This time last year, Vitalik Buterin said, “The future [of blockchain] belongs… to a network of interoperable blockchains, built on different distributed-ledger technologies and carrying different digital currencies, which can be federated to handle different aspects of distributed applications.”

We couldn’t agree more. However, while there has been tremendous progress in the Blockchain ecosystem around use cases, pilot projects and clear platform leaders emerging, interoperability across applications, platforms, and infrastructure still remains elusive.