Forbes April 8, 2019
Spotlight news garnering wide interest from this year include from JP Morgan, their announcement of a successful test of a digital coin representing a fiat (example USD) currency – JPM Coin — blockchain-based technology enabling the instantaneous transfer of payments between institutional accounts. This matters since it’s estimated that JP Morgan influences $6 Trillion US in daily transactions. Another example includes Master Card with an estimated 81 patents in blockchain and ranked amongst the top in blockchain. All major vendors such as Microsoft and IBM have blockchain platforms and/or tools together with consortia including: R3(example use, financial services), Hyperledger (example use, supply chain), BiTA (example use, transportation logistics and freight), B3i(example use, insurance).
Blockchain (and distributed ledger) is the underlying...