Goldman Sachs Files Patent for Blockchain-based Forex Trading

Goldman Sachs Files Patent for Blockchain-based Forex Trading

The big question is whether or not patents have a rightful place in the blockchain world. Goldman Sachs is quite an intriguing financial institution. Even though they rejected Bitcoin and its technology for some time, they now want to go all-in on the blockchain. A new patent filing goes to show the group is working on blockchain-based forex trading. Quite an interesting development, although patenting it may not be the right course of action. Blockchain technology is designed to be an open standard, which anyone can use and improve upon. The Bitcoin source code follows that same concept,....


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