Major Global Exchanges Increase Researching, Deploying Blockchain, Poll Says
The number of Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs) which are investigating and deploying Blockchain increases, concludes a new poll by the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE). The report is based on responses from 24 FMIs, which are a combination of exchanges, central counterparties and central securities depositories. They include the Group Deutsche Börse, Japan Exchange Group, Moscow Exchange Group, Nasdaq and the National Stock Exchange of India. Others are SIX Swiss Exchange, China Financial Future Exchange, Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Co. Ltd, Johannesburg Stock Exchange,....
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