Chain-block Crypto: Spacetime Symmetrical Peer-to-Peer Marketplaces

December 25, 2018

Bitcoin, and the numerous other cryptocurrencies it inspired, has been a remarkable success. Even so, this paper points out that basing distributed ledgers like Bitcoin on blocks of timestamped information has some fundamental limitations that stem from the micro-structure of spacetime. Specifically, the time-ordering of distant events is highly problematic both practically and theoretically.

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whitePaper | April 14, 2021

So what will 2021 - and beyond - bring us in FinTech innovation? Central Bank Digital Currencies? - perhaps - but some would argue that most currency is already digital: how much physical cash did you handle in the last year? And how much was transacted by digital money transfer, real-time payments, card transactions, mobile wallets… Does money actually exist? The news is full of how multi-million-pound artworks can now be represented by ‘non-fungible tokens’ which represent ‘digital’ but not physical ownership of the artworks.

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whitePaper | November 30, 2022

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whitePaper | April 30, 2022

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whitePaper | September 9, 2022

Primarily responsible for the cash flow and financial trajectory of a company, Finance leaders have a tough job— one that’s not getting any easier.

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whitePaper | July 1, 2023

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MUFG is building on its position as a leading global bank to become the most integrated, client-focused financial institution in the world. The Group consists of over 140,000 employees in over 2,000 offices in about 50 countries and its products and services span commercial banking, trust banking, securities, credit cards, consumer finance, asset management, and leasing. In today’s fast-moving and inter-connected world, clients look to a financial group that has scale, can demonstrate financial stability and can bring tangible added value through the optimisation of its global network. By combining its long-term commitment to clients, scale and the breadth of its product offer, MUFG’s vision is to be “the world’s most trusted financial group.”

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