London Stock Exchange trials blockchain for shares in Italy

London's Stock Exchange is set to start using blockchain to improve transparency for shareholding information among unlisted businesses. According to a news report by CityAM, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) will use Hyperledger Fabric, one of the open source blockchain frameworks hosted by The Linux Foundation to make info on private SMEs digital. The end goal is to draw more mature investors. Borsa Italiana, the Italian stock exchange, will kick off the trial by conducting a small test using blockchain to hold a shared registry of shareholder transactions and records. Only issuers, investors and regulators (authorized personnel) will have access to it.… [Continue Reading]