Today, Bursa Malaysia Berhad announced that the stock exchange is developing a proof of concept (PoC) to use blockchain to record stock certificates. For the PoC, it partnered with Digital Asset for its Daml smart contracts language and VMware for blockchain. Structured warrants are the initial focus of the trials.
“The dematerialisation of Structured Warrants through a robust and automated distributed ledger technology will contribute to a more transparent, secure, economical, and most importantly, effective marketplace for all,” said Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift, Chief Executive Officer of Bursa Malaysia.
Currently, the certificates are paper-based, resulting in manual processes and the need to physically transport them, which is not ideal during a pandemic. Blockchain will address these issues and provide the transparency enabled by a centralized repository.
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