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Title: [2016-06-03] ET: EU's market watchdog to take deeper look at blockchain Post by: polynesia on June 05, 2016, 12:59:24 AM EU's market watchdog to take deeper look at blockchain
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/security-tech/technology/eus-market-watchdog-to-take-deeper-look-at-blockchain/articleshow/52566307.cms The European Union's markets watchdog will study blockchain in more depth after an initial analysis showed it was too early to say whether the technology poses any threat to financial markets. Blockchain, or distributed ledger technology (DLT), currently underpins the virtual currency bitcoin. Blockchain's proponents say it has the potential to "disrupt" financial markets by making payments and the settling of securities transactions, in particular, far cheaper. Title: Re: [2016-06-03] ET: EU's market watchdog to take deeper look at blockchain Post by: polynesia on June 07, 2016, 12:45:52 AM Covered by Firstpost as well.
http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/deeper-look-needs-to-be-taken-at-blockchain-eu-watchdog-318378.html |