# Professor David Yermack's comments on blockchain technology at the Imperial Fintech Conference are highlighted

1 Faculty News October 13, 2016 ![CoinDesk logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/coindesklogo192x144.jpg?itok=JirvmN30)>

Excerpt from [CoinDesk](http://www.coindesk.com/is-bitcoin-the-future-of-blockchain-post-trade/) -- "Overall, [Yermack](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/david-yermack), who teaches a cryptocurrency course at NYU’s Stern School of Business, offered a much broader vision for the use of blockchain in finance than what the industry is considering, as well as more critical takes on how incumbents are exploring the tech."

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