Blythe Masters, the high-profile former JP Morgan executive who has turned her focus to the adoption of blockchain in institutional finance, has said there are signs the technology's shift from hype to commercial reality has reached a "tipping point".

Speaking at the Disruptive Technologies Forum in London on November 29 - an event co-hosted by the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation and The Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation - Masters said there had been a "sea change between today and a few months ago" in blockchain's move to becoming a mainstream technology.