Accountability in the Digital Asset Business
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/accountability-in-the-digital-asset-business/
Sep 16, 2021 - With decentralization as a key design tenet, distributed ledger technologies are difficult to govern with centralized models of organizational oversight. While cryptoassets, smart contracts, and blockchains create efficiencies and mitigate certain known business risks, they introduce a unique set of risks. This project outlines strategies for managing, measuring, and mitigating these risks. For enhancing controls, its authors map out an integrated control framework with standards, roles, and responsibilities. They also look at audit and assurance of Dapps, proof of solvency, and regulatory compliance. Finally, they present a new playbook with...
Keyword: AICPA,
BTC Guild,
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations,
CPA Canada,
dead coins,
Deloitte,
financial services,
GAAP,
Gemini,
governance,
Guy Zyskind,
ICO,
IPO,
ISO/IEC 27001,
KYC/AML,
law & regulation,
Maksim Zaslavskiy,
Operation Cryptosweep,
Quadriga,
SEC,
System and Organization Controls
Diamonds on the Blockchain
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/diamonds-on-the-blockchain/
Dec 22, 2017 - This research looks at the blockchain start-up Everledger's use of distributed ledgers and artificial intelligence in place of flawed, forgeable, and inefficient paperwork to record and verify the provenance of diamonds. It covers use cases involving fine wine and art where an asset's value depends on its authenticity, and it provides managerial considerations for participants in such high-value supply chains. As of 2018, the platform is based on IBM Blockchain, a version of Hyperledger Fabric. Before 2016, Everledger used Ethereum, Eris, and BigchainDB.
Keyword: Chai Wine Vault,
conflict diamonds,
De Beers,
energy & resources,
geographical indication,
IBM,
insurance fraud,
Kimberley Process,
Leanne Kemp,
provenance,
SAP Ariba,
SDG 12,
supply chain,
Vastari
Blockchain In Commercial Insurance
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/commercial-insurance/
Nov 21, 2019 - Insurance is a significant industry worldwide: in 2017, total global gross written premiums tallied $4.8 trillion. In this white paper, Henry Kim and Muhammad Izhar Mehar of the Schulich School of Business offer clear guidance for evaluating potential blockchain use cases in commercial insurance. They take a “first principles” approach rooted in historical and economic perspectives and provide a more scientific framework for comparisons. It is a practical work for professionals responsible for sizing up the potential of distributed ledger technology in the insurance industry.
Keyword: AIG,
Allianz,
American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS),
ANZ Bank,
Blockchain Insurance Industry Initiative (B3i),
ChainThat,
contributionship,
financial services,
Insurwave,
Mattereum,
openIDL,
R3,
SDG 10,
SDG 17,
SDG 9,
Standard Charter,
Suncorp,
Sweetbridge,
Willis Re,
York University
The Digital Yuan and Cross-Border Payments
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/the-digital-yuan-and-cross-border-payments/
Aug 17, 2022 - Central banks, rev up your digital currency engines! The race to global adoption is on, and this case study of China’s e-yuan captures the first mover in action. Co-led by PhDs—one a fintech advisor, strategy consultant, and researcher based in Hong Kong/Singapore, and the other a professor at the Schulich School of Business in Toronto—the case digs into the Chinese government’s approach to the research, development, and roll out of its digital yuan. The authors analyze China’s digital currency electronic payment in terms of the government’s joint venture with SWIFT, its Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, and the Belt an...
Agriculture on the Blockchain
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/agriculture-on-the-blockchain/
Dec 15, 2017 - This research looks at smart contracts and distributed ledger technology applied to farming and food sustainability. Its use cases include food provenance and food safety from farm to fork, local agricultural cooperatives creating local prosperity, and financial innovations in funding and insurance tailored to underserved communities of farmers.
Keyword: AgriDigital,
AgriLedger,
Canadian Cattle Genome Project,
energy & resources,
Etherisc,
Everex.io,
FarmShare,
Global Impact Ledger,
government,
INSCATECH,
Intellichain,
IoT,
parametric insurance,
proof of impact,
provenance,
SDG 1,
SDG 10,
SDG 2,
The Fork,
traceability,
UN/CEFACT