Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993-Global Synchronizer Foundation

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 198 (Friday, October 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 82632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23624]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Global Synchronizer Foundation

    Notice is hereby given that, on September 18, 2024, pursuant to 
section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), Global Synchronizer 
Foundation (``GSF'') has filed written notifications simultaneously 
with the Attorney General and the Federal Trade Commission disclosing 
(1) the identities of the parties to the venture and (2) the nature and 
objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed for the purpose 
of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery of antitrust 
plaintiffs to actual damages under specified circumstances.
    Pursuant to section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of the parties 
to the venture are: Global Blockchain Business Council, Geneve, 
SWITZERLAND; IntellectEU, Miami, FL; Tradeweb Markets LLC, New York, 
NY; SBI Digital Asset Holdings Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JAPAN; Calastone 
Limited, London, UNITED KINGDOM; EquiLend, New York, NY; 7RIDGE 
Limited, London, UNITED KINGDOM; Broadridge Financial Solutions, Lake 
Success, NY; BitAlpha, Inc., Miami, FL; Cumberland SV, LLC, Chicago, 
IL; Digital Asset (Switzerland), GmbH, Zurich, SWITZERLAND; Euroclear 
SA/NV, Brussels, BELGIUM; Kaleido, Inc., Raleigh, NC; Lending Market 
Technologies, Miami, FL; Moody's Investors Service, New York, NY; MPC 
Holding, Inc., Concord, NH; Obsidian Systems, Claymont, DE; Taurus SA, 
Geneva, SWITZERLAND; and Liberty City Ventures, New York, NY. The 
general area of GSF's planned activity is to raise, budget, and spend 
funds in support of running a ``SuperValidator Node'' on the Canton 
Network (the financial industry's first privacy-enabled blockchain 
network); to support the operation of the Canton Network through acting 
as a synchronizer; and to undertake such other activities as may from 
time to time be appropriate to further such purpose. Membership in GSF 
remains open, and GSF intends to file additional written notifications 
disclosing all changes in membership.

Suzanne Morris,
Deputy Director Civil Enforcement Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-23624 Filed 10-10-24; 8:45 am]
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