This research has been carried out by a student enrolled in a double degree program between the business school ESCP Europe and the Polytechnic of Turin. The engineering and business background of the facilitator allowed him to analyse the most important aspects of the technology both from a technical point of view and its implications on business and management practices. The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the real impact of blockchain technology within the European Union with a particular focus on the innovation of corporate financing instruments that the technology could foster by 2030. There are in fact more and more speculation about the high technological potential that blockchain can reveal in the next future, but with growing expectations even the associated uncertainties are increasing.