TCG President Alan Deckman, Hartford Business Journal
TCORS Capitol Group, LLC (TCG) President Alan Deckman has been featured in an article in the Hartford Business Journal spotlighting the Connecticut Blockchain Association, which he founded and of which he serves as President. The article announces the recent establishment of the Connecticut Blockchain Association, and offers an intelligent and thoughtful perspective on the present and future state of blockchain in CT and beyond. In this piece, Mr. Deckman contributes his expertise to this timely and impactful conversation: “There’s a need to educate and get involved and organize to help this industry in Connecticut.”
HBJ’s article also cites local lawmakers, officials, and scholar David Noble, director of the Peter J. Werth Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at UConn, who first taught a course on cryptocurrency at UConn in 2016. Mr. Noble expresses his forward-thinking perspective on the future of crypto, a lesson that can also be extrapolated to the adoption of blockchain: “‘Cryptocurrency over time is going to win. It’s a technological advancement,’ he said. ‘I always like to give the example of when I was younger, I never thought I would put a credit card on the internet or my phone, for instance. But I was really annoyed at the hotel yesterday because they didn’t take Apple Pay.’”
The article highlights that Mr. Deckman seeks to harness the potential that blockchain has for forwarding growth in manifold industries in CT: “So, what might create the kind of landscape whereby this volatile industry could become a success in driving economic growth in Connecticut? ‘We want to build this ecosystem,” said Deckman. “We want to build jobs, we want people to come to Connecticut to invest, and not be afraid of the regulatory environment.’He has met with Banking Department officials, and said the industry wants regulation to promote confidence.”
Read the full article in the Hartford Business Journal here.