Nasdaq speaks out on Bitcoin for the first time

On August 8, Nasdaq’s official Twitter account posted a picture and text: Has #Bitcoin# replaced #gold# as the new refuge?

     The account, which has 430,000 followers, was flooded with comments instantly, including from bitcoin companies such as bitit and haobtc, which welcomed Nasdaq's faster expansion into the bitcoin space.

     NASDAQ is an electronic securities trading organization in the United States, owned and operated by NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. It was founded in 1971 and has become one of the world's largest stock markets. Currently, most of China's outstanding Internet companies are listed on NASDAQ, including Baidu, NetEase, Qihoo, and YY.

     Nasdaq began to pay attention to Bitcoin in 2013, and has frequently shown goodwill to Bitcoin in the past two years. In March this year, Nasdaq agreed to provide core technology to Noble Markets to drive new markets on the Noble platform. In July this year, Nasdaq CEO Bob Greifeld said that there are plans to launch additional blockchain projects in the future.