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Finance Will Fall Behind Without Innovation, Experts at Davos WEF Say
21.1.2020
Mainstream finance faces a losing proposition without technological innovation, experts at Davos WEF explain
deVere Group CEO Urges WEF Delegates To Make Investment In Fintech
21.1.2020
Nigel Green, the founder and CEO of the world’s highly acclaimed independent global financial consultancy providing firm deVere Group, has made an appeal to the delegates of the World Economic Forum meet urging them to commit investments in fintech. The globally renowned financial gathering,...
WEF’s Blockchain ‘Bill of Rights’: Is Crypto Regulation Imperative?
21.1.2020
The Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology team at the World Economic Forum (WEF) announced that it is creating a ‘Blockchain Bill of Rights: Design Principles for a Decentralized Future,’ to be presented at the international organization’s Annual Meeting in Switzerland from January 21–24....
CoinDesk at WEF 2020: Crypto Themes to Watch as Davos Gets Underway
20.1.2020
Get your Fourth Industrial Revolution hardhats on. CoinDesk is at Davos to guide you through all things blockchain and crypto at the yearly confab of global leaders and their hangers-on
Guide to WEF Davos 2020: Sustainability, Stablecoins and CBDCs
20.1.2020
What will the WEF Davos 2020 mean for crypto? Check this guide to find out
Why the World Economic Forum Is Creating a Blockchain ‘Bill of Rights’
20.1.2020
Sheila Warren, the head of blockchain for the WEF, argues the technology needs a set of principles for staving off potential misuse
The Prospect of Building a New International Monetary System Is Getting Real
17.1.2020
When world leaders gather in Davos next week, they'll confront an essential question, says Circle's Jeremy Allaire: Can they seize blockchain's ability to create value for people around the world?
Davos Needs to Wake Up to the Ills of Centralization
17.1.2020
The lens of decentralization reveals a number of elephants in the room that world leaders at the WEF are missing
Currency ‘Cold War’ Takes Center Stage at Pre-Davos Crypto Confab
16.1.2020
Cryptocurrencies could be at the heart of a new Cold War, at least according to some investors at the Crypto Finance Conference in St. Moritz
Fake News on Steroids: Deepfakes Are Coming – Are World Leaders Prepared?
16.1.2020
What 2018 and 2019 were to blockchain and cryptocurrencies on the WEF stage (met with a healthy mix of intrigue and skepticism), 2020 will be to synthetic media, also known by the ominous-sounding euphemism “deepfakes.”
Ahead of Davos, What Can Cash Teach Us About Crypto?
15.1.2020
"I have long held that, were cash invented today, it would be dismissed by policymakers, bankers and law enforcement as dystopian, absurd and dangerous."
Storming the Gates: How ‘Crypto Davos’ Became a Thing
14.1.2020
How the crypto industry can (and has) influenced the premier gathering of the world's economic and political elite
Collaboration to Intensify in the Blockchain Industry - WEF
6.1.2020
As the focus on blockchain shifted from hype to quality last year, in 2020, the technology is facing an opportunity to have an increased social impact, says Sheila Warren, the head of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology at the World Economic Forum, the organizer of the Davos meeting....
WEF’s Mining Blockchain Initiative Aims for ‘Industry-Wide Trust’
2.11.2019
The WEF’s new blockchain initiative aims to establish efficiency and transparency within the metals and mining industry — so what are the chances?
7 Mining Heavyweights Partner With WEF on Blockchain Sourcing Initiative
25.10.2019
The World Economic Forum is building a blockchain-based sustainable sourcing project with 7 metal and mining industry firms on board
World Economic Forum Unveils ‘Mining and Metals Blockchain Initiative’
25.10.2019
The World Economic Forum and seven leading mining and metals companies have partnered to develop blockchain-powered sourcing and sustainability solutions
WEF Head of Blockchain Sheila Warren: ‘This Tech Can Solve the Trust Crisis’
1.6.2019
Blockchain is a solution to the worsening trust crisis in the United States, claims WEF Head of Blockchain, Sheila Warren
World Economic Forum Forms Tech Policy Councils For AI, IoT, Blockchain, Will Help Regulators
30.5.2019
Blockchain technology, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Internet of Things (IoT) are the most sought after and applied technologies of modern times. The three will have a serious impact on the future, economically and technologically. However, regulators across the globe, due to their limited...
The World Economic Forum to Boost Blockchain Implementation in Supply chain & Logistics Industry
11.5.2019
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has recently been involved in the Blockchain implementation by collaborating with leading 100 Supply chain and logistics companies and Individuals. An Initiative lead by a Swiss Organisation, The World Economic Forum, working to advance the usage of Blockchain for...