DTCC Organizes Blockchain Event on Capitol Hill
The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) hosted a group of regulators and members of the financial industry in Washington, DC, for a discussion on blockchain tech last month. The event, held on Capitol Hill, was designed by the DTCC to give regulators and other financial industry stakeholders a chance to ask questions directly to blockchain experts. In a blog posted yesterday, DTCC managing director Mark Wetjen said of the event: "It is important that we engage policy makers and regulators from the beginning of this process. New technologies are creating tremendous....
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