Topic: [2015-12-31] Nasdaq used a bitcoin-style blockchain to sell shares. Was it .... (Read 314 times)
January 01, 2016, 03:01:26 PM
Is the Nasdaq blockchain application similar to that of Overstock.com? Is the Overstock version only related to one stock?
December 31, 2015, 08:57:23 AM
- Nasdaq used a bitcoin-style blockchain to sell shares. Was it really the first?
Nasdaq has trumpeted a recent share transaction as the first-ever private securities issuance documented with a blockchain, the technology that underpins crypto-currencies like bitcoin.
The exchange announced on Dec. 30 that it used its blockchain-powered platform, Linq, to allow a startup called Chain to sell shares to an unnamed private technology investor in the US.
Read more : http://qz.com/584602/nasdaq-used-a-bitcoin-style-blockchain-to-sell-shares-was-it-really-the-first/
Nasdaq has trumpeted a recent share transaction as the first-ever private securities issuance documented with a blockchain, the technology that underpins crypto-currencies like bitcoin.
The exchange announced on Dec. 30 that it used its blockchain-powered platform, Linq, to allow a startup called Chain to sell shares to an unnamed private technology investor in the US.
Read more : http://qz.com/584602/nasdaq-used-a-bitcoin-style-blockchain-to-sell-shares-was-it-really-the-first/
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