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Morgan Stanley Shares Roadmap for Blockchain Adoption

While the long-term opportunity offered by blockchain is clear, widespread adoption by financial institutions will take between 5 and 10 years from now, according to Morgan Stanley. In a new report entitled ‘Global Insight: Blockchain in Banking: Disruptive Threat or Tool?’,

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Swiss Startup Lykke Seeks To Disrupt The Retail Trading Market With Blockchain Tech

The founder and former chairman of Canadian foreign exchange company OANDA, Richard Olsen, has unveiled his most recent venture: a global marketplace for multiple assets and financial instrument built on the Bitcoin blockchain. Dubbed Lykke, the company launched in late-September

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No Financial Services Firm Can Afford to Ignore Blockchain Technology any Longer

The blockchain has the potential to do much more than just support cryptocurrencies; in fact, Capgemini expects that the technology will “revolutionize the financial services sector… [by providing] unprecedented transaction security through cryptography.” In a new report called ‘Blockchain: A

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