BLOCKCHAIN is changing the way we INVEST. Migration of capital. The early ripples of this tsunami suggests that it won't be long before it hits our shores..!!

BLOCKCHAIN & INVESTING

Recently I wrote an article about how to explain STEEM and STEEMIT to anyone over the age of 40.

I used the analogy of using Green Shield Stamps and comparing them to STEEM.

For the ones who missed it, here is the link...
https://steemit.com/steem/@stephenkendal/steem-how-to-explain-steem-and-steemit-to-anyone-over-the-age-of-40-green-shield-stamps-to-steem-in-25-years

The reason I wanted to share with you the Blog is the same reason that I want to share this one with you and how today BLOCKCHAIN is actually changing the way we invest.

There is no denying it that advances in technology are reshaping Global Financial Services and in particular Investments.

This reshaping of Global Finance is set to change the way we perceive not only money, but wealth creation and valuation.

Less and less own Stocks and Equity

It should come as no surprise that less and less people actually own Stocks and Equity and this fall in ownership is expected to increase at a fast pace.

With the advent of Derivatives, more Investors have been forced out of their positions as these toxic instruments have pushed and pulled against market fundamentals.

As Blockchain Technology retakes a grip over the Financial System, Investors are fighting back.

Stocks and Stock Certificates are set to become obsolete

I have talked about this before and that in the future Stocks and Stock Certificates are set to become obsolete.

Owning Stocks and Equities will be replaced by Corporate Tokens, allowing a fully transparent picture of ownership.

It this transparent picture that will reshape the way future investments are made.

What we are witnessing is nothing new

Over the last Century there has been many changes in the way people have invested and what we are witnessing today is nothing new.

Tokens have been around for Centuries and have come in all shapes and formats.

From Paper Tokens, Company Tokens, Stamps, and Coins, tokens have be used in the past and will certainly be used in the future.

By introducing platforms based on a Token Sale has effectively allowed developers to create their own Crypto Currency out of seed capital.

It is this seed capital that has allowed developers to roll out their concepts.

Instead of Stock Certificates we now have Tokens

Most people have yet to grasp the mechanics of the current investment environment and that Initial Public Offerings, IPOs have simply been replaced with Initial Coin Offerings, ICOs.

This fundamental change, though difficult to appreciate by many at first is actually no different in how we have been doing things in the past.

The only difference is that the record of ownership is recorded on the Blockchain and by having this distributed ledger of record you are in essence doing away with a third-party middleman.

A new way to Invest

Some might say that we are witnessing a new way to invest, I would simply say that is the same way, expect that there is a digitally distributed record of the share of ownership and it is this distributed record that has taken investment to the next level.

As more and more people realise that having an investment on a Blockchain as oppose to the utilisation of a third party, gives a clearer and more secure picture of the Capital Markets.

It is this security that is set to create a mass migration of investment funds that will hit the Capital Markets like a tsunami without warning.

With a Crypto Currency Market Capital currently just over $100 billion the early ripples of this tsunami suggests that it won't be long before this mass migration of investment funds hits our shores and when it does it will sweep Stock Certificates and Equities out of the way..!!

Who would want to own a Stock Certificate when you can have an Investment on the Blockchain.

Owning Stock Certificates is what you granny used to have..!!

Thanks again for reading.

Stephen