Symbiont partners with Gemalto to store and run smart contracts with heightened security
A New York-based FinTech startup, [Symbiont.io](http://symbiont.io), is bridging the gap between blockchain technology and traditional financial markets. The company is creating programmable versions of traditional securities.
About digital currencies and using Blockchain in the financial industry
The financial industry has followed the development and debate on digital currencies for a long time. BSK wants to put the theme of digital currencies on the agenda, and the theme was treated as a subject discussion on one Internal meeting 7 September. The focus of the discussion was not the digital currencies themselves, but how the underlying technology behind Bitcoin and other digital "assets" can be used in transaction activity in the financial industry.
Patrick Byrnes Battle With Stock Market Manipulation Continues
[TØ](https://www.t0.com/) is a new blockchain platform built to enable cryptographically secure markets, that can be used for real-time [short sales](http://www.investopedia.com/university/shortselling/shortselling1.asp), in full compliance with SEC regulations. The subsidiary of [Overstock](http://www.overstock.com/) recently completed a [production beta short sale](http://investors.overstock.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=131091&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2097753), secured by the Bitcoin blockchain.
Assets on the Bitcoin Blockchain With BitTorrent
The well funded startup Colu uses BitTorrent as the storage layer for assets stored on the Bitcoin Blockchain using the Colored Coin protocol.
