{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"035: NASDAQ is Quietly Dominating Blockchain \u2013 with Johan Toll","description":"Johan Toll is an Associate VP and leads Nasdaq\u2019s blockchain efforts. He received the prestigious &quot;FinTech person of the Year&quot; award from the Financial Technologies Forum in 2018. Johan is also a renowned blockchain thought-leader and frequent speaker and panelist. &amp;nbsp; In this episode, we discuss: &amp;nbsp;  How Nasdaq is not just a stock market company, but a full-fledged FinTech firm We go over how Nasdaq started experimenting with blockchain back in 2012, and how they created Nasdaq Linq, a blockchain-powered private share issuance platform that they used to become the first organization in the world to issue actual company shares on a blockchain in 2015 We also explore Nasdaq CEO, Adena Friedman\u2019s statement, that Nasdaq is open to becoming a cryptocurrency exchange  ","author_name":"Blockchain Innovation: Interviewing The Brightest Minds In Blockchain","author_url":"https:\/\/blockchain.global","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8555795\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/8555795"}