Source: Adobe/Eagle There appears to have been another twist in the tale of the China Construction Bank (CCB)’s Malaysian branch and its aborted launch of blockchain-powered bonds that were set to be tradeable for bitcoin (BTC) via a Hong Kong-based exchange. Just weeks after CCB pulled the plug on the issuance at the eleventh hour […]
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Source: iStock/CaptureLight In a few months, Cambodians might be able to start using a blockchain-based "national payment gateway." Chea Serey, the director-general of the National Bank of Cambodia, told The Phnom Penh Post that peer-to-peer payment and money transfer platform dubbed ‘Project Bakong’ was launched on a trial basis in July and is already supported […]
Source: Adobe/ktsdesign Some of the biggest names in IT, conventional finance and blockchain technology have joined an open-source digital standards consortium that they claim will help overcome the hurdles involved with “managing digital assets” and the “adoption of digital identity” – making use of “interoperable digital wallets” and other solutions. The group comprises the likes […]
Source: iStock/Leks_Laputin Japanese home-building giant Sekisui House has announced that it will begin a pilot blockchain program in conjunction with BitFlyer, one of the country’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, to allow customers to finalize real estate rental contracts on their smartphones. Per media outlet Newswitch, Sekisui House says it is currently putting together a consortium of […]