2016 Review

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Why Blockchain Won't Be Connecting Banks in 2017
The inability of banks and financial institutions to collaborate could restrict growth of new blockchain use cases next year.
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2017: The Year Regulators Engage with Blockchain
Chuck Thompson argues that the coming year will see distributed ledger tech arrive more broadly on the regulatory radar than it has before.
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5 Things the Bitcoin and Blockchain Industry Needs to Stop Saying in 2017
In this CoinDesk 2016 in Review feature, Bailey Reutzel takes aim at some of the dominant talking points in the bitcoin and blockchain space today.
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Regulating ICOs: Striking a Balance in 2017
How blockchain technology is impacting venture capital – and why that brings both cause for excitement and pause heading into 2017.
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2016: The Year That Wasn't For Bitcoin
Jim Harper takes aim at bitcoin's so-called "successes" in 2016, arguing that deficient dialogue is holding back it and other blockchain-based monies.
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The Tapscotts on Blockchain in 2016 and What’s Next
Don and Alex Tapscott chart a broad overview of blockchain in 2016, with an eye to what is to come in the year ahead.
Alex (left) and Don Tapscott (Blockchain Research Institute)

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The Resurrection of Public Blockchains
Global consultancy EY argues that despite enthusiasm for private blockchains in finance, public versions will ultimately prove more powerful.
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CoinDesk's Most Influential People in Blockchain 2016
CoinDesk profiles the most influential members of the blockchain industry, a list informed by more than 2,000 responses in our reader poll.
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Deutsche Bank's 5 Lessons Learned From DLT in 2016
Deutsche Bank experts discuss what they've learned while exploring blockchain over the last year, as well as their outlook for 2017 and beyond.
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Blockchain in 2017: Do We Know What We Don't Know?
William Mougayar reviews what we do and don't know about the real-world uses and likely effectiveness of blockchain technology.
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