Blockchain Babel: The Crypto Craze and the Challenge to Business

ISBN-13: 9780749484163 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 224 str.

Igor Pejic

Opis

Dispel the seven myths that affect our understanding of something that has the potential to disrupt not only the finance industry, but the business world as a whole.

Recenzje

"The blockchain revolution is ushering in a new internet of value that will transform every industry. In Blockchain Babel, Pejic provides a lucid breakdown of blockchain's potential to serve as the foundation of a new digital economy." Alex Tapscott, co-author, Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin and Other Cryptocurrencies is Changing the World

Spis treści

• • Chapter - 00: Introduction;
  • Chapter - 01: Blockchain, bitcoin and distributed ledgers - Disentangling the hype;
  • Chapter - 02: A libertarian fantasy in the most regulated of industries;
  • Chapter - 03: The dreaded Kodak moment that will never happen - Why banking is different;
  • Chapter - 04: Data behemoths are coming;
  • Chapter - 05: Hunting for the new competitive advantage;
  • Chapter - 06: Business-model evolution - The arrival of the IT paradigm;
  • Chapter - 07: An unparalleled promise... for some

O autorze

Igor Pejic is a leading expert on tech-driven shifts in banking and finance. Igor Pejic has held multiple management positions in banking and payments and is currently the Product Owner for Payment Cross-Selling at Consors Finanz BNP Paribas. He is a worldwide keynote speaker and expert panelist on the long-term strategic impact of new tech. He was voted by McKinsey and the Financial Times as one of three finalists in the Bracken Bower Prize with his work on blockchain. He is also the author of Blockchain Babel, published by Kogan Page, winner of the Independent Press Award 2020 and profiled as a Financial Times book of the month.