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  • Nasdaq to use blockchain to record shareholder votes

    Later this year, Nasdaq plans to record stockholders' electronic votes on its own blockchain system for companies listed on its exchange in Estonia. By digitizing the entire process, it expects to speed and simplify the proxy voting process.

  • Commonwealth Bank’s investment spend grows

    The Commonwealth Bank’s investment spend for the six months ending 31 December grew to $681 million, up from $595 million in the first half of FY15 and $651 million in 2H15.

  • What makes ‘smart contracts’ smart?

    Contract law has been a fundamental cornerstone of the formation of modern human society. Smart contracts, an expression coined by Nick Szabo, represent a digital evolution of contracts.

  • ASX wants its own blockchain

    ASX Limited has acquired a 5 per cent equity interest in New York-headquartered Digital Asset Holdings, a company that specialises in developing blockchain-style distributed ledgers.

  • The new Enigma

    An enigma is someone or something that is mysterious or puzzling. To this end researchers at MIT are working on a new Enigma, which allows for computation involving sensitive data without revealing information.

  • Who’s blocking the blockchain?

    The hype around the blockchain is becoming deafening. Just this week, both Westpac and the Commonwealth Bank have run sessions on the blockchain during the Sydney leg of an international series of conferences on the technology’s potential.

  • Commonwealth Bank backs blockchain conference

    The Commonwealth Bank of Australia and research organisation COALA are teaming up to host a series of Sydney workshops that will examine the potential of blockchain-based technology.

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