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Being a forum for blockchain ideas

Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA

Blockchain and Interoperability: key to mass adoption

Blockchain‘s potential for improving business processes, providing transactional transparency and security in the value chain, and reducing operational costs is obvious for many. Notwithstanding this the expected mass adoption failed to happen up till now. What has been holding blockchain? In fact, there have been several concerns in recent years...

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Adapt to survive: the new business environment requires new business models

The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has cast a bright spotlight on the inefficiencies in the way many firms do business, forcing them to adopt new operating models to stay relevant, productive and, ultimately, afloat. Companies will always seek to minimise risks, especially in an ever-evolving environment of increased volatility, uncert...

/markets /covid-19

Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA

How SMEs should select a Blockchain-as-a-Service platform?

In my last blog BAAS and SMEs: New Opportunities I explained what Blockchain-as-a-Service is, where it could be used for and what the benefits are for SMEs. But another question is: how should SMEs select BAAS providers and their offerings. What are the various issues they should look at to get the most out of it. In other words: how should SMEs d...

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Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA

Blockchain-as-a-service and SMEs: great opportunities

One of the recent promising blockchain trends is the growth of Blockchain-as-a Service (BAAS) platforms and software. This is highlighted by the recent release of the Second Annual Blockchain 50 list by Forbes. Several of the entrants on this year’s list offer blockchain-as-a-Service, including global players such as Microsoft, Amazon and IBM. The...

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Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA

Stable Coins and Monetary Policy: towards more instability?

In response to a call last year October by the G20 to examine regulatory issues raised by so-called global stable coin arrangements and to advise on multilateral responses ‘as appropriate’, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) recently published ten high-level recommendations for consultation for effective regulatory and supervisory treatment of st...

/regulation /crypto

Saurabha Sahu

Saurabha Sahu Senior Solution Consultant at Wipro Limited

Blockchain A Thriving Solution-Healthcare

Humans are ready to spend a skyrocketing cost for their own health or even towards the near and dears. Today the Healthcare industry is plagued by exponentially rising the cost of hospitals, insufficient practices as well as breaching the patient data or records. These expensive problems are impelling towards an innovative, immutable solution. Re

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Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA

Blockchain and European payments: banks in the defensive mode

The European Banking Federation (EBF), the European Association of Co-operative Banks (EACB) and the European Savings and Retail Banking Group (ESBG) point out that the crisis has brought to the fore the importance of well-functioning payments services. The three groups have put together their vision for payments in the EU over the next five years...

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Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA

Blockchain and Corona virus: could it prevent future pandemics?

The sudden emergence and rapid but uncontrolled worldwide spread of the Corona virus shows us the failure of existing healthcare surveillance systems to timely handle public health emergencies. Though improvements in healthcare surveillance have been realised, these still fall short in preventing pandemonium. Lack of necessary steps taken to ensure...

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Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA

Blockchain consortia need good governance: but how?

Blockchain consortia are creating a massive hype in the market. Many enterprises are highly interested in this type of network willing to join these consortia in order to gain optimal benefits of this technology. However, there is still a large uncertainty among them how these consortia work and how they are governed. Up till recently the focus w...

Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA

Remaining challenges of blockchain adoption and possible solutions

A growing number of companies have expressed their will to enter the blockchain arena. But after some number of years in which their focus was mainly on the benefits of blockchain in various areas, in terms of speed, costs, streamline operations and increased efficiency, their attention is now turned to the various challenges and bottlenecks that ...