Nasdaq will begin utilizing blockchain technology on the back end starting in Q4

07/31/2015 - 18:43

John Detrixhe and Ryan Hoerger

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. expects to become the first major exchange operator to use the technology behind bitcoin when a project in its private-companies business goes live in the fourth quarter.

The stock market operator is partnering with infrastructure provider Chain to use blockchain to issue and transfer the shares of privately held companies. Blockchain is the ledger that drives the bitcoin digital currency.

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