Microsoft, Banking Provider USAA Join Blockchain Advocacy Group

Microsoft, Banking Provider USAA Join Blockchain Advocacy Group

Technology powerhouse Microsoft and military-centric banking and financial services firm USAA are the two newest members to join the Chamber of Digital Commerce (CDC), a Washington-based blockchain policy advocacy group. Microsoft and USAA are joining the Chamber of Digital Commerce, a non-profit lobbying group based in Washington, DC working to help build the regulatory framework and policies for the bitcoin community and companies by promoting digital assets and its use. Led by Perianne Boring as its founder and president, the CDC has in recent times launched the Global Blockchain Forum,....


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