UPS Private Equity Strategic Investment Official Sees Block Chain Role For Global Trade
While financial institutions explore the capabilities of the block chain as a tool for managing finance, the supply chain industry is taking an interest in using bitcoin and the block chain for managing global trade and e-commerce. Rimas Kapeskas, managing director of UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, the private equity strategic investment arm of UPS, wrote a blog about the advantages of bitcoin on Longitudes, the UPS blog devoted to the trends shaping the global economy. Kapeskas said digital currency and block chain technologies could provide a better platform for global trade and....
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