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Decentralised tech will not become the new normal – SNB’s Jordan

There is a time and a place for distributed ledgers, says chairman of Switzerland’s SNB

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SNB chairman Jordan is not sure distributed ledgers will challenge current centralised systems – yet

The chairman of the Swiss National Bank (SNB) has said he does not believe decentralised technology – such as distributed ledgers (DLs) – will become the "new normal".

Thomas Jordan, who spoke at Swift's Sibos conference on September 26, said many existing financial market infrastructures, which are built on "conventional, centralised" models, are already low-cost and meet high safety standards.

"DL technology, meanwhile, has yet to prove it can outperform the existing setup with respect to

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