It has a very large open source community, over 27,000 developers, and the support of major players like JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), and Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO). The problem?
A subsidiary of global banking giant Intesa Sanpaolo is taking steps to reimagine what the $1.2 quadrillion derivatives market might one day look like on a public blockchain
The year 2017 has been pretty spectacular for most cryptocurrencies so far. The Bitcoin price has gained a lot of value, but the increase in the Ethereum price hasn’t gone unnoticed either. As a result, Ethereum is slowly becoming more appealing to mainstream consumers. There is still a lot of work to be done in this regard, though.