The Road Ahead For FinTech Acceptance of Blockchain
Financial technology solutions company D+H has provided a whitepaper on what they consider to be the top milestones that blockchain technology must hit before it will be an accepted addition to the world of fintech. At large, international scale conferences, executives and those heavily involved in the financial and banking sector have painted with broad strokes on their opinions about blockchain. Many executives see the technology as ultimately useful if it can be leveraged properly. However, the radical nature of blockchain technology and its inherent association with an uncomfortably....
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