To Blockchain startup της Blythe Masters συγκεντρώνει 52 εκατομμύρια δολάρια από επενδυτές

Το Blockchain startup Digital Asset της πρώην στέλεχους της JP Morgan Blythe Masters ανακοίνωσε ότι εξασφάλισε 52 εκατομμύρια δολάρια από μεγάλα επενδυτικά fund ανάμεσα τους και μεγάλους τραπεζικούς οργανισμούς όπως οι ABN AMRO; Accenture; ASX Limite, η τράπεζα BNP Paribas; Broadridge Financial Solutions; η τραπεζα Citi; CME Ventures; Deutsche Börse Group; ICAP η ίδια η  J.P. Morgan; η τράπεζα Santander InnoVentures, και οι επενδυτικοί όμιλοι The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) και The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

“These investments represent a tremendous endorsement of Digital Asset from banks, exchanges, settlement and clearing firms, central securities depositories, and market infrastructure and professional services providers,Our strategic investors have come together from across the financial services industry to help drive global adoption of transformative solutions which enhance the vital services that they provide.”

-Blythe Masters-

Ακόμα ανακοινώθηκε και η συνεργασία τους με το χρηματιστήριο της Αυστραλίας ASX για την ενσωμάτωση Blockchain συστημάτων στην διαδικασία των χρηματιστηριακών συναλλαγών.

ASX has recognized the potential that Distributed Ledger Technology could provide and after a rigorous evaluation process selected Digital Asset as the business partner for the development of a solution for the Australian market.

The initial 6 to 12 months will be used to develop a solution that demonstrates the benefits that Distributed Ledger Technology brings to a broad range of users – including investors, listed companies and intermediaries.

ASX and Digital Asset will engage with Australia’s financial market regulators and Government agencies to assess the benefits that a new solution could deliver to them, and the implications for the regulatory framework that underpins the strong reputation of Australia’s financial markets.

Πριν λίγο καιρό η εταιρεία είχε ανακοινώσει και την παραχώρηση του σχεδιαζόμενου σε συνεργασία με την IBM Blockchain συστήματος Hyperledger στο Linux Foundation ενώ σε σημερινή της ανάρτηση έδωσε περισσότερες τεχνικές λεπτομέρειες κάνοντας γνωστό ότι το Hyperledger βασίζεται στο ίδιο σύστημα επιβεβαίωσης συναλλαγών του Bitcoin με πρόσθετα χαρακτηριστικά για τον τραπεζικό τομέα χωρίς όμως να δίνει μια ξεκάθαρη απάντηση στο ποια token θα χρησιμοποιεί.

Hyperledger utilizes the same UTXO/script based transactional decision of Bitcoin and extends it with features required in financial services. While the public Bitcoin blockchain is not suitable for many uses within regulated financial infrastructure, much of its design and mature cryptography has been withstanding attacks in the wild, protecting tokens with a market cap in the billions of dollars. There has been a large amount of venture investment around Bitcoin and a huge body of development work done around it. By conforming to the UTXO model as a de facto standard there is a larger ecosystem of innovation to draw from.

Digital Asset has also included a prototype implementation of the Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance consensus module as an alternative to Proof of Work. We are collaborating with many of the other members of the project on the consensus module to ensure there is a scalable, secure, Byzantine Fault Tolerant consensus protocol that can provide settlement finality for wholesale financial institutions.