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Distributed Ledgers
Banks Using Permissionless Blockchains for Transactions Face Multiple Risks: BIS
Risks include operations and security, governance, legal, settlement finality and compliance, the report said.

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.

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.

Intel is Winning Over Blockchain Critics By Reimagining Bitcoin's DNA
A look at Intel's project inspired by bitcoin's proof-of-work.

Bitfury Paper Makes Case For Auditability As Blockchain's Defining Feature
What makes a blockchain a blockchain?

Blockchain Healthcare Conference Showcases Skepticism and Promise
Blockchain's pie-in-the-sky optimism got some pushback during the Distributed: Health conference this week.

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.

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.

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.
