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Thoughts on Blockchain & Crypto

CaseInterview.com

For me, I think blockchain technology architecture is interesting. Prior to the blockchain, data and applications were centralized. Blockchain technology is the opposite. I think the long-term potential of the blockchain has yet to be fully realized and is intriguing. Crypto is not a product. It is decentralized.

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CBDC vs Crypto: Divining the Future of Digital Payments

Tom Spencer

This invention acted as a catalyst for many subsequent innovations, which came about by building on the revolutionary blockchain technology, or by reacting to it. As opposed to cryptos, CBDCs are considered to be fiat money; government issued currency that is not backed by gold or other physical commodities.

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Berlin Blockchain Week 2019

Tom Spencer

In my last blog post I interviewed a fellow CEMSie, who heads partnership advisory at ScanTrust by day and co-runs BerChain by night, about the potential focus areas for blockchain in supply chain and one of the world’s most impressive blockchain ecosystems: Berlin. How Berlin’s Blockchain Week has evolved since its inception.

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Blockchain Entertainment

Tom Spencer

While the global banking behemoths rush in to the blockchain space, many industry verticals beyond banking are also exploring applications for this technology. The entertainment industry is quickly embracing the blockchain – and on a couple of fronts. What Kinds of Blockchain Work for Creative Content? Even if surreptitiously.

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Blockchain for Supply Chain – Insights from Berlin

Tom Spencer

I recently sat down with blockchain aficionado Ricardo Garcia to gain some insights into the Berlin blockchain space. We dove into an hour-long Q&A session with three main objectives: To learn how Ricardo found himself in the blockchain world after working at a strategy consulting firm. I have a little nerdy side in me.

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Why the blockchain matters

Seth Godin Blog

Bitcoin is not the blockchain. If the blockchain is a printing press, Bitcoin is a kind of paper money. Most people associate “crypto” with spies and secrets. Okay, so what’s the blockchain? Now imagine a blockchain/token project in which contributors earned tokens as they built it and supported it.

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Crypto Regulation: A Case Study on Crypto Mixers

Tom Spencer

While some of the most respected investment banks, such as JP Morgan , are investing heavily into blockchain technology, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Gary Gensler has often vocalised his scepticism towards cryptos as an inflated speculative bubble.