Deloitte: Blockchain Will Become a Reality in 2016
Deloitte’s global cryptocurrency community (dc3) has been actively engaged over the past year in combining the firm's strategy and innovation consulting practices with a growing ecosystem of the world’s leading entrepreneurs, scientists, technologists and business leaders. This has led to groundbreaking collaborations with entities such as the World Economic Forum, Singularity University and MIT Media Lab's Digital Currency Initiative. As an industry thought leader, Deloitte's goal is to provide forward-looking perspectives, and in this article we tackle the question: What does 2016 hold....
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