Waters Wavelength

Fresh off his trip down to Florida for the FIA Boca conference, James Rundle talks to (a very jealous) Anthony Malakian about some of the key topics of discussion from the event. 2:00 FIA Boca is increasingly becoming a tech conference. 4:00 How the DTCC plans to evolve in a post-blockchain world. 6:30 What other blockchain/DLT stories came out of Boca? 8:00 Cryptocurrencies were getting the most play at the conference. 13:15 Artificial intelligence is also increasingly becoming a point of interest for even non-technologists. 15:30 People are excited about the Financial Desktop Connectivity and Collaboration Consortium (FDC3). 18:00 The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is not happy about the European Commission’s clearing proposals. 23:30 Data security, data privacy, and Facebook-Cambridge Analytica.