Seven ways that blockchain can really be leveraged

Blockchain technology, which is designed to track assets both monetary and otherwise, can be applied to a wider field than just fintech - from photography and fine wine to even football.

Louis Vuitton employs a team well-versed in blockchain technology to manage the protection of the company's intellectual property and rights.

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IN many peoples' minds, cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology, blockchain, are one and the same. This has meant that the precipitous rise and (seeming) fall of cryptocurrency over the past months has led to many outside the fintech world dismissing blockchain, despite the potential of