UCL is making a first call for project proposals which will result in a disbursement of GBP 200,000. The six best projects will be selected and funded. The indicative maximum budget per 6-month project block is £33,333.

There are 9 days left for submissions (June 30 deadline) and the MTC, together with the generous support of the #DeFi industry association MAMA would like to offer its industry, association and expertise in the form of support! Note, full release and information about the UCL call for proposals can be found here.

Specifically, the MTC would like to offer it’s support for any proposals made in topics which could have interesting overlap and benefit to the Melon Protocol. The Melon Protocol is an open-source protocol for decentralised and on-chain asset management. It is a blockchain software that seeks to enable participants to set up, manage and invest in technology regulated and operated funds (TROF’s) in a way that reduces barriers to entry, whilst minimising the requirements for trust. The Melon protocol is a set of rules implementing the behaviour of an investment fund as a system of smart contracts. These rules are meant to protect the investor and fund manager from malevolent behaviour towards each other, even though both parties may, in theory, remain unknown to one another.

ELIGIBLE RESEARCH TOPICS WHICH THE MTC CAN PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR:

D. Blockchain use cases

While the blockchain technology is maturing at a high speed, the application of blockchain will demonstrate the true value of the technology for the human society. Researchers are invited to investigate the application of blockchain solutions in various industry verticals by exploring the potentials and discussing the challenges in applying the technology.

MTC can provide technical & industry to support to applicants for the following topic:

Blockchain in asset management;

E. Blockchain: Regulation and Policy

The MTC, in close collaboration with MAMA (the Multichain Asset Managers Association) can provide support on the following topics for proposals applying to the financial market industry.

RegTech and SupTech (the role of distributed ledger technology in regulatory enforcement);

Legal/regulatory challenges of decentralised organisations (e.g. DO, DAO, DAC);

F. Fiscal policy in tokenomics

Researchers are invited to investigate the economic significance of various “fiscal policies” in crypto-economics and draw analogies from the fiat monetary policies. Researches can either focus on one or more specific blockchains, or build a generalised economic model that can simulate the impact of different fiscal policies on token value and token holders’ welfare. The fiscal policies of interest may include:

The MTC is happy to provide support for any research extending on the work already done by Melonport AG in this field done which assesses any (or all) of the following proposed topics whilst using the MLN token as a case-study. For further reading on the MLN token model, please explore Melonomics 1,2 and 3 (summary leads to detailed links).