World Economic Forum: Blockchain to Form Foundation of New Financial Infrastructure
Distributed ledger tech will play a key role in the foundation of next-generation financial services according to a new report by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Released today, the 130-page report aims to provide a “clear view” of how financial services could be reimagined by combining blockchains and distributed ledgers with existing and emerging technologies including mobile, machine learning and robotics. Overall, the WEF report stressed that distributed ledgers should not be viewed as a "panacea" or held back by existing financial "orthodoxies". It further....
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