Banking
Kazakhstan's Central Bank Tests Blockchain App for Debt Sales
The central bank of Kazakhstan has revealed it is looking to harness blockchain tech to sell short-term notes to investors.
Russian Central Bank Group Prepares 'Masterchain' Ethereum Fork for Testing
Russia's financial incumbents are moving ahead with work on a new distributed ledger platform designed for enterprise use.
Striking Twice? Lightning's Joseph Poon Takes On Ethereum Exchange Project
Lightning's Joseph Poon is now building an ethereum-based decentralized exchange in an effort to eliminate third parties from trades.
Colu Open-Sources Protocol to Help Central Banks Issue Digital Currencies
Colu is open-sourcing its banking infrastructure known as Bankbox and becoming "blockchain agnostic" to ease adoption among cryptocurrency issuers.
Interoperability Boost: Ripple Sends Blockchain Transaction Across 7 Ledgers
Ripple has open-sourced a bitcoin plug-in, making the biggest cryptocurrency interoperable with other ledgers. Litecoin could be next.
Russia's Vnesheconombank Reveals Blockchain Product Strategy
A state-owned development bank in Russia has revealed its plans for launching products built around blockchain.
India's 'BankChain' Consortium Launches Blockchain KYC System
A blockchain consortium in India centered around banking applications has unveiled a new system for sharing information about customers.
Fresh Off Funding, R3 Moves Corda Toward Critical Pilot
With over $100m in funding, distributed ledger consortium R3 is setting its sights on moving critical projects to pilot.
How a Tiny Island Could Give Cryptocurrency a Big Boost
CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson discusses how efforts in the Caribbean to harness public blockchain tech could lead to regional transformation.
Spanish Banks Form New Blockchain Consortium
A group of Spanish banks have formed a new consortium to investigate blockchain technology applications.
