--- title: Wall Street Not First Mover on Blockchain description: Other industries may pass Wall Street and be first past the blockchain post. image: https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/wall-street-eclipsed-blockchain-adoption-May-12-2022-09-15-50-36-AM.jpg --- ![websites-group](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/new-MMG-01.svg) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-new-marketsmedia-logo.svg)](https://www.marketsmedia.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-traders-redlogo.svg)](https://www.tradersmagazine.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-bestexe-logo.svg)](https://www.bestexecution.net/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-menu-fidesk-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) [![](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/MarketsMedia_August2021/images/dropdown-fixglobal-new-logo.svg)](https://www.fixglobal.com/) - [*Facebook*](https://www.facebook.com/MarketsMedia/) - [*Twitter*](https://twitter.com/marketsmedia) - [*Linkedin*](https://www.linkedin.com/company/markets-media-llc) - [Newsletter](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/wall-street-eclipsed-blockchain-adoption#popup-newsletter) #### Want the latest news on securities markets -- FREE? 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However, the undercurrents I’m seeing are in governmental test-case pilot projects.” Her firm recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the Republic of Georgia to implement a blockchain-based digital solution for the nation’s land registry. “We are also working with a ton of democracy organizations in Washington, D.C. to figure out for some voting projects,” she added. “There’s a lot afoot and you’ll hear something about these projects in the next six to nine months either coming to fruition or, at least, being launched.” Meanwhile IBM, a major participant in the open-sourced hyperledger project supervised by the Linux Foundation, plans to launch a blockchain-based dispute-resolution system for its $44 billion channel financing business that is set to launch in the third quarter, according to James Brill, director, worldwide service sector marketing and communications at IBM. IBM and its channel partners will contribute their financing data to the encrypted and permissioned blockchain in an effort to reduce the approximately $100 million in disputes IBM and its partners face on a daily basis. “The hypothesis is when we have a dispute, we can go and see exactly what the truth was at every stage,” he said. “And this case is applicable across all industries. But I think that the securities world will be where people see the first line of implementations of note.” More on Blockchain: - [SWIFT Research Collaboration Needed for Blockchain Success](https://www.marketsmedia.com/swift-research-collaboration-needed-blockchain-success/) - [Deloitte Teams with Five Blockchain Firms to Create Prototypes](https://www.marketsmedia.com/deloitte-teams-blockchain-firms-create-prototypes/) - [Delaware to Add Distributed-Ledger Share Class](https://www.marketsmedia.com/delaware-add-distributed-ledger-share-class/) *Featured image by Luděk Maděryč/Pexels* [Share](https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/wall-street-eclipsed-blockchain-adoption) [Tweet](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=US+ETFs+Have+Record+Net+Inflows&url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/wall-street-eclipsed-blockchain-adoption) [Share](https://www.linkedin.com/cws/share?url=https://articles.marketsmedia.com/wall-street-eclipsed-blockchain-adoption) ![email](https://articles.marketsmedia.com/hubfs/Markets%20Media/email.svg) ### NEWSLETTER SIGN UP And receive exclusive articles on securities markets ### Related articles 1. 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