As the block chain technology can enhance the efficiency of financial operations and application of a wide range, so the Wall Street investment attitude to the most enthusiastic.
Block chains are important technologies behind encrypted currencies such as Bitcoin, but this technology can also be developed into industries such as finance and insurance to provide cheaper and faster processes.
CB Insights, a venture capital firm, said that although this year has not yet ended, but the investment chain chain company's business investors have reached 91 record highs, the number of firms behind only 95 venture capital firms.
This year, the company has completed 42 equity investments in the investment chain chain, with a total amount of $ 327 million, compared with $ 390 million last year.
Japanese financial services company SBI is the most active company in the chain chain sector, which has invested in eight chain-chain companies, including encrypted currency trading company Kraken.
Google is the first active investment company, including the bitter currency wallet company Blockchain and block chain technology to engage in capital transfer Ripple. Overstock.com ranked No. 3, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs are actively ranked fourth and fifth respectively.
Citigroup and Goldman Sachs have invested in the Digital Asset Holdings by JP Morgan Chase before the high-level Besi Si Si (Blythe Masters) business.
CB Insights pointed out that large banks and financial services institutions are the first enterprises to invest directly in the chain area of the chain of business investors, because Bitcoin behind the technology can be applied to financial services.
Large-scale financial institutions are trying to use a variety of block-chain technology approach, applied from trade finance to capital transfer and other financial aspects.
Since June 2014, the top 10 US assets have been involved in nine investment operations for six block chain companies, totaling $ 267 million, while many banks are committed to developing block-chain technology.