Blockchain Babel

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Dispel the seven myths that affect our understanding of something that has the potential to disrupt not only the finance industry, but the business world as a whole.
WINNER: Independent Press Award 2020 - Technology Category Blockchain is the technology behind bitcoin and other crypto-currencies. According to Santander, it could save financial institutions $15-20bn a year from 2022 onward. Most experts see an unprecedented potential, but many banks, payment processors and credit card companies fret that bitcoin entrepreneurs could cast a pall over their core business. Whatever the position of blockchain, many voices are shouting from different angles, creating a cacophony of confusion including tech-evangelists, anarcho-libertarians and industry experts. But while everybody in IT and banking seems to have an opinion on the blockchain, there is little systematic research, no strategic analysis. Blockchain Babel is the ultimate guide to the most disruptive technology to have entered the finance industry in recent years. Blockchain Babel looks at blockchain alongside innovation diffusion, competitive dynamics and management strategy. Shortlisted as one of the three best business book proposals by McKinsey and the Financial Times for the Bracken Bower Prize in 2016, this is a must-read for business leaders and aspiring leaders wanting to grasp blockchain and put it into context and understand the practical implications it may have.
Combines management theory with blockchain analysis and competition dynamics to dispel the seven most pervasive myths that plague the understanding of blockchain
Explains an important technological disruption for business leaders and entrepreneurs
Provides concrete strategic recommendations for banks, fintechs, cloud giants, data behemoths and companies keen to stay at the cutting-edge of tech developments
Shortlisted by McKinsey and The Financial Times as one of the top three best business book proposal as part of the Bracken Bower prize

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Igor Pejic
Igor Pejic is a leading expert on tech-driven shifts in banking and finance. He is the author of Blockchain Babel, finalist of the 2016 Bracken Bower Prize, and winner of the Independent Press Award 2020 (technology category). Blockchain Babel was also a Financial Times book of the month. Pejic is the publisher of the valued industry newsletter, The New Frontier, and his articles and interviews regularly appear in media such as the New York Times, the American Banker, Bloomberg and PwC's strategy+business. A worldwide keynote speaker and expert-panelist, he talks at large conferences, private industry events and academic lectures. He has created online-courses, whitepapers and bespoke analytic research about the long-term strategic impact of new tech. He has held different management positions in banking and payments, currently at one of the largest banking groups in Europe. He worked previously as a management consultant advising Fortune 100 companies, as a business journalist and as a lecturer at the University of Vienna.

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"The blockchain revolution is ushering in a new internet of value that will transform every industry. In Blockchain Babel, Pejic provides a lucid breakdown of blockchain's potential to serve as the foundation of a new digital economy."
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"Blockchain Babel is well titled alluding to a tower connecting earth to heaven and frustrated through a confusion of voices. Pejic's book helps attenuate that confusion through a comprehensive assessment of the complex path of how blockchain technology's promise vs reality is developing in practice."
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"Blockchain Babel separates the signal from the noise. This book is the new bible for professionals who want to move from intention to implementation. Everyone who works in banking, wealth management or finance should not only read this book but buy copies for their colleagues to help enlighten them to the realities of blockchain."
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"Igor Pejic's excellent book - Blockchain Babel - provides valuable insights into how the blockchain technology will transform the financial industry."
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"The number of publications on blockchain technology coming out every day can be measured in meters of bookshelves right now. All the more remarkable is Igor Peijc's book, as it is highly informative, full of substance and - engaging to read at the same time despite the subject's complexity. Whether you want to get a good overview or dig in deep into the matter - you can get both out of this book. After reading Blockchain will no longer be a myth to you."
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"In his riveting, yet analytic account of blockchain Igor Pejic is shaping a new understanding of the technology that will transform banking and business. Blockchain Babel is a powerful compass to navigate the vast seas of crypto-literature."
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