The next technological transition to Web 4.0 has just begun, aiming to integrate digital and real objects and environments while enhancing trustworthy ...

A distributed ledger is a database that serves the purpose of recording various transactions. Similar to the way e-transactions and digital banking apps have transformed the way consumers spend money, ...

To many, the idea that blockchain can be a force for good in the climate fight seems contradictory. The predominant narrative is about the mindblowing energy consumption of proof-of-work blockchains ...

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is a phrase that is neither legal nor technical. Nonetheless, it is increasingly employed in talks concerning the future of finance and its regulation. Decentralization; ...

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. (DTCC), a clearinghouse operator that says it processed over $2 quadrillion worth of securities trades last year, has moved a distributed ledger technology (DLT) ...

As businesses try out decentralized systems for better reporting and oversight, the effect of blockchain on corporate finance is speeding up. The rise in interest in business ledgers often coincides ...

On 30 July 2024, the Bank of England published a discussion paper on its approach to innovation in money and payments (the Discussion Paper). A recurring theme is the Bank of England’s focus on the ...

Claudio Saes is a partner and telecom practice leader at Bell Labs Consulting, a group of the award-winning Nokia Bell Labs. Since the dawn of time, our ancestors leveraged distributing strategies to ...

Dr. Lee Braine is the managing director of research and engineering in Barclays' Chief Technology Office. Braine has a special focus on distributed ledger technology and quantum computing and their ...

My previous blog explored the lexicon of Bitcoin, blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT). As Julie Sweet, CEO of Accenture, suggests: “Blockchain is moving beyond cryptocurrency, and it's ...

iCapital is breaking fresh ground as it launches a fund leveraging a leading-edge piece of technology on its platform. The leading alternative investments provider announced Thursday that it has ...

EU ambassadors today endorsed the provisional political agreement, reached on 24 November, between the Council Presidency and the European Parliament's negotiators on a pilot regime for market ...