# Media — talks, videos & slides ## Blockchain & the MIT Digital Currency Experiment - [The MIT Digital Currency Experiment](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1VDahmcIBg) — MIT Sloan Alumni - [Seeding the S-Curve — with Catherine Tucker](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwjvlgR-kyY) — HBS Digital Initiative - [Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjWlXl-vGUc) — MIT Sloan Alumni - [Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain — 2017 MIT ICT Conference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taG-1p-UNC0) — MIT Corporate Relations - [How Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Will Impact the Digital Economy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToZG0Ij7UcQ) — MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy - [How Blockchain Will Transform the Digital Economy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaq0bwTuu1Q) — MIT Sloan CIO Symposium - [Initial Coin Offerings: The Rise of Crypto Capitalism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwhAYBPxN_Y) — The Entrepreneur Forum - [Blockchain 101 — A Visual Demo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_160oMzblY8) — Anders Brownworth - [How Blockchain Works — in 2 Minutes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiRFuHXHBhk) — MinuteVideos ## Stablecoins, Libra & CBDCs - [Breaking Down the Libra Cryptocurrency](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlBHOdraRzg) — MIT Sloan Experts Series - [Libra, Cryptocurrency, and Blockchain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex8JVqmLJpw) — HBS Digital Initiative - [A Libra Co-Creator on How Facebook Will Make Money From Calibra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiEx-hD9mBM) — Unchained, with Laura Shin - [How the Facebook Digital Currency Dream Has Changed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIV2yYmN2CY) — CNBC International - [Cryptocurrencies and Central Bank Digital Currencies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-nzAufS7Xs) — Philadelphia Fed - [From Cryptocurrencies, Stablecoins and Diem to CBDCs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIjprspOFv0) — Luohan Academy - [Stablecoins and Their Role in the Financial System](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EONvAsjcPZk) — OMFIF Digital Monetary Institute Symposium - [How Crypto, Stablecoins, CBDCs and Web3 Will Reshape Competition](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2R0HsqCTZY) — Center on Frontiers of Computing Studies, PKU - [The Future of Fintech: DeFi, NFTs, Smart Contracts, Web3](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrBEMSINCu8) — Philadelphia Fed - [Forget Bitcoin: Stablecoins Are the Real Revolution](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ao3QF22QGo) — Slow Ventures - [From Libra to Open Standard's OUSD (podcast)](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3TNVy6Wxz2u1lbnAzlWSu5) — CoinDesk Podcast Network, 2026 ## Slides - [Some Simple Economics of the Blockchain — 2017 MIT ICT Conference (PDF)](https://blockchain.mit.edu/slides/mit-ict-2017-catalini-blockchain-slides.pdf) ## Live Blockchain Watch a blockchain break, then fix itself — a hands-on, seven-step interactive demo created by Anders Brownworth, running entirely in the browser: [start the demo](https://blockchain.mit.edu/how-blockchain-works/).