Symbol Mainnet officially went live on 17 March 2021 – a date which marks the beginning of the next chapter in NEM’s exciting story. Symbol will sit alongside NEM NIS1, making NEM officially a two chain ecosystem.
Symbol public chain will launch on 15 March 2021. This represents a major milestone in the 4 years development of Symbol, achieved following a highly robust and rigorous testing programme – making Symbol one of the most stable and secure blockchains.
Following rigorous testing and bug fixes from the development and testing teams, Symbol technology is nearing readiness for public use. The code is now frozen, and the technology will become version 1.0 upon mainnet launch.
By 2025 token markets will have become more or less completely interconnected, touching nearly every commercial industry. A mix of centralized and decentralized networked marketplaces will have a worldwide impact that’s difficult to fully comprehend today. Find out why.
About $250 billion in stocks and other securities are traded on stock markets every day. Traditional markets are highly insulated and poorly interconnected, mainly relying on third party brokerages to execute trades on behalf of users. Security Tokenization looks to completely disrupt this system.