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As a leading technology and fi nancial services centre in North America, the Toronto Region has the market and the talent to develop, grow and adopt blockchain technology.

IBM Blockchain Global Data Centre in Toronto uses IBM Z’s encryption technology to secure and run blockchain services.

Bank of Canada is partnering with TMX Group and Payments Canada to explore how blockchain technology could be used to speed up the clearing and settling of securities.

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16K+16,000+ tech companies in the Toronto Region, from startups to global technology leaders

Many of these companies deliver services to the North American and global financial services industry

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Canada’s fi ve largest banks

3rd largest stock exchange in North America: Toronto Stock Exchange

largest fi nancial centre in North America

Three of the world’s largest pension funds

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“The tech corridor between Toronto and Kitchener-Waterloo is emerging as Canada’s fi rst “technology supercluster.” This region is already a world leader in quantum physics and artifi cial intelligence. Blockchain is ideally placed to be the third leg of the Tech North stool.” Don Tapscott, Founder, Blockchain Research Institute

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Toronto is also home to the authors of The Blockchain Revolution, father-son-duo Don and Alex Tapscott. Together, they founded the Blockchain Research Institute in Toronto to study the application of the technology across di� erent industries. The institute has support from private sector players, including IBM, Accenture, and Thomson Reuters.

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Developed by Torontonian Vitalik Buterin, Ethereum and its cryptocurrency token payment system known as Ether, are now worth US $7 billion.

Ethereum is likely the most important startup in Canadian history because it has become the investment bank of the blockchain world.

“Ethereum came out of right here in Downtown Toronto, so to be the second-leading technology to Bitcoin is really something great that we did here in Canada,” says Anthony Di Lorio, co-founder of Ethereum.

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Nuco: developing production-ready infrastructure to power the future of enterprise software. Nuco is shaping the standards for enterprise-ready blockchain networks to streamline your journey from concept to production.

Decentral: is an innovation hub for disruptive and decentralized technologies. Decentral is home to Canada’s fi rst two-way Bitcoin ATM and host to community-driven events in the domains of fi ntech, blockchain, cryptocurrencies and decentralized technologies.