Blockchain could provide the answer to the anti-money laundering issues that crypto-currencies face » Brave New Coin

October 4, 2017

The current AML system was originally tailored to address existing centralized financial services systems. By default, these guidelines cannot account for a finance system based on intrinsic anonymity. Rather, AML relies on the ability to monitor and exploit the Know Your Client (KYC) process, identifying information which every financial institution is required to account for by law.

Source: Blockchain could provide the answer to the anti-money laundering issues that crypto-currencies face » Brave New Coin

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Blockchain and the Future of the Firm | WSJ

October 1, 2017

Given the continuing advances of internet-based technologies, as well as emerging blockchain-based technologies, are companies passé? CIO Journal Columnist Irving Wladawsky-Berger taps an 80-year old economics paper and a recent book by two MIT faculty members to chart the future of the firm in an increasingly decentralized economy.

Source: Blockchain and the Future of the Firm

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2017 SHAPE THE FUTURE Blockchain Global Summit

September 23, 2017

Starting from the concept of BTC in Satoshi Nakamoto’s paper in 2008, now BTC has already evolved into a 40-billion-USD digital asset. What happened to BTC in its 9 years’ development? And what role does China play in BTC industry?

In order to keep a detailed record of the growth of this industry, BITKAN chose to be the narrator this time, together with other outstanding Chinese BTC companies such as Bitmain, Huobi, Bixin, ViaBTC and renowned BTC professionals and investors, telling the story of BTC’s development through a documentary. Just to show the most real situation of this industry and share the interviewees’ unique options.

Source: 2017 SHAPE THE FUTURE Blockchain Global Summit, Sep 20, 2017

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The Blockchain Research Institute Manifesto: Realizing the new promise of the digital economy | Don Tapscott | Pulse | LinkedIn

September 22, 2017

The new paradigm is calling forth a new generation of leaders. Leadership for this distributed future is and will come from everywhere – in organizations, industries, our economies and society. Leadership is an opportunity for each of us.  

Source: The Blockchain Research Institute Manifesto: Realizing the new promise of the digital economy | Don Tapscott | Pulse | LinkedIn

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Fat Protocols | Union Square Ventures

September 19, 2017

Many of the established rules about building businesses and investing in innovation don’t apply to this new model and today we probably have more questions than answers. But we’re quickly learning the ins and outs of this market through our blockchain portfolio and in typical USV fashion we’re going to share that knowledge as we go along.

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The Blockchain Revolution will not be a dinner party | Stephane Laurent 罗思凡 MBA | Pulse | LinkedIn

September 18, 2017

More recently, major banks in Russia have adopted blockchain technology to make transactions more efficient and safer. Also, a number of former Soviet republics have started using it to secure property titles. Finally, Dubai aims at becoming the world’s first government to utilize Blockchain for all transactions by 2020

Source: The Blockchain Revolution will not be a dinner party | Stephane Laurent 罗思凡 MBA | Pulse | LinkedIn

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