Nasdaq and tZERO, Binance and Coinbase.

13 Feb 2019

Nasdaq and tZERO bring tokenized securities closer to reality

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Ambitious predictions relating to the widespread tokenization of securities are moving closer to reality, as 2019 sees security token infrastructure rollouts across the globe

At the height of blockchain fervor in November 2017, Robert Greifield, — the former chairman of Nasdaq — said that every stock and bond on Wall Street could be tokenized.

Then in the following bear market, blockchain advocate and Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne doubled down on that assertion — claiming that within five years, 100 percent of the stocks and bonds on Wall Street will be tokenized. More

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