Financial markets

The blockchain trend: Does it fit into your investment strategy?

Blockchain may be hard for investors to get a handle on, but it has nonetheless captured their imagination. We provide you with an overview of this topic and what you should know.

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Tilmann Schaal, LGT
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Investmenttrend Blockchain


When people think of blockchain, they usually associate it with Bitcoin. In reality, however, blockchain can be used much more broadly for the transfer of assets via a secure, decentralized network on the internet. This technology is therefore about much more than "just" the realization of a cryptocurrency. However, even experts continue to find it difficult to tap the potential of blockchain for investors and integrate it into investment strategies.

In a video, Thomas Wille, Chief Investment Officer, LGT Private Banking Europe, responds to questions from the business journalist Carolin Roth.

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