Tokyo Stock Exchange Operator Joins NRI Blockchain Trials
The operator of the Tokyo Stock Exchange has been working with a leading Japanese think tank as part of a months-long exploration of blockchain technology. The trial was announced today by Nomura Research Institute (NRI), which revealed Japan Exchange Group has been collaborating with it as part of its previously revealed blockchain research. Japan Exchange Group has been experimenting with blockchain applications as one of the early customers of IBM's Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. The testing phase, NRI announced today, will "assess the usability as well as the challenges....
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