IBM: Nine in 10 Government Execs Plan to Invest in Blockchain By 2018
Many of the government leaders queried by IBM in a recent survey say they want to put blockchain to work in the public sector. Out of 200 government executives from 16 different countries worldwide polled, 14% say they expect to utilize production-grade blockchains sometime this year. Forty-eight percent anticipate launches of their own between now and 2020. The remaining 38% indicated that they would take a wait-and-see approach, putting off their own use of the tech until past 2020. Among the use cases cited in the report, asset management and identity management were cited as the most....
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A recent survey by Deloitte shows that 82% of Indians plan to invest in cryptocurrency when the government provides more clarity surrounding the regulation of crypto assets. Moreover, 77.4% of respondents want cryptocurrency to be treated as securities.
Indian Crypto Survey: 82% Plan to Invest in Crypto Once It Is Regulated
Professional services firm Deloitte and the Times of India recently conducted a survey on cryptocurrency investing. The results were published Sunday.
Out of 1,800 respondents, 55.2% said they have invested in cryptocurrencies and will....
All types of organizations stand to gain new benefits from blockchain technology, but governments are uniquely positioned to not only gain such benefits for themselves, but to help establish blockchain infrastructure that benefits all business and consumer sectors. To assess the progress that government organizations are making in this area, the IBM Institute for Business Value released a report, “Building trust in government; Exploring the potential of blockchains.” With the support of its economist intelligence unit, the institute surveyed 200 government leaders in 16 countries on their....
New research from the digital currency insurance firm, Evertas, shows that a surveyed group of investors managing roughly $78 billion in collective assets believes that during the next five years, institutional investors will “dramatically” increase their crypto asset holdings. This week the crypto asset insurance company Evertas published a cryptocurrency survey that included a number of institutional investors who collectively manage $78 billion in assets. The survey’s participants included ultra-high net worth individuals, custodians, traditional financial....
Bitcoin wallet and block explorer resource Blockchain has been revealed as a Government of Dubai partner in the latter’s goal toward switching all government documents and transactions over a blockchain by the year 2020. Speaking at the World Economic Forum this week in Davos, Switzerland, Blockchain CEO Peter Smith also revealed plans for expanding the company to gain a presence in the Middle East. As reported by regional English publication The National, Smith stated: I am very optimistic about the Middle East and we plan to invest big there. I’m really excited about it. It’s a great....
The U.K.-registered EXMO exchange is one of the many crypto startups to go through the FCA approval process. Execs detailed the work it took to get there.