Blockchain, technology, and digital economy by Don Tapscott
Don Tapscott is co-founder of the Blockchain Research Institute and the best-selling author of Blockchain Revolution, which has sold over 650,000 copies worldwide and been translated into more than 20 languages. He has led over 100 blockchain research initiatives for governments and corporations, analyzing systems from public identity infrastructure to DAO governance models. In 2025, Tapscott released a revised edition of The Digital Economy, updating the text with chapters on tokenized assets and CBDC trade-offs.
Tapscott serves as an advisor to several sovereign blockchain development panels, including those for Singapore and Norway. His academic outreach includes collaborations with the University of Toronto and UBC’s blockchain research labs. His latest keynote at Davos 2025 reached over 1.3 million viewers across platforms.
With decades of work in network economics and a deep archive of crypto-aligned research, Tapscott remains a foundational authority in blockchain’s role in the global digital economy.