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907, 2019

Bankers push ahead with blockchain

|9 Jul 2019|News|

The Bitcoin resurgence, Facebook's Project Libra, and growing global economic uncertainty have put pressure on the banks. Banks must remain innovative or risk being disrupted. Can blockchain help?

212, 2015

What if I Told You

|2 Dec 2015|Resources|

In Goldman Sachs Research’s Emerging Theme Radar report, “What if I Told You… Themes, Dreams and Flying Machines, ” analysts were asked to look beyond today’s headlines to the trends of the future. The resulting analysis highlights seven key themes, ranging from the rising clout of Gen-Z to the cloud’s role in curing cancer.

1103, 2014

All About Bitcoin

|11 Mar 2014|Resources|

News about Bitcoin seems to be everywhere. So what is it? The short answer is that Bitcoin with a capital “B” is a peer-to-peer network that allows for the proof and transfer of ownership without the need for a trusted third party. The unit of that network is bitcoin with a little “b”. But agreement on the topic seems to end there; indeed, there is a deep divide between true Bitcoin believers and serious skeptics. We look at the range of wildly diverging views. So where does that leave us? With the conclusion that bitcoin likely can’t work as a currency, but some sense that the ledgerbased technology that underlies it could hold promise.

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