The 2022 Guide to Bankchain
- In between DeFi and TradFi are some technologies and players to help bridge the two worlds.
- Tearsheet’s Bankchain Guide looks at the trends behind traditional FIs adopting new blockchain technology in 2022.
Before the crypto winter we’re experiencing was an extended bull run that lasted years. But the story about digital assets isn’t about betting on this or that coin. And it isn’t just about DeFi, which is an end around the existing financial industry and institutions.
The story runs deeper – blockchain and Web3 technologies provide an evolutionary force on financial services. The combination of both these new technologies with a traditional banking stack is where we’re focused. What is the role of a bank in a world of digital assets? If you need institutional trust to grease the wheels of money movement, what does that look like in a world of digital assets?
It’s with this backdrop that we convened the Bankchain Conference – to explore the intersection of blockchain and traditional finance. We spoke to the top technology providers in the space that work with the largest FIs – firms like Coinbase, Paxos, Ripple, Zero Hash – to better understand the opportunities and challenges for traditional banks and financial institutions.
Download our inaugural Bankchain Guide to learn about:
- The growing number of Bankchain use cases for traditional financial firms
- The regulatory hurdles of bringing crypto technology to market
- What the convergence of traditional and blockchain finance looks like
- The role of partnerships play in helping FIs move into the space