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Blockchain technology and its potential impact on the audit and assurance profession

April 27, 2018

“… in the immediate future, blockchain technology will not replace financial reporting and financial statement auditing. Audited financial statements are a cornerstone of business and play a key role in debt and equity financing, participation in capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory compliance, and the effective and efficient functioning of capital markets. Financial statements reflect management assertions, including estimates, many of which cannot be easily summarized or calculated in blockchains.”

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