The Dutch Are Betting on Blockchain for Their Financial System
De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB), The Netherlands’ central bank, is all set to support a new ‘blockchain development campus’, which will enable banks to develop and share information regarding the use of blockchain, the distributed ledger system behind Bitcoin. The lowlands country has even appointed a new ‘Fintech Ambassador’ Willem Vermeend, a professor of Economics and a former minister of Social Affairs and Employment. He is expected to play the role of a bridge between the government, the fintech sector and the regulators. Everyone needs to work together. In order to facilitate learning....
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