Bank of England wants next payment system to be blockchain-ready
The Bank of England wants to open its interbank settlement service to blockchain technologies as part of a major revamp of the system.
The Bank of England wants to open its interbank settlement service to blockchain technologies as part of a major revamp of the system.
IBM is cranking up the security on its cloud-based blockchain service.
Investors in a "smart contract" built on the Ethereum blockchain platform may have lost cryptocurrency worth millions of dollars because they missed a loophole in the contract's fine print.
The development of the Australian fintech sector has opened up huge opportunities for the ICT sector, according to a recent report from Frost and Sullivan.
Blockchain technology is not just useful for creating digital currencies such as Bitcoin or developing new financial technologies.
CSIRO’s digital arm, Data61, is collaborating with the treasury to investigate potential implications and productivity gains following the possible adoption of Blockchain within the nation.
Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright is bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, he claimed on his personal blog and in media interviews on Monday. Within hours, skeptics were pointing to flaws in his claims.
Talk of blockchain technology is everywhere, it seems -- but what is it, and what does it do?
Microsoft has teamed up with a consortium of banks to help develop new methods for using blockchain -- the technology that underpins Bitcoin -- to support financial transactions.
IBM offers a cloud-based service to help businesses set up blockchain networks and test and deploy apps.
Later this year, Nasdaq plans to record stockholders' electronic votes on its own blockchain system for companies listed on its exchange in Estonia. By digitizing the entire process, it expects to speed and simplify the proxy voting process.
Apple on Wednesday removed Blockchain, the last remaining application in its mobile store for transmitting bitcoins, signaling the continuing uncertainty around the virtual currency.