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Distributed ledger technology offers wholesale disruption to financial services through disintermediation and cost reduction.
Justin Jameson · Venture InsightsPeriod: June 201612 min read
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Investment in Blockchain start-ups (2015)
Current bank fees for cross-border money transfers
This report analyses the rapid evolution of blockchain technology from its origins in Bitcoin to its current application in wholesale financial services. With investment growing from US$3m in 2011 to nearly US$500m in 2015, the technology promises to disintermediate traditional gatekeepers by enabling peer-to-peer verification. The analysis explores the shift toward private, permissioned blockchains among Tier 1 institutions and the potential for commercial rollouts as early as 2017, while highlighting regulatory and liquidity risks.
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