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Evaluation of Blockchain in Capital Market Use-Cases

Evaluation of Blockchain in Capital Market Use-Cases

Sinsu Anna Mathew, Abdul Quadir Md
Copyright: © 2018 |Volume: 10 |Issue: 1 |Pages: 23
ISSN: 1938-0194|EISSN: 1938-0208|EISBN13: 9781522543640|DOI: 10.4018/IJWP.2018010105
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Mathew, Sinsu Anna, and Abdul Quadir Md. "Evaluation of Blockchain in Capital Market Use-Cases." IJWP vol.10, no.1 2018: pp.54-76. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJWP.2018010105

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Mathew, S. A. & Quadir Md, A. (2018). Evaluation of Blockchain in Capital Market Use-Cases. International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP), 10(1), 54-76. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJWP.2018010105

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Mathew, Sinsu Anna, and Abdul Quadir Md. "Evaluation of Blockchain in Capital Market Use-Cases," International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP) 10, no.1: 54-76. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJWP.2018010105

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Abstract

This article describes the “Blockchain” which is an upcoming technology in the current leading world and which serves as a capital market use-cases for many of the global Fintech industries across the world, is a distributed ledger of economic transactions which not only used for recording financial transactions but mostly everything of value in this world. In the current world, mostly all the transactions are done through online which mainly includes the bank as a “middle man,” which could be untrustworthy at times. Blockchain comes into the picture which eliminates the need of a middle man or third party between the users who are involved in the transactions. Represents a financial ledger entry of data structure which consists of record of transactions which is digitally signed and cannot be tampered as authenticity is ensured in which the ledger is considered to be of high integrity. One of the leading and highly valued platform of blockchain is “Hyperledger Fabric” which is meant for securing transactions and serves a powerful container technology for smart contract development in the global capital firms. The potential of Blockchain and DLT in capital markets in this upcoming world could remove many of the inefficiencies and costs inherent in the global capital markets across the world and could be considered as a viable technology which enable to settlement.

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