MIT’s Media Lab Director of the Digital Currency Initiative, Neha Narula, joins us in the latest discussion of our series FTSE Russell Convenes. Neha shares her thoughts on how the advancing technologies around cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum is placing pressure on central banks.
You can now watch the full interview at the link below
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