Former SEC Chairman Levitt and Blockchain’s Smith Answer Bitcoin’s Naysayers
As financial companies have begun exploring blockchain technology, bitcoin’s promise as a payment disruptor has earned its fair share of skeptics who say the promise has been exaggerated. In response to these naysayers, Arthur Levitt, Jr., former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Peter Smith, CEO of Blockchain, have written a column in American Banker arguing that those who say bitcoin won’t disrupt payments are wrong. They address the key arguments, such as the claim that the U.S. and Western Europe are already well served by existing financial systems, that bitcoin....
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