Tag "distributed ledger technology"
European Blockchain Spending to Grow to $3.5 Billion by 2022
According to IDC’s new Worldwide Semiannual Blockchain Spending Guide, Europe will be the second-largest investor in blockchain technologies. With a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 80.2% for 2017–2022, Europe will increase its spending from around $400 million in 2018
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Ueli Maurer Calls for Stronger Focus on Financial Digital Developments at G20 Meeting
At this year’s third meeting of G20 finance ministers in Buenos Aires, Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer underlined Switzerland’s position on cryptocurrencies. In addition, Switzerland joined the call for open markets for goods and services. Regarding the taxation of the digital
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Swiss Stock Exchange Launches Crypto and ICO Trading
Switzerland’s stock exchange – owned and managed by SIX – today announced that it is building a fully integrated trading, settlement and custody infrastructure for digital assets. SIX is regulated as an operator of Financial Market Infrastructure (FMI) by Swiss
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Blockchain in Capital Markets: What Has Been Done So Far
The success of blockchain, the technology underlying Bitcoin, has grown each year as angel investors, VCs and banks continue to inject millions in investments to fuel the development of systems based on blockchain, attracted by the technology’s potential to streamline
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Diamonds, UNICEF and The Music Industry, What Do They Have In Common?
Luis Carranza, founder of Fintech Worldwide and organiser of London Blockchain Week discusses Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in 2017 There’s been a lot of talk about blockchain over the past year. Sometimes I think back to when I
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Distributed Ledger Technology For Swiss Financial Market From SIX Securities Services & Digital Asset
SIX Securities Services, the post-trade infrastructure operator for the Swiss financial sector, and Digital Asset Holdings, a developer of distributed ledger technology for the financial services industry, announced plans to develop a proof of concept that will demonstrate the commercial
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UBS Exec: Blockchain ‘The Biggest Disruptor Since The Internet’
Blockchain technology will cause major disruption in the enterprise stack, sparking a dramatic shift to distributed computing environments with the “value web” becoming a massive peer-to-peer network, according to UBS’s former Group CIO and Group Managing Director, Oliver Bussmann. Qualified
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