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.

Jun 28, 2021 - This project reports on the state of the enterprise blockchain space. It begins with commentary on the state of the world writ large—from the pandemic’s effects on the economy and the global need for vaccinations to the K-shaped recovery and the consequences of helicopter money (e.g., inflation). It covers a series of developments relevant to enterprise users: the price volatility of cryptocurrencies, the shortcomings of consensus mechanisms for enterprise needs, the growth of stablecoins, the status of tokenless blockchains and blockchain-as-a-service offerings, and the latest on central bank digital currencies (e.g., China’s digital c...