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MUFG on Dimon Remarks: Bank Cryptocurrencies Have 'Nothing to Do With Bitcoin'

The CEO of Japanese finance group MUFG said today that big bank-issued digital currencies aren't quite the same as bitcoin.

A new Japan Exchange Group report throws cold water on the idea that distributed ledger tech may soon make inroads in global capital markets.

By Nikhilesh DeSep 18, 2017

CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson explains how AXA’s blockchain flight delay insurance test could point to the evolution of the insurance sector as a whole.

By Noelle AchesonSep 18, 2017

Fujitsu is joining up with a Japanese banking association in a bid to help member banks build and test real-world blockchain solutions.

By Nikhilesh DeSep 15, 2017

AXA has unveiled a new flight delay insurance product that uses the public ethereum blockchain to store and process payouts.

By Stan HigginsSep 13, 2017

The executive director of the Reserve Bank of India has confirmed that research into a "digital rupee" is still ongoing.

Fresh off a member meeting, distributed ledger consortium R3 is gearing up to cross a major technology milestone by the year's end.

SBI Ripple Asia will reportedly start testing its blockchain-based funds-transfer system between Japanese and South Korean banks by the end of 2017.

IBM is joining a consortium effort that seeks to conceive how blockchain payments could help power autonomous vehicles.

Solidum aims to become a listing member of The International Stock Exchange so it can offer blockchain-based securities notes to more investors.