Forum. Alpbach, Austria.

• September 29, 2019. Dash Convention Europe. Zurich, Switzerland.

• October 12, 2019. Hayek Gesellschaft Annual Meeting. Düsseldorf, Germany.

• October 17, 2019. Trading Show Europe. London, England.

• January 23, 2020. Crypto Valley Venture Capital Summit. Davos, Switzerland.

• March 17, 2020. Female & Finance: Investment After-Work Series. Zurich, Switzerland.

• June 2, 2020. Value of Bitcoin Conference. Munich, Germany.

• June 10, 2020. Crypto Asset Lab Conference. Milan, Italy.

• June 17, 2020. The Future of Korean Financial Industry. Seoul, South Korea.

I help organize meetings for the Blockchain Meetup in Liechtenstein. The meetups take place at the Café in the Kunstmuseum in Vaduz. Registration can be found here. Outside of cryptocurrency, I am interested in the paleo diet and permaculture gardening. I also enjoy reading fiction and cooking.