An Introduction to Blockchain Technology in Financial ServicesACI Suisse – June 8, 2016

PublicJune 2016

Agenda

Blockchain’s History

Technology Overview (very short...)

Financial Services Examples

Beyond Financial Services

Blockchain & Switzerland

Q&A

Blockchain’s Birth

Bitcoin Scandals

Bitcoin Volatility

Public Distributed

Database

Synchronized Cryptography

Benefits & Challenges

+ Disintermediation &

Trustless Exchange

Transparency and Immutability

Security (Hacker proof)

Speed of Transactions

Infra Cost Saving Potential

- Nascent Technology

Regulatory & Political Uncertainty

Dependency on ‘Network’ (Scale)

Cost & Power Consumption

Blockchain 2.0 – Smart Contracts

Financial Exchanges

Derivatives

Crowdfunding Platforms

Digital IDs

Prediction Markets

Intellectual Property

Smart Property

“You should be taking

this technology as

seriously as you should

have been taking the

development of the

Internet in the early

1990s. It’s analogous to

e-mail for money.”

Blythe Masters, CEO Digital Asset HoldingsSeptember 2015

Swiss Values

Political Stability / Direct

Democracy

Independence

Neutrality / Peace

Innovation & Business

Friendliness

Data protection / Privacy

Blockchain Paradigms

Security

Decentralization /

Independence

Trust (Privacy)

Transparency (Transactions)

Efficiency (Cost & Speed)

Switzerland as a Blockchain Hub

BILANZ 12/ 2015

nexuslab Festival Day July 7, 2016

Q&A