Provocative Scenarios 2021
The future doesn’t come with instructions, but it sends signals.
This is where we explore the mind-shifting moments, radical ideas, and technological shifts shaping the next wave of business and societal evolution.
One of the more obvious and immediate trends is the current hype and volatility surrounding cryptocurrencies in general and Bitcoin in particular. With fortunes being made and lost overnight, where does the future lie? As with any emerging tech sector, blockchain and crypto have their evangelists and detractors, and extreme volatility is not for the faint hearted.
A few years ago, Apple had the biggest market cap of any listed company, approaching USD 1 trillion, but not quite getting there. Then Amazon came racing up the rankings and looked like it might beat Apple to the milestone...
It sounds bizarre, but it’s true. After the 2008 Global Financial Fiasco, banks and corporations faced bankruptcy, and many failed. Some of the biggest were bailed out by governments, and eventually made it back to solvency.
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