Welcome to Forkast Forecasts 2021. In this series, leaders, innovators and visionaries in blockchain-related fields tell Forkast.News what they see as the most noteworthy developments for this industry in 2020 and their predictions for the year ahead.<\/p>\n
Alex Tapscott is co-founder of the think tank Blockchain Research Institute and co-author of the best-selling book, Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money Business and the World.<\/p>\n
The Toronto-based Blockchain Research Institute, which was co-founded by Alexs father Don Tapscott, has a research program focusing on the strategic implications of blockchain technology in business, government and society. In September, the institute announced its expansion into Europe through a partnership with Blockwall, a leading blockchain investment firm. Commenting on European governments experiments with central bank digital currencies and other blockchain-related efforts, Tapscott recently told Forkast.News that regulations are a necessary evil to innovation in business.<\/p>\n
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