'Big Four' Accounting Firms Meet to Consider Blockchain Consortium

'Big Four' Accounting Firms Meet to Consider Blockchain Consortium

Blockchain representatives from each of the 'Big Four' accounting firms are set to meet this morning with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants to discuss establishing a distributed ledger consortium. Held at Microsoft's headquarters in New York City, the event marks the first meeting between blockchain specialists from Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PwC. Collectively, the accounting firms in attendance last year generated $123.7bn revenue. The gathering is being hosted by ethereum-focused startup Consensys. According to Consensys head of blockchain accounting,....


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