Blockchain: A revolution for real estate funds

How ethereum can revolutionise the property industry

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Many of the world's most influential projects were at first ignored - most investors failed to recognise their potential.

Which hotelier could have foreseen how Airbnb or Booking.com would impact the market? Which office owner or commercial real estate firm could have anticipated the great success of WeWork? Of all the technological innovations emerging today, blockchain is undoubtedly one of the most misunderstood. By virtue of its inherent security and transparency, the blockchain represents a major opportunity to transform the world's largest real estate asset class (worth over £2.3trn in 2018) and in particular unlisted real estate funds. Minimising cost Unlisted real estate funds allow investor...

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