Waters Wavelength Podcast Episode 106: Blockchain on the Buy Side; the Importance of Coding

Anthony and James examine a new report about how the buy side is lagging behind when it comes to blockchain development, and how K-12 schools are lagging when it comes to teaching coding.

Anthony and James examine a new report about how the buy side is lagging behind when it comes to blockchain development, and how K-12 education is lagging when it comes to teaching coding.

2:30 A new report takes a deep-dive examination of distributed-ledger technology (DLT) development on the buy side. 

5:00 Hasn’t the sell side always taken the reins when it comes to new, industry-wide technologies? For example: cloud. Why should the buy side be proactive when it comes to DLT?

12:00 What should be the way forward for buy-side firms as they start to get into the business of blockchain?

13:30 Schools in America are failing at teaching kids how to code early in their educational development. Why is that a problem?

25:30 The problem with movie critics.
 

Contact Info

As is the case with everything we do, we'd love to get some feedback from our listeners. Feel free to reach out to Anthony or James via Twitter or email.

Anthony: @a_malakiananthony.malakian@infopro-digital.com

James: @JimRundle; james.rundle@infopro-digital.com


Past 10 episodes:

Episode 96: CAT Concerns & Big Tech Takes Aim at Asset Managers

Episode 97: C-Level Execs Talk Bitcoin, Fintechs, Cognitive Computing & Open-Source Tech 

Episode 98: A Focus on Asia, Rolet Out at LSEG, Nasdaq's Bitcoin Futures

Episode 99: Fintech and Innovation, a Discussion

Episode 100: Bitcoin Futures...Again

Episode 101: The Top 10 Stories of 2017

Episode 102: The Best of Longform Journalism in 2017

Episode 103: Mifid II is Now Law; How to Apply for the Women in Data & Tech Awards

Episode 104: Regulators Struggle with AI; SS&C Snaps up DST Systems

Episode 105: Blackstone's Bill Murphy, Part 3

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