Where is blockchain technology right now? Think of the internet in the late 1990s: There’s worlds of potential to transform the economy, but also every kind of practical question to be figured out. Matt Orton, CFA, Chief Market Strategist at Carillon Tower Advisers, talks with Tariq Siddiqi, CFA, Senior Research Analyst at Eagle Asset Management, about how the blockchain isn’t just for cryptocurrency, what makes it a candidate to revolutionize entire industries, and why investors should look at it as a long-term driver of secular growth.

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