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The paper written by Brett Scott, explores the potential of distributed ledgers to help create a global world order fairer and more sustainable than the current one,…

UK Government Rolls Out Massive Blockchain Report

In a major report on Blockchain and distributed ledgers published today, the UK Government’s Chief Scientist, Sir Mark Walport, sets out how this technology could transform the delivery of public services and boost productivity.

The UK report states that Blockchain technology could provide government with new tools to reduce fraud, error and the cost of paper intensive processes and it also has…

Deloitte Says Blockchain is Coming to Disrupt your Industry

Blockchain technology has the potential to make many different things more secure and accountable, such as financial transactions, micropayments, IoT applications, health records, corporate audits and many others, observes David Schatsky and Craig Muraskin in an article recently published on Deloitte University Press, title “Beyond Bitcoin: Blockchain is coming to disrupt your industry”.

They…

Accenture Outlines Views on Blockchain Technology

Accenture’s North American Managing Director of IT Strategy, Abizer Rangwala , has recently written a blog post outlining his vision regarding how his company is going to utilise Blockchain Technology.

So here we stand at the dawn of 2016, looking forward to change and trying to predict whether blockchain will indeed prove to be the next Internet-like change driver. I’m aligned with those who see…

Visa Bullish on Blockchain for 2016

Visa Europe posted an article this week  “Why 2015 was the year for payments” and according to the report, they postulate that the Fintech sector saw a rapid evolution in 2015.

Noting the year started off with Bitcoin… but soon Blockchain took the center stage, which they deemed transformative, noting that they are both something, “…the industry has to live with.”

From the article:

2015 has…

CoinDesk’s Report on Banking and the Blockchain Now Available

For financial institutions, Blockchain technology holds great promise as a way to drive efficiencies and grease the friction in financial payment and settlement systems that have been slow to change. It also offers the potential to revolutionize the issuance and tracking of stocks and shares.

Over the last year, many of the world’s biggest banks have started seriously experimenting with the…

Charities Aid Foundation Report: Giving Unchained: Philanthropy and the Blockchain

The Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)has launched a new discussion paper, “Giving Unchained: Philanthropy and the Blockchain”, which looks at the potential impact of new technologies on charitable giving and social action

This follows on from their Giving a Bit(Coin) paperearlier this year, which explored the possibilities of harnessing new forms of digital ‘cryptocurrency’ for philanthropy. The…

McKinsey Report States Blockchain Will Dramatically Reshape the Capital Markets Industry

Consulting firm McKinsey & Company has stated in a fresh report that the wider adoption of Blockchain technology by financial incumbents will probably take place in the near future development but will require close cooperation among market participants, regulators and technologists.

Their report “Beyond the Hype: Blockchains in Capital Markets”, says that Blockchain technology will “dramatically…