The Realities of On-Chain Finance: Why Closed Ledgers Will Lead the Way

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New technology rarely disrupts industries overnight. Instead, it is first used by existing players in established markets to gain a competitive edge. On-chain finance is no different. While decentralized finance (DeFi) and public blockchains promise a future of open financial networks, the immediate growth will come from closed, permissioned ledgers operated by financial institutions.

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Near Term Impacts of Distributed Ledger Technology to Financial Services – Chain of Trust

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Continuation of last week’s blog on “binding” and minting of tokens

I’m currently immersed in DeFi, DAOs, Blockchain, …etc. Selected readings are at the end of this blog. Keeping Current in DeFi/DLT is almost impossible. I certainly invite comments and corrections to anything I’ve written below. While I have teams building services in this area, my perspective is biased. My purpose in writing is to stimulate discussion so don’t be shy in the comments, I welcome disagreement and discussion. 

Topic today: What impacts will the $50B invested in FinTech/DLT/Crypto have on existing financial services in next 5-10 yrs? What is the summary CEO/Investor View?

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