World Economic Forum

World Economic Forum

Colombian Government and WEF Weigh Public Ethereum in Bid to Fight Corruption

Ian AllisonJun 17, 2020

The World Economic Forum is working with the Colombian government to see if blockchain-based transparency can help prevent a hotspot for corruption.

Blockchain

Colombia, Deloitte, ConsenSys Sign On to WEF’s ‘Blockchain Bill of Rights’

Leigh CuenMay 22, 2020

The cryptocurrency industry just gained an organized structure for collaborating with world leaders, thanks to the World Economic Forum.

Regulation

WEF Releases Report Assessing Global Blockchain Standards

Sebastian SinclairOct 14, 2020

The Global Standards Mapping Initiative is the most "comprehensive" attempt so far to survey blockchain technical standards, the WEF said.

Podcasts

Davos, CBDCs, and the Rise of Bitcoin Art

Nathaniel WhittemoreJan 24, 2020

The word from Davos is blockchain not crypto, cashless futures, and CBDCs, while Brekkie von Bitcoin gives us his take on the emergent field of bitcoin art.

CBDCs

Notes From the WEF: The Coming Battle Between Surveilled and Private Money

Leigh CuenJan 22, 2020

Most Davos experts appear to agree that blockchain technology is best for data collection rather than self-sovereign finance.

World Economic Forum

WEF 2020

Ahead of Davos, What Can Cash Teach Us About Crypto?

Jill Carlson

"I have long held that, were cash invented today, it would be dismissed by policymakers, bankers and law enforcement as dystopian, absurd and dangerous."

Central Banking

Over 40 Central Banks Are Considering Blockchain Applications: Davos Report

Nikhilesh De

More than 40 central banks are experimenting with blockchain, says a new report by the World Economic Forum.

Research

Blockchain Could Boost Trade Finance by $1 Trillion, WEF Research Says

Wolfie Zhao

Blockchain technology can help global businesses generate an extra $1 trillion in trade finance, according to World Economic Forum research.

Paul Krugman

Davos Elites Still Don’t Get Blockchain

Michael J. Casey

"It's not useful for anything," Krugman and his cohort claim. The problem of this blinkered mindset is that it fails to recognize the cost of trust.

Identity

WEF Trials Blockchain in Bid to Boost Air Travel Security

Annaliese Milano

The World Economic Forum is working with the Canadian and Dutch governments to pilot a digital identity project that focuses in part on blockchain.

Robert Shiller

Bitcoin Takes Davos Stage in Currency Panel Debate

Nikhilesh De

Cryptocurrencies took the stage Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, during a panel discussion on bitcoin.

News

World Leaders Are Talking Crypto at Davos

Nikhilesh De

World leaders have struck a cautionary tone on cryptocurrencies in statements made during the World Economic Forum event in Davos.