Study: Talent Gap Holds Back Blockchain in Capital Markets
A new report finds that the question in capital markets is no longer whether to explore the blockchain, but how. That’s the sentiment of this sector of enterprise finance toward the emerging technology, according to research and advisory firm Aite Group. Released in late December, the impact note is the result of interviews with technology and business strategists conducted from June to August 2015. But while optimistic in its assessment of the industry’s views on the technology, the report identified six challenges toward its adoption in the marketplace, including, perhaps most....
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