[2015-12-31] Nasdaq used a bitcoin-style blockchain to sell shares. Was it ....

[coinzat]

- 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.

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[Mometaskers]

Is the Nasdaq blockchain application similar to that of Overstock.com? Is the Overstock version only related to one stock?