🚨$IOTA The IOTA Foundation is indeed making waves with its Trade Worldwide Information Network (TWIN) initiative, which aims to revolutionize international trade by digitizing a system that currently relies heavily on paper. Here are some key highlights about the TWIN initiative:
Economic Impact: TWIN is projected to unlock up to $10 trillion in economic value by streamlining trade processes.
Current Challenges: On any given day, there are approximately 4 billion paper documents in circulation for trade, leading to inefficiencies. Each cross-border transaction can involve:
Over 30 stakeholders
36 separate documents
Nearly 240 duplicated copies
Target Audience: The initiative particularly aims to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and emerging economies, which often struggle the most with these inefficiencies.
Collaborative Effort: TWIN is a not-for-profit alliance that includes partners like the World Economic Forum, Tony Blair Institute, and TradeMark Africa, among others.
Technological Foundation: Built on IOTA's distributed ledger technology, TWIN ensures data immutability, transparency, and traceability, fostering trust among supply chain participants.
Dominik Schiener, the Co-Founder and Chairman of the IOTA Foundation, emphasizes that this initiative is not just about incremental improvements but aims to unlock trillions in value for global trade.$IOTA