Introducing blockchain and cryptocurrencies
Some key impacts and implications
Some key impacts and implications
In this episode, Brian Fields and Emma Hunter deliver a high-level overview of emerging blockchain technology and discuss some of its key impacts and implications.
Blockchain is just one part of a broader wave of emerging technology – think about things like artificial intelligence and automation – with the capacity to profoundly impact all aspects of the financial reporting process.
It is definitely technology that’s pushing the boundaries and raising questions around how we actually regulate this, what regulatory frameworks that already exist will apply, and what we need to put in place to ensure that it is effectively regulated and controlled.
Download our glossary of blockchain terminology (PDF 58 KB). A full transcript (PDF 88 KB) of this episode is also available.
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