Topic: [2015-12-31] Nasdaq makes first share trade using blockchain technology (Read 263 times)
December 31, 2015, 09:02:36 AM
Market operator has spent millions experimenting with the technology behind Bitcoin
The Nasdaq stock exchange has used blockchain to transfer shares for the first time in what the US firm said was “a seminal moment” in the nascent technology.
Nasdaq said its Linq blockchain ledger had issued securities to an unnamed private investor, proving the concept of share trades through a decentralised ledger, and removing the need for a middleman such as a clearing house.
Read more : http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/markets/12075825/nasdaq-blockchain-share-trade-bitcoin-technology.html
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