A blockchain payment service for banks initiated by CLS, a foreign exchange (FX) settlement service is in its final stages of testing. The service is due for launch later in the summer with no less than 7 banks showing a…
The CBA Involved in Shipping of 17 Tons of Almonds Using the Block Chain
An announcement has been made about a successful trade made by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia through its newly created blockchain platform. As part of a blockchain experiment, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia together with five domestic and overseas supply…
Expert Believes XRP Is Not a Real Crypto-currency
For some time now, XRP has been embroiled in a struggle to try and convince some crypto enthusiasts and big industry players such as central banks, that it is not a security but rather a crypto-currency just like Bitcoin, ethereum…
Lufthansa in Conjunction with SAP Will Unveil a Global Blockchain Challenge for the Aviation Industry
The inaugural aviation blockchain challenge is about to be launched. The SAP.IO Berlin Foundry has teamed up with the Lufthansa Innovation Hub (LIH) to make this a reality. If plans put in place by the Lufthansa Innovation Hub (LIH) together…
Indian Exchange Halts Fiat Deposits and Withdrawals Following a Central Bank Ban
Popular Indian exchange and crypto wallet provider Unocoin, has made a decision to suspend Rupee (INR) deposits and withdrawals. This decision was made in compliance with directives issued by India’s central bank. The exchange and crypto wallet provider immediately notified…
Chinese Influencers Push for a Block chain Based Food and Drug Safety Solution
The Chinese are increasingly grappling with a food and drug safety crisis that has plagued the industrial power for some time now. The latest scandal to hit the Chinese health sector is a fake rabies baby vaccine that was recently…
Key Director Quits PricewaterhouseCoopers in Order to Join Bitcoin.com.au
A “big four” director at accounting giants PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) Australia, has called it quits in favor of joining bitcoin.com.au a crypto-currency exchange firm, and will be unveiled as their new CEO. The immediate former director at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), Ben Ingram,…
Bitcoin Extends Rally amid News of Black-rock’s Decision to Explore Crypto-currencies
Bitcoin continued to inch higher on Tuesday marking an improvement from the close of the previous day. This was propelled by news that giant asset management firm Black-rock, had decided to put in place a working group to explore crypto-currencies…
The CFA Plans to Add Crypto and Block-chain Topics to Their Curriculum Starting 2019
The financial industry appears to be taking a serious interest in crypto after the CFA Institute which offers the chartered financial analyst designation made the decision to add crypto-currencies and topics to do with the block-chain in their level I…
Encrypted Email Service Provider ProtonMail Hint at a Potential ICO
ProtonMail CTO, Bart Butler has hinted that the encrypted email service provider is well on its way to launching an ambitious initial coin offering (ICO). The announcement by ProtonMail was met by negative speculation about the company launching a job…