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Blockchain Trading Greenlit for Asia’s Largest Stock Exchange Operator
Japan’s Financial Services Agency has allowed the Japan Exchange Group, operator of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, to use financial technologies like blockchain as its core trading infrastructure.
The country’s financial regulator will now begin approving Fintech adoption on a
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Previous regulation meant that JPX subsidiaries were limited to activities linked to exchange operations. The new and updated interpretation of the rule, however, allows the JPX to introduce technology that improves the operational efficiency of trading platforms.
It is notable that the JPX has already begun developing blockchain applications for
stock exchange operations. The exchange operator announced a partnership with IBM
Japan for blockchain applications and experiments as early as February 2016. Trials
began the following month in March, wherein proof-
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The tests were enough to convince the operator to form a wider Japanese blockchain consortium with the aim to develop solutions for capital market infrastructure. PoC testing among participants of the consortium will begin in Spring 2017 within its environment. At the time of launch, the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE), the Osaka Exchange (OSE) and the Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC) were all among the founding members.
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Japan could soon see trading done over a blockchain.
Further, the JPX’s fervent interest in blockchain applications has already seen adoption in Myanmar, connecting the Yangon Stock Exchange with other local brokerages in the country. The JPX helped establish the Myanmar stock exchange following a joint venture agreement with the Myanmar Economic Bank and talks with the Myanmar government are already underway to introduce the technology in payments for stock trading in the country.
The marked effort toward blockchain adoption by Japan’s biggest stock exchange operator
follows other notable endeavors that have already seen real-
Nasdaq is another exchange operator that has thrown its weight behind blockchain-