How Will Blockchain Revolutionize the Flow of Payments and Data Across Global Markets?
The underlying technology behind Bitcoin has the potential to be one of the most exciting technological advances of our time. Blockchain is disrupting the financial sector and has the ability to disrupt all major markets, including supply chain, logistics, retail, legal, entertainment, energy and power, and many more. Fortune 500 companies are starting to take notice.
However, blockchain technology remains nascent. During its continued rapid development, significant obstacles are arising even as minor and major advances are being discovered by companies on a regular basis.
Don’t miss your chance to learn about this game-changing technology at Blockchain World Congress, September 13-14, 2016, New York, NY.
The “go-to place” to gain valuable insights into the rapid development of the new world of digital finance.
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Hear from a member of our Blockchain Advisory Board, Featured on PFR:
Willem Buiter
Global Chief Economist
CITI
Joe Ciccolo
President
BITAML
Nitin Gaur
Director Blockchain Labs
IBM
Nathaniel Karp
Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Economist
BBVA COMPASS
Kaspar Korjus
e-Residency Managing Director
ENTERPRISE ESTONIA
Atul Kshirsagar
Senior Software Architect
GE DIGITAL
Zaki Manian
Founder
SKUCHAIN
Gene Neyer
Industry and Regulatory, Global Payments
D+H
Yorke Rhodes
Global Blockchain Business Strategist
MICROSOFT
Oscar Roque
Director, Partnerships
BMO FINANCIAL GROUP
Tahnee Singh
Director, Digital Product Development & Management
AMERICAN EXPRESS
Sarab Sokhey
Managing Director Mobile Commerce, New Product Innovation
VERIZON WIRELESS
Andrea Tinianow Esq.
Blockchain Ombudsman
STATE OF DELAWARE
Shishir Vadhavkar
Director Industry Solutions - Banking and Financial Services
DELL
Graham Warner
Americas Head of GTB Product Development
DEUTSCHE BANK
In this blog, we chat with Yorke Rhodes III, the Global Blockchain Business Strategist at Microsoft. He will be speaking at the Blockchain World Congress this September in NYC.
Read MoreIn this blog, we chat with Shishir Vadhavkar, Director Industry Solutions – Banking and Financial Services at Dell about IoT, the future of blockchain and more. Shishir will be speaking at the Blockchain World Congress this September in NYC.
Read MoreIsaac Brown | Lux Research
When we think of Bitcoin, we tend to think of clandestine marketplaces, along with the speculative frenzy and resulting disillusionment that took place a few years ago. What most people don’t think about is the fact that Bitcoin was built on an incredibly innovative set of technologies.
Read MoreIsaac Brown | Lux Research
In our last article, we discussed the use of blockchain to improve the security and scalability of Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. Buzz around blockchain is picking up rapidly as innovators in every field apply the concept to different applications – while the value proposition for blockchain is strong for the IoT, there are unique challenges that will delay its implementation.
Read MoreNitin Gaur | Director at IBM Blockchain Labs
In this long overdue post, I would like to focus on KYC, AML, and regulatory compliance. When discussing the design of the transaction systems of the future, it is necessary to consider the existing systems as a reference point.
Read MoreD+H
Introduction: Heralding a New Era in Financial Services
In recent months, hardly a day has passed without news of further initiatives and investments in blockchain. With growing numbers of banks and other institutions now developing and trialing blockchain capabilities and applications in their innovation labs, venture capital funding is continuing to flow into blockchain start-ups around the world.
Read MoreNitin Gaur | Director at IBM Blockchain Labs
This is a long overdue post, because I have been immersed in many workshops and client conversations around use case identification and identifying hurdles (both technical and political) for the adoption of blockchain in an enterprise. In this post I intend to outline the challenges around enterprise adoption of blockchain technologies.
Read MoreNitin Gaur | Director at IBM Blockchain Labs
This post is long overdue, but better late than never. In my last post I discussed facets of blockchain technology and their potential benefits to enterprises. In this post I would like to dig a bit deeper and discuss the technology fundamentals.
Read MoreNitin Gaur | Director at IBM Blockchain Labs
As I examine the facets of blockchain technology and their potential benefits to enterprise applications, I realize that the blockchain landscape is fragmented, with many innovative approaches in use to apply this
Read MoreSteve Ehrlich | Spitzberg Partners
I do not envy data protection authorities (DPAs).
Although virtually everyone from the top leadership to the rank and file of these
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