Canadian Stock Exchange Hires Bitcoin Wiz to Explore Blockchain Tech
In what is quickly becoming a recurring theme among stock exchanges around the world, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) is exploring blockchain technology applications for securities trading and clearing. The foray into understanding blockchain or distributed ledgers, the technology that powers the cryptocurrency Bitcoin is further helped by the TSX’s recent appointment of crypto entrepreneur and bitcoin evangelist Anthony Di Iorio. Following recent examples of stock exchanges in Australia, the UK, the United States and Japan that have been embracing blockchain technology, Canada’s largest....
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