Since the emergence of Bitcoin in 2008, cryptocurrency and one of its underlying technologies, the blockchain, have already become buzzwords in the world of finance. If you look into the short history of cryptocurrency, starting from the year when Bitcoin was introduced, it took less than 10 years for this technology to integrate deeply into the financial industry. Today, we already have hundreds of alternative coins and cryptocurrencies available.

Those who advocate for this technology believe that it can change the global landscape just as the Internet did a few decades ago. And it looks like major opportunities are yet to come.

The potential of blockchain technologies: finance and beyond
As 2016 started, one of the world’s leaders in news and information on digital currencies, CoinDesk, has shared an article featuring Deloitte’s predictions on how the digital currency and the blockchain industry may evolve within the following year. The prediction was based on a survey handled by Deloitte within its internal cryptocurrency community, addressing the question of “What do you think will be the biggest breakthrough in the blockchain space in 2016?”