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Major financial clearinghouse trials Ethereum, plus a new offering from ConsenSys Codefi

| View in browser “No bird soars in a calm.”   –Wilbur Wright       From Nasdaq’s new digital asset suite to the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s recently announced Ethereum-based prototype for asset management, we’re seeing more and more industry giants discover the value of blockchain technology for applications way beyond cryptocurrency. These major market players aren’t just streamlining antiquated, often manual, processes around asset servicing. They’re rebuilding market infrastructure and launching completely new financial instruments with built-in rights, controls, and compliance.     As the Ethereum network comes up on the five-year anniversary of its original launch, it’s impossible not to reflect on how far this technology has come, especially for enterprise use cases. Even just a year ago, the engineering lift on some these blockchain-based solutions for capital markets would have been significant. Now, there are full stack, all-in-one products that make it easy for organizations to demo and implement this technology, and with enterprise-grade privacy and performance.  In his history of early twentieth-century innovation, The Big Change, Frederick Lewis Allen writes, “Several years went by before the public grasped what the \[Wright brothers\] were doing.” They say invention is only the first step of innovation. The next step is helping the world notice what has changed.   What's New Major Financial Clearinghouse Trials Ethereum: The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation’s new prototype leverages the Ethereum blockchain to streamline capital markets activity. How Blockchain Is Transforming Capital Markets: A closer look at the specific benefits of blockchain technology for a wide range of market participants in the financial industry.  Introducing Codefi Markets: Our newest offering from the Codefi application suite enables OTC peer-to-peer trading for tokenization platforms and issuers seeking to provide secondary markets for their investors. 3 Takeaways From Our Latest Report on Decentralized Finance: Three major DeFi events from the last quarter and why they matter.  Hyperledger Besu 1.5 Is Now Available: Version 1.5 of the enterprise-friendly Ethereum client includes significant improvements to performance, usability, and privacy.  Hands-On Training With Hyperledger Besu: Learn how to run Besu and explore its advanced functionalities with our protocol engineering experts. SKALE Token Launches on Codefi Activate August 17: Codefi Activate helps users easily purchase, manage, and use their tokens all in a single application.     New Report Ethereum DeFi Report: Read our latest research report on the biggest trends in decentralized finance over Q2 2020. What we cover: Wrapped bitcoin Yield farming ETH insurance And so much more   DOWNLOAD THE REPORT   New Webinar  Syndicated Loans and Blockchain Technology: In this webinar with our industry experts, you’ll learn how ConsenSys is leveraging Ethereum to streamline loan issuance through asset tokenization and shared infrastructure. Start Your Blockchain Journey Today       Forwarded this newsletter? Sign up here to receive the latest Enterprise Ethereum news. See you next time. ConsenSys, 49 Bogart St, New York, NY 11206, United States Unsubscribe Manage preferences Follow: |
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