Nasdaq: pioneering trade means 2016 will be the year of blockchain
It was the first exchange to complete a private securities trade via the Linq platform
Fredrik Voss, head of blockchain strategy, Nasdaq
Updates with date of deal and news of Symbiont placement
This year will see widespread deployment of blockchain-based trading technology, with the first third-party share placement on December 30, 2015 set to be followed by many more in the months ahead, according to Fredrik Voss, head of blockchain strategy at Nasdaq.
Chain.com, a privately owned blockchain-development company, issued shares to a private investor using Nasdaq's Linq system, based on distributed ledger technology. Chain.com, a
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