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NFT and Blockchain challenge the traditional concept of how investments are made

The positive impact of investing on human development has long been recognized by finance leaders. As of late, Blockchain has emerged as a digital paradigm that can harness the power of data, create efficiencies, and provide greater certainty and clarity to financial transactions.

“There is an opportunity to bring the ‘mining’ process in cryptocurrencies to the realm of capital markets, where these processes can be more transparent and more accessible to a broad audience”, says NFX head of Financial Services, Sean Casey.

“Blockchain can provide insights into operational processes and data that would otherwise be prohibitively complex to collect. If you think of the ‘puzzle piece’ in a Blockchain being the application code, the challenge is then doing it at scale”, explains NFX associate partner, Gabe Bartoli. “This opens up the market to new entrants and has the potential to make it easier for consumers and retail investors to invest in cryptocurrency.”

This is a natural next step for investors, and an opportunity to use the crypto economy to create efficiencies in the capital markets. This emerging sector is unique in that it allows everyday people to be investors in securities and potentially other assets without the underlying markets being regulated.