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Decentralized Autonomous Organizations: Beyond the Hype
Decentralized autonomous organizations are disrupting whole sectors. From finance to social networking to philanthropy, these code-driven, community-governed...
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Decentralized Finance: (DeFi) Policy-Maker Toolkit
This toolkit highlights the distinguishing characteristics and opportunities of decentralized finance (DeFi) while also calling attention to new and existing...
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Data-driven Economies: Foundations for Our Common Future
This White Paper recommends creating new data governance models that combine data from various origins, including personal, commercial and/or government sour...
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Bridging the Governance Gap: Dispute resolution for blockchain-based transactions
A blockchain network needs clear dispute resolution protocols and a spectrum of options is available. This paper explores forward-looking practical options...
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Bridging the Governance Gap: Interoperability for blockchain and legacy systems
The World Economic Forum is publishing a governance framework that proposes strategic pathways that can enable interoperability between legacy IT systems and...
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Global Standards Mapping Initiative: An overview of blockchain technical standards
There has been a proliferation of activity around technical standardization for blockchain technology. This paper attempts to provide an overview of the land...
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Inclusive Deployment of Blockchain for Supply Chains: Part 6 – A Framework for Blockchain Interoperability
Contrary to common belief, this specific challenge is not only a technology problem, but also a problem in governance, data ownership and commercial business...
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Central Bank Digital Currency Policy-Maker Toolkit
The World Economic Forum’s Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Policy‑Maker Toolkit seeks to address the need for a concise CBDC decision guide that provide...
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Inclusive Deployment of Blockchain: Case Studies and Learnings from the United Arab Emirates
This paper offers real-world insights from the UAE blockchain ecosystem to provide decisionmakers with the awareness of challenges and success factors they m...
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Inclusive Deployment of Blockchain for Supply Chains Part 5 – A Framework for Blockchain Cybersecurity
As organizations are experimenting with blockchain and distributed ledger technologies to increase efficiency, it is important to understand the security imp...
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Inclusive Deployment of Blockchain for Supply Chains: Part 4 – Protecting Your Data
The deployment of blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies in supply chains offers considerable advantages. Nevertheless, their deployment and im...
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Inclusive Deployment of Blockchain for Supply Chains: Part 3 – Public or Private Blockchains – Which One Is Right for You?
For supply chain organizations launching new blockchain projects, one of the most fraught considerations typically is whether to use a public or private ledg...
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