FinTechEDU | Financial Giants Flock To Blockchain Technology, While Employees Left Clueless?
The underlying technology of bitcoin called, ‘the blockchain’ has disrupted & rocked the foundation of traditional finance to its very core! It seems mainstream media is reporting financial institution’s adoption of blockchain technology in nanoseconds. Only months ago many of these same outfits were opposed to change labeling the bitcoin community, ‘An....
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