Banks hijack bitcoin technology

Four of the world's biggest banks are collaborating on a new blockchain project to transform the way securities trades are processed, with the aim of making it cheaper and safer. Patrick Jenkins asks Martin Arnold, the FT's banking editor, to explain what's behind the development.

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