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Being a forum for blockchain ideas
The highly flexible nature of blockchain has started to become really apparent in recent years. The technology has managed to find its way into many areas of life, and various companies in many differ...
With the rise of national digital identity in several countries, and the very real need for one billion people around the world without an official identity, there are many questions around how best t...
The cryptocurrency industry is on the rise, and it is no longer just an industry dedicated to currency. Many thought that 2017/2018 was the peak year for the crypto industry when hundreds of currencie...
CIOs of companies are increasingly showing their interest in blockchain technology. In PwCs 2018 survey amongst a large number of business executives from 15 different industries in various countries,...
Around 80% of all US corporate bond volume (based on dollar amount) is still traded telephonically, while 90% of all US equities volume (based on dollar amount) is traded electronically. This dispari...
Blockchain is hard to ignore these days, as the technology is all around us, and it looks like we’re only touching the tip of the iceberg at the moment. It’s very likely that we’re going to see even m...
Though blockchain is not yet well understood by many treasury people, and tangible real-world applications for the corporate treasurer’s day-to-day activities are still scarce, this technology is gett...
The world of banking as we know for many years is in a fundamental transformation process, triggered by new technologies. The most important is blockchain that is said to fundamentally change the way ...
In a previous article I looked at how Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) can be applied to the issue of making sure you understand who you are doing business with i.e. Know Your Customer (KYC). The o...
Blockchain and Big Data are among the emerging technologies that are high on many companies’ agendas. Both are expected to radically transform the way businesses and organizations are run in the upc...
It is increasingly becoming a certainty that crypto-assets are here to stay. Also regulators are now more convinced that these will be here for the long run. Long time taken a wait-and-see attitude, t...
Several years ago Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) were going to solve all problems: from streamlining payments, to world peace! Since then, most have fallen away as not having the b...