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The Coming Cataclysm
Alex Tapscott
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
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