Distributed Ledgers


Policy

Banks Using Permissionless Blockchains for Transactions Face Multiple Risks: BIS

Risks include operations and security, governance, legal, settlement finality and compliance, the report said.

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Videos

BIS Study: Regulate Ledgers, Not Individual Crypto Providers

According to a working paper produced for the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), using distributed-ledger technology (DLT) to cut the cost of cross-border payments requires regulators to stop looking at individual nodes and start looking at the distributed system as a whole. "The Hash" team discusses the regulatory perspective of DLT-based enhancement of cross-border payments.

Recent Videos

Markets

Deutsche Bank's 5 Lessons Learned From DLT in 2016

Deutsche Bank experts discuss what they've learned while exploring blockchain over the last year, as well as their outlook for 2017 and beyond.

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Markets

Intel is Winning Over Blockchain Critics By Reimagining Bitcoin's DNA

A look at Intel's project inspired by bitcoin's proof-of-work.

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Markets

Blockchain Healthcare Conference Showcases Skepticism and Promise

Blockchain's pie-in-the-sky optimism got some pushback during the Distributed: Health conference this week.

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Markets

The Emergence of Blockchains as Activity Registers

In this opinion piece, Antony Lewis argues that the term 'distributed ledger' needs clarifying due to the new emerging use cases for the technology.

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Markets

SWIFT Attracts Jeers and Praise for Distributed Ledger Embrace

Blockchain industry leaders weigh in on the latest news that payments service SWIFT is building a distributed ledger platform.

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Markets

Can Trust-Based Private Blockchains Be Trusted?

Researcher Bob Wolinsky looks at the challenges facing permissioned blockchains, arguing they are unable to provide immutable records.

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