Cantor Fitzgerald’s historical past is marred by tragedy: 658 of its workers have been killed on 9/11, virtually one-third of its world group. As a result of it misplaced so many employees, the corporate was pressured to embrace digital buying and selling as a substitute of how issues conventionally labored within the Treasury market: human brokers calling or visiting purchasers. Right this moment, Wall Road is embracing crypto and blockchains as a approach to disrupt previous methods of doing enterprise and holding information.