Kathleen Breitman is a Senior Strategy Associate at R3 CEV, a consortium of 42 banks that is developing blockchain applications within the financial system. In this podcast, we discuss the blockchain then and now and review the landscape of opportunities.

01:00 Becoming a Blockchain Expert04:50 State of Digital Currencies07:54 Ethereum and Smart Contracts12:54 R3CEV and Disruption14:50 The Anti-establishment Narrative17:50 Consortiums of Banks22:00 Consumer Blockchain Applications23:14 Blockchain for Weather Insurance26:06 Winter is Coming