Japan's Major Financial Institutions Adopt Blockchain Technology

[kreslik.news]

Showcasing the rapid  adoption of blockchain technology in Japan, two of the largest and most important Japanese financial institutions have separately revealed today their commitment to the technology.

Operator of Asia’s largest trading bourse, and the world’s third largest stock venue, Japan Exchange Group (JPX) announced that it will start conducting proof of concept on distributed ledger technology with the help of IBM Japan. The two firms will conduct a test to “evaluate the limits and possibilities of blockchain technology in markets that have low transaction data volume using the framework provided by the Hyperledger Project.”

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