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Published inJan 2019
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Peter Lipovyanov
Peter Lipovyanov
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Peter Lipovyanov

Peter Lipovyanov is an experienced investment banker and venture investor currently focusing on blockchain projects and crypto-assets. A firm believer in the potential of blockchain technology to change the world for the better by facilitating financial inclusion across the globe and improving the efficiency of financial markets and other sectors of the economy, he has been involved in several promising blockchain projects building decentralized applications. His passion for education also led him to create a bestseller online course about the fundamental principles of blockchain technology and its business applications, which is the basis for this book.
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Investment banking and blockchain

Earlier in this chapter, we said that there are two types of banking, commercial and investment banking. We discussed the potential impact of blockchain technology on traditional commercial banking services, but we didn't say much about investment banking.

We'll do that briefly in this section.

Investment banks typically have the following core business lines:

  • Capital markets: Issuing stocks and bonds to raise capital for their corporate clients on the primary market, selling them to investors, and trading them on the secondary market for clients or for the bank's own account
  • Advisory services: Consulting companies in times of specialized processes such as mergers and acquisitions, as well as corporate restructuring
  • Asset management: Managing clients' funds professionally in an investment portfolio

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Peter Lipovyanov

Peter Lipovyanov is an experienced investment banker and venture investor currently focusing on blockchain projects and crypto-assets. A firm believer in the potential of blockchain technology to change the world for the better by facilitating financial inclusion across the globe and improving the efficiency of financial markets and other sectors of the economy, he has been involved in several promising blockchain projects building decentralized applications. His passion for education also led him to create a bestseller online course about the fundamental principles of blockchain technology and its business applications, which is the basis for this book.
Read more about Peter Lipovyanov