Japan’s Financial Services Agency is set to discuss blockchain tech at a policy meeting early next month.
Coincheck, CHBTC, Korbit and Quoine are among a new group of exchanges that have added support for Ethereum's digital currency ether.
A representative of Japan’s Financial Services Agency has argued Asia should emerge as a leader in blockchain technology.
Japan's national Diet proposed changes to current legislation today to include a definition for virtual currencies under domestic law.
Standard Chartered is moving ahead toward "full commercialization" with its blockchain trial for trade finance.
Regulators in Japan have reportedly proposed treating digital currencies such as bitcoin as conventional currencies.
A group of Japanese financial services and technology companies have formed a new blockchain research initiative.
Financial services giant Mizuho has announced a second blockchain technology trial that will focus on syndicated loans.
Mizuho Financial has announced it is seeking to develop a blockchain application for internal recordkeeping.
CoinDesk looks at activity from Asia's biggest banks in the bitcoin and blockchain space.
Hong Kong-based bitcoin exchange Gatecoin has joined a startup accelerator backed by Standard Chartered and Chinese Web services giant Baidu.
Singapore’s DBS Bank has reportedly partnered with Standard Chartered to create a distributed ledger for trade finance.
During a talk at Finnovasia 2015, ANX CTO Hugh Madden said he believes concerns about the bitcoin blockchain’s ability to scale are a “red herring”.
A blockchain panel at Finnovasia drew so many interested FinTech professionals extra chairs needed to be brought into the auditorium.
Bitcoin's block size debate will be given renewed life this weekend when some of the industry’s most influential stakeholders gather in Hong Kong.