The Coming Cataclysm
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/the-coming-cataclysm/
Sep 30, 2019 - This research explores the disruptive effects of blockchain technologies on central banking and the financial services industry. Its author discusses Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra, and how the other FAANG companies—that is, Amazon.com, Apple, Netflix, and Google—might respond with their own digital tokens. He introduces five transformations—cryptoassets, the tokenization of everything, blockchains as state machines, a new model for identity, and the nine forms of decentralized finance. He examines the challenges that incumbents and innovators face during this transition; and he previews the world of financial services in th...
Keyword: Abra,
Christine Lagarde,
CoinShares,
Corda,
Cosmos,
Facebook,
Fidelity,
financial services,
J.P.Morgan,
Libra,
MakerDAO,
Mark Carney,
Quorum,
Ripple,
SDG 10,
SDG 9,
stablecoin,
YouNow
How Blockchain Can Help Regulators
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/how-blockchain-can-help-regulators/
Dec 07, 2018 - In collaboration with Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada, researcher Alan Majer of Good Robot presents the promise and potential of blockchain applied to the safety and sustainability of Canada’s food supply. He includes in-depth interviews of Emma Weston, CEO of AgriDigital, Padraig Brennan of Bord Bia, and leaders at Agri Traçabilité Québec and BLOCKstrain. Ultimately, he describes a working model of the holistic approach that other government agencies could be taking to test blockchain solutions to pressing national problems that require public-private collaboration.
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Keyword: ACIA,
agriculture,
Amazon.com,
BIXSco,
CFIA,
chaîne d'approvisionnement,
Ethereum Swarm,
genetically modified organism,
government,
IBM,
InterPlanetary File System,
ISDE,
ISED,
law & regulation,
organisme génétiquement modifié,
SDG 16,
supply chain,
Walmart
New Directions for Government In the Second Era of the Digital Age
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/new-directions-for-government-in-the-second-era-of-the-digital-age/
Feb 09, 2021 - This research project surveys what federal governments can do to exploit the next era of technology across their operations, within their economies and society, and with their allies and global partners. It focuses on the threats and opportunities facing the United States—including China’s increasing dominance in global supply chains and strategic innovation. It also speaks to challenges the new administration faces, and recommends five areas for immediate action: securing digital systems, citizen identities, and personal data; embracing cryptocurrencies and launching a digital dollar; transforming government services and culture; engagin...
Keyword: agile methodology,
central bank digital currency,
COVID-19,
data governance,
DIF,
Facebook,
government,
immigration,
initial coin offering,
Linux,
OECD,
participatory budgeting,
SDG 16,
SDG 17,
SDG 5,
SDG 9,
SolarWinds,
Solid Project,
vaccination,
WebID,
WEF
Reinventing International Clearing and Settlement
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https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/reinventing-international-clearing-and-settlement/
Jan 16, 2018 - This project explores the global payments infrastructure, associated inefficiencies, and the revolutionary solutions possible through blockchain technology. The paper discusses the innovation lab of the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, the transformation of remittances, the implementation challenges of distributed ledger technology in financial messaging.
Keyword: continuously linked settlement,
Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation,
European Central Bank,
Federal Reserve,
financial services,
foreign exchange,
payments,
Ripple,
SDG 10,
SDG 9,
SWIFT,
TransferWise
Blockchain and the CFO
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/blockchain-and-the-cfo/
Sep 02, 2020 - Within each industry, distributed ledger technology is influencing the value chain and the role of a CFO. This project outlines why the CFO, as the CEO’s business partner, should understand blockchain’s impact on enterprise strategy, not just on corporate finance, capital investment, and operations. It shows how blockchain could catalyze change in the near term, with finance use cases in taxation, accounting and audit processes and in digital asset payments for consumer goods, employee payroll, and cross-border transactions. In the longer term, CFOs will help make the business case for blockchain applications in trade finance, supply chai...
Keyword: BitPay,
BitPesa,
Bitwage,
Chrono.tech,
Elliptic,
Everledger,
financial services,
GMO Internet,
Hodlmoon,
law & regulation,
Lukka,
management,
Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative,
Papaya Global,
SDG 8
