Date	Quiz	Topic	Recommended reading
08/26	Quiz 1	Introduction and Overview of DeFi [Premiere] [Playlist] Slides: Berkeley DeFi course logistics Slides: Introduction and Overview of DeFi Slides: Lecture 1 Recap	CeFi vs. DeFi DeFi SoK Schär, F., 2021
09/02	Quiz 2	Introduction to Blockchain Technology [Premiere] [Playlist] Slides: Introduction to Blockchain Technology Slides: Lecture 2 Recap	Lightning Network Multi-Path Routing Rollup Bridges Bitcoin Whitepaper
09/09	Quiz 3	Introduction to Smart Contracts [Premiere] [Playlist] Slides: Introduction to Smart Contracts Slides: Lecture 3 Recap	Formalizing and Securing Relationships on Public Networks Ethereum Whitepaper Introduction to Smart Contracts (Solidity Documentation) Solidity by Example
09/16	Quiz 4	Introduction to Traditional Finance [Premiere] [Playlist] Slides: Introduction to Traditional Finance Slides: Class Project Information Slides: Lecture 4 Recap	Money in the Modern Economy Money Creation in the Modern Economy Measuring Trade Execution Costs in Financial Markets Market Microstructure
09/23	Quiz 5	DEX [Premiere] [Playlist] Slides: DEX Slides: (Guest speaker Dan Robinson (Paradigm) [Uniswap case study])	Analysis of Uniswap Markets DEX with AMM Protocols StableSwap Theory of AMM in DeFi Uniswap v3 Core Whitepaper
09/30	Quiz 6	Decentralized Lending [Premiere] [Playlist] Slides: Decentralized Lending Slides: Lecture 6 Recap	A Study of DeFi Liquidations Attacking DeFi with Flash Loans DeFi Protocols for Loanable Funds Liquidations The Decentralized Financial Crisis
10/07	Quiz 7	Stablecoins (Guest Speaker Ariah Klages-Mundt) [Premiere] [Playlist] Slides: Stablecoins I Slides: Stablecoins II (Guest speaker Ariah Klages-Mundt (Cornell))	(In)Stability for the Blockchain Stablecoins 2.0 Search for Stability in Crypto Assets While Stability Lasts Unique Equilibrium in Currency Attacks
10/14	Quiz 8	Oracles (Guest Speaker Ari Juels) [Premiere] [Playlist] Slides: Oracles	An Authenticated Data Feed for Smart Contracts Chainlink 2.0 Liberating Web Data Using Decentralized Oracles
10/21	Quiz 9	Synthetics And Derivatives [Premiere] [Playlist] Slides: Synthetics And Derivatives I Slides: Synthetics And Derivatives II	Exchange-Traded Funds The Economics of Central Clearing Margin Account Requirements US Repo Fact Sheet (2021)
10/28	Quiz 10	Privacy on the Blockchain [Premiere] [Playlist] Slides: Privacy on the Blockchain	Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technologies (CS251 at Stanford) A Fistful of Bitcoins Succinct Non-Interactive Arguments Tornado Cash Whitepaper Confidential Transactions
11/04	Quiz 11	Decentralized Identities [Premiere] [Playlist] Slides: Decentralized Identities	Proof of Person CanDID IPFS Axioms of Web Architecture Quadratic Payments
11/11		No Class (Veterans Day)
11/18	Quiz 12	Practical Smart Contract Security (Guest Speaker Sam Sun) [Premiere] [Playlist] Slides: Practical Smart Contract Security
11/25		No Class (Thanksgiving)
12/02	Quiz 13	DeFi Security II [Premiere] [Playlist] Slides: Smart Contract Security	Detecting and Quantifying Wash Trading Flash Boys High Frequency Trading Profit-Generating Transactions Quantifying Blockchain Abstractable Value
12/09		Regulatory Issues with DeFi (Guest Speaker Aaron Wright) [Premiere]