Title: [2016-01-01] Nasdaq used a bitcoin-style blockchain to sell shares... Post by: LiteCoinGuy on January 01, 2016, 01:10:31 PM 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. http://qz.com/584602/nasdaq-used-a-bitcoin-style-blockchain-to-sell-shares-was-it-really-the-first/ |