Getting back to one of my favorite subjects: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency evolution.
In the last 6-9 months many banking organisations have claimed to be studying and exploring the technology, with keen interest in the blockchain paradigm (a public ledger of all transactions in the Bitcoin network).
Oliver Bussman (CIO at UBS) stated that the blockchain have the potential to not only change the way we do payments. The technology behind cryptocurrency has a huge potential to disrupt financial services, causing a “massive” simplification of the banking processes.
Even the Bank of England Chief Economist Andrew G Haldane stated that Blockchain-based Digital Currency Issued by Central Banks Could Replace Cash and help the UK economy to address interest rate issues.
It is also interesting to see how big organisations and institutions avoid altogether the word Bitcoin, due to its bad reputations associated to the dark web illegal marketplaces, but are happy to talk about the blockchain and the underlying technology. Call it what you want…
What about the jobs?
Lastly, if you want to join the fin-tech revolution, you can find more and more job ads online,
and we are not talking just about start-ups.
According to ITJobWatch, we can definitely see a trend in jobs offering and professional opportunities around bitcoin (in the UK):
- Unix, Big Data, QA, DevOps, Business Analysts and Solution Architect
- Industries: Finance (retail and investment banking) and Mobile Payments
Exciting times ahead!