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 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. https://www.waterstechnology.com/infrastructure-technologies/3459571/buy-side-bands-together-on-blockchain-vision-in-landmark-paper 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 education development. Why is that a problem? 25:30 The problem with movie critics.