Cantor Fitzgerald’s historical past is marred by tragedy: 658 of its workers have been killed on 9/11, nearly one-third of its international crew. As a result of it misplaced so many staff, the corporate was compelled to embrace digital buying and selling as an alternative of how issues conventionally labored within the Treasury market: human brokers calling or visiting shoppers. Right now, Wall Road is embracing crypto and blockchains as a method to disrupt outdated methods of doing enterprise and conserving data.