The World Economic Forum’s new white paper is meant to act as a toolkit for regulators looking to understand the decentralized finance sector.
The opportunity could be substantial for an already fast-growing crypto industry with a current market capitalization currently around $2.3 trillion.
The session will focus on the diminishing role of cash and the emergence of central bank digital currencies, moves accelerated by the pandemic.
The Global Standards Mapping Initiative is the most "comprehensive" attempt so far to survey blockchain technical standards, the WEF said.
The World Economic Forum is working with the Colombian government to see if blockchain-based transparency can help prevent a hotspot for corruption.
The cryptocurrency industry just gained an organized structure for collaborating with world leaders, thanks to the World Economic Forum.
Most Davos experts appear to agree that blockchain technology is best for data collection rather than self-sovereign finance.
"I have long held that, were cash invented today, it would be dismissed by policymakers, bankers and law enforcement as dystopian, absurd and dangerous."
More than 40 central banks are experimenting with blockchain, says a new report by the World Economic Forum.
Blockchain technology can help global businesses generate an extra $1 trillion in trade finance, according to World Economic Forum research.
"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.
The World Economic Forum is working with the Canadian and Dutch governments to pilot a digital identity project that focuses in part on blockchain.
Cryptocurrencies took the stage Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, during a panel discussion on bitcoin.
World leaders have struck a cautionary tone on cryptocurrencies in statements made during the World Economic Forum event in Davos.
As the World Economic Forum seeks a leadership role in blockchain, a senior executive argues its members still have much to learn.