Blockchain Reduces Risk and Costs in Trading Commodities

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This article is the second in a series on exogenous and endogenous assets tracked on the blockchain. For a definition of these topics, as well as a general discussion about distributed ledger technologies (DLTs), we recommend starting with the first article in the series, Beyond Bitcoin: Assets Off The Chain.  We’ll cover the current implementations of DLTs in the commodities sector, including trade and supply chain management. We will discuss some of the companies that are cornering blockchain-based services in the commodities space. The commodities space is enormous, and so is the potential for disruption The primary assets that exogenous…...

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