This is the first in a series of articles seeking to profile early entrants into the space of blockchain in financial services. However, one of the earliest companies in the space, Symbiont, appears to have weathered the storm, quietly advancing blockchain technology in financial services. “We solves real client problems,” says Smith reciting the Symbiont company mantra. Nobody in the industry including — Smith admits, himself — imagined that the uptake of blockchain in financial services would be as slow as it has been. I’ve personally been skeptical about this use case - you don’t need a blockchain to convey fund data, or so I thought.

Source: Forbes December 19, 2019 21:54 UTC