The Future of Retail Payments
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/the-future-of-retail-payments/
Jan 30, 2018 - This project illustrates different approaches to integrating blockchain into the retail environment. It compares the strategies of two online retailers, Overstock and Newegg, both of which accept cryptocurrency as payment for online purchases. Because of the challenges of implementing crypto within their legacy payment gateways, both formed strategic partnerships with crypto exchanges and payment services, BitPay, Coinbase, and Shapeshift.
Keyword: Beijing Digital Grid Technology,
consumer packaged goods,
customer experience,
financial services,
Fred Chang,
Medici Ventures,
Patrick Byrne,
payment,
retail,
SDG 12,
shopping cart
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
Pandemic Webinar #4: Going Cashless: The Digital Dollar in the Face of COVID-19
File Type: Document, Video
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/webinar-the-digital-dollar-in-the-face-of-covid-19/
Apr 28, 2020 - This hour-long webinar is part four in a four-part series on blockchain and pandemics. Don Tapscott opens a discussion with Alex Tapscott and Chris Giancarlo, former Chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, about the potential to turn away from cash and towards a state-backed digital currency.
On 28 April 2020, the BRI hosted a webinar featuring Chris Giancarlo, former chairman of the former chair of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and co-director of the Digital Dollar Project. This is an edited transcript of the proceedings. It distinguishes among three types of cryptocurrencies—distributed (Bitcoin), corporate (L...
Keyword: CBDC,
CFTC,
Dodd-Frank,
Federal Reserve,
Financial Stability Board,
Lehman Brothers,
Mark Carney,
SDG 16,
SDG 9,
stablecoin,
TARP,
tokenization
Declaration of Interdependence
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/declaration-of-interdependence/
Jan 16, 2018 - This manifesto for change calls for a new social contract, one that redefines the relationship between individuals in society and the institutions they have created to self-govern. It looks at the four drivers of this change—the Fourth Industrial Revolution, globalization of ideas and the economy, climate change, and demographic shifts due to war, drought, and oppression. It identifies such global disruptions as structural unemployment and inequality; failing education, healthcare, and research and development; human rights violations; and a biosphere in crisis. It identifies the four core change makers—the private sector, the state, civi...
Keyword: artificial intelligence,
automation,
biotechnology,
Bretton Woods,
climate change,
education,
financial crisis,
Fourth Industrial Revolution,
government,
healthcare,
Internet of Things,
labor union,
machine learning,
offshoring,
outsourcing,
populism,
portable safety net,
robotics,
SDG 1,
SDG 11,
SDG 13,
SDG 16,
SDG 2,
SDG 3,
SDG 4,
SDG 5,
SDG 8,
universal basic income
The Nine Disruptions
File Type: Document, Infographic
https://www.blockchainresearchinstitute.org/project/the-nine-disruptions/
Jan 16, 2018 - This is an excerpt from a manifesto for change, which identifies such global disruptions to our social fabric as structural unemployment and inequality; failing education, healthcare, and research and development; human rights violations; and a biosphere in crisis.
Keyword: climate change,
financial crisis,
global warming,
governance,
government,
labor union,
offshoring,
outsourcing,
privacy,
SDG 13,
SDG 3,
SDG 4,
SDG 8,
security
