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The Present and Future of Blockchain and Crypto-Currency

I am sure one wandering trader said to another in history: can you ever imagine exchanging our goods for anything but frankincense and myrrh? We live in the circumstances that we know. Right now, those circumstances are rapidly changing. And, when anything rapidly changes, there is going to be a bumpy ride.

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What Does Blockchain’s Acceleration Mean for Banking?

A few years ago, I would have confidently stated that blockchain will revolutionize the way we do business in the next 20 years. I am moving that target up by a decade.

Why are we seeing this acceleration in blockchain? There are a multitude of reasons. In this article, I will break down, and simplify these reasons.

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What is the deal with big banks and cannabis?

Last fall J.P. Morgan Chase made a strategic decision to no longer facilitate trades of cannabis stocks for its customers. At almost the same time, Bank of America exited as a client a DEA -approved scientific laboratory that was studying the effects of cannabis. Why?

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Lending and the Cannabis Industry

HDCS recently wrote a wholesale cannabis lending policy for a bank in the mid-west which received a non-objection from the bank’s prudential federal regulator. The policy includes an adaptation for…

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