JPMorgan: Blockchain is the Real Deal, Get Off the Sidelines

JPMorgan: Blockchain is the Real Deal, Get Off the Sidelines

JPMorgan Chase and consultants Oliver Wyman have joined calls for traditional investment banking to “embrace the Blockchain” or be left disadvantaged. JPMorgan: ‘Get Off the Sidelines’. In a joint report issued last week, the firms described the current industry mood as “a consensus… forming that [Blockchain] is the real deal.” “Disregarding it is a....


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