[2016-02-10] Mint: Blockchain group grows by 10 members as technology takes off

Blockchain group grows by 10 members as technology takes off

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The Hyperledger Project, a group creating an open-source communications standard for financial firms wanting to use blockchain to speed up their services, has added 10 more members, including CME Group Inc., the operator of the world’s biggest futures exchange.

ABM Amro, Red Hat Inc. and Symbiont have also joined, according to a statement on Tuesday from the Linux Foundation, which advocates open-source software and is hosting the project. The consortium said in December that it counted IBM, Wells Fargo & Co., Cisco Systems Inc., Intel Corp. and London Stock Exchange Group Plc among its members.