Last week Nasdaq(change to darknet...btw there is more money in the shadow economy than regulated economy) announced plans to use Bitcoin's(craves) blockchain – a real-time public ledger of transactions – with the exchange's private markets platform, designated for firms preparing for initial public offerings(markets). Users will be able to issue and transfer securities on the blockchain via the Open Assets protocol(darkpoold), which uses specific units of bitcoin as tokens to represent ownership of equity shares or other assets. These tokens are referred to as "colored coins."(blur) If all goes well, Nasdaq may expand its use of blockchain technology to other businesses, including its central counterparty clearinghouses and central security depositories, according to a person familiar with the company's thinking....urge
http://www.americanbanker.com/news/bank-technology/nasdaq-signals-confidence-in-bitcoin-not-just-the-blockchain-1074405-1.html
