The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) and Templum, Inc. (Templum) each recently submitted comments to the SEC to call for the agency to embrace blockchain technology in a variety of contexts regarding the registration and transfer of securities. The dominant system for clearance and settlement of securities in the United States has its roots in the “paperwork crisis” of the early 1970s, and the resulting regulatory regime based on immobilization of securities is largely inconsistent with a blockchain-based system of traceable shares.
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The Promise of Blockchain Technology in Annual Meetings and Corporate Governance
By Scott H. Kimpel & Christopher Adcock on
Posted in Cryptocurrencies, Smart Contracts
For many public companies, the annual meeting voting process is littered with intermediaries and inefficiencies that can result in a lack of shareholder engagement. Blockchain technology has several potential applications that can remedy these inefficiencies and restore shareholder trust and engagement.
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