Governments around the world are investing heavily in blockchain research and development. These projects range from data sharing and identity management to fighting fraud. As cryptocurrencies have doubled in market cap in the last several months, regulators like the Japanese FSA are recognizing the use of Bitcoin for payment. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has given BlockCypher and other blockchain companies awards to research how data is shared. In this session, we’ll discuss:

• Blockchain use cases in government
• Using blockchain and analytics for cybersecurity
• More effective and efficient ways to combat Money Laundering
• Using big data/AI/machine learning to detect suspicious activities, potential crime/illegal activity, criminal networks
• Facilitating the sharing of data for aggregation and trend identification, protection against fraud and other crimes
• Making compliance reporting to authorities faster and more standardised, enabling data comparison and better monitoring/screening

View the presentation, The Role of Blockchain Data in the Public Sector