Symbiont's Blockchain Application to Transform Financial Trading
Symbiont is a company that aims to apply blockchain technology in making a quicker and safer system for transferring assets between buyers and sellers. In doing so, it could reduce the clearing and settling time for trading, paving the way for a more efficient and streamlined market. According to its statement on Tuesday, the company was able to raise $1.25 million from a group including former New York Stock Exchange chief Duncan Niederauer, former Citadel executive Matt Andresen, and two co-founders of high-frequency trading firm Getco, Dan Tierney and Stephen Schuler. Blockchain....
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