First Blockchain Company Goes Public on Toronto Stock Exchange
Canadian blockchain technology startup Blockchain Tech Ltd (BTL) has been successfully listed on the VentureBoard of the Toronto Stock Exchange, with the tracker BTL (TSXV:BTL). The Toronto stock Exchange Venture listing is a part of an initiative from its newly raised US$1.5 million funding round to invest in proprietary blockchain technology and its core software. Through the improvement of its technologies, Blockchain Tech Ltd aims to establish itself as the key game-changer of the “international FinTech movement,” and support financial institutions as well as banks to utilize the....
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