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I wonder if the openness of cryptocurrency and blockchain tech prompted this in any way.

edit: can someone explain why I'm getting downvoted?

That + bloomberg hate + symphony's ridiculously good reception in the markets. Symphony's starting look like it could be finance's heroku/slack.

Bloomberg hate is really only the management level. At the user level, it's mostly love. Of course, by and large, the user does not directly foot the $20K/year bill.

truth (and Stockholm syndrome).

Because the reason is plainly stated in the article if you bothered to read it. Also, OSS existed for decades before the blockchain came along so to question any correlation between this and that would be absurd.

I did bother to read the 7 paragraphs.

My question is basically that - OSS existed for decades; why only now in big finance?

That their clients wanted such a trading platform... is that the reason you are saying was plainly stated?

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