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Australian bourse's blockchain upgrade puts competition regulator on alert

By James Panichi ( April 26, 2019, 07:49 GMT | Insight) -- A plan by the Australian Securities Exchange to adopt a blockchain ledger as a replacement for its post-trade clearing and settlement system has attracted interest from the country’s competition regulator, amid concerns that the monopoly ASX may use the upgrade to expand its footprint. In an email to MLex, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission today confirmed media reports suggesting that it had received complaints about potential competition issues raised by the replacement of the existing system.A plan by the Australian Securities Exchange to adopt a blockchain ledger as a replacement for its post-trade clearing and settlement system has attracted interest from the country’s competition regulator, amid concerns that the monopoly ASX may use the upgrade to expand its footprint....

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