The LSE Group provides a "barcode" for 169 cryptocurrencies

Last month, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG), the parent company of the London Stock Exchange, announced to the Coindesk database that it had added 169 digital assets to its master file service SEDOL, the database to assign special symbols to financial assets. Operators include digital currencies (e.g. Bitcoin), digital platforms that allow declaration of multiple assets (e.g. Ethereum), security tokens, and 7-digit LSEG numbers that help consumers track their assets traded from completion to settlement. Adding Bitcoin and its analogues to the data shows that companies are slowly holding onto crypto assets.