Scotland to Start Own Stock Exchange Using Blockchain Technology Author: Timothy Sohn Last Updated: 01 November 2016 (Bloomberg) – Scotland may get its own stock exchange using the latest, if unproven, technology to underpin the system. Scotex is seeking to raise as much as 15 million pounds ($18.4 million) to start a regulated equity market next year, according to a statement on Thursday. Executed trades will be processed by the type of distributed-ledger technology that drives bitcoin.