The idea is that we're going to be able to send money around the world and not just money but anything of financial value, anything of verifiable value across the world as quickly as you send a WhatsApp message. Today if you want to create an asset that's easily tradable it's a really exhaustive process. And something that we talk about in Tech a lot is how there's fewer and fewer and fewer IPOs every year. The peak of equities was probably like 20 years ago. There's less and less equities which is bad for the economy because it means there's less velocity around financial assets.
We hear words like “cryptocurrency” and “blockchain” and “Bitcoin” and we know they’re supposedly the Next Big Thing. But what do they really mean? How are they relevant to us as business leaders?
Today’s guest, Peter Smith, the CEO and Founder of Blockchain, Inc., walks us through this brave new world of digital finance in a way we can actually understand.
Listen to this episode and you’ll have a practical understanding of digital currency and what next steps you can take if you’re ready to dig in more.
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