A new report from the World Economic Forum predicts that the underlying technology introduced by the virtual currency Bitcoin will come to occupy a central place in the global financial system. A report released Friday by the forum, a convening organization for the global elite, is one of the strongest endorsements yet for a new technology — the blockchain — that has become the talk of the financial industry, despite the shadowy origins of Bitcoin. “Rather than to stay at the margins of the finance industry blockchain will become the beating heart of it,” the head of financial services industries …
Envisioning Bitcoin’s technology at the heart of global finance
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