Deutsche Bank Analyst: Blockchain Could Have Prevented Soros Leaks
Reglators aren't the only ones who might benefit by moving global financial transactions to a shared, unchangeable ledger, according to one Deutsche Bank analyst. Investors, too, could be made more secure. Case in point: last month, Dutch financial regulator AFM briefly, accidentally published private records of short trades going back four years. Among the valuable data about how leading investors were betting against companies, were a number of decisions by legendary investor George Soros. Had the trading data been stored on a blockchain, however, the leak likely would have never....
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