| The Australian Securities Exchange has revealed its spending as it prepares to build blockchain solutions to improve the nation's equities market. In its half-yearly results, the group said it incurred AU$18.7m on capital expenditure, most of which focuses on its technology transformation programme. Daniel Palmer / Feb 12, 2016 02:35 pm
The deputy chair of Russia's central bank has reportedly told commercial banking representatives that they should expect their industry to embrace blockchain tech in the next two years. The comments come as Russia inches closer to legislation that includes a ban on digital currencies. Stan Higgins / Feb 11, 2016 10:10 pm
Deutsche Börse, operator of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, recently took part in the $60m funding round in blockchain firm Digital Asset. Following the news, CoinDesk spoke to the firm to determine its interest in blockchain tech and how it aims to evolve its strategy in the sector. Daniel Palmer / Feb 11, 2016 09:29 pm
Just hours after the first client release for an alternative implementation of bitcoin, a group of miners, exchanges and service providers for the digital currency issued a letter stating that they would not back any "controversial hard-forks" at this time. Stan Higgins / Feb 11, 2016 08:17 pm
Bitcoin's prolonged scaling debate has turned into what some call bitcoin's existential crisis, with a divided community and no clear way to find consensus. In this article, Nozomi Hayase looks at how the scalability issue should be seen as just another phase in the growth of the digital currency. Nozomi Hayase / Feb 11, 2016 05:00 pm
A parody of a PayPal Super Bowl commercial that was posted on YouTube has been blocked by the Internet payments company. The video advertisement, PayPal's first promotion during the massively popular sporting event, positions the firm as "New Money" versus "Old Money" like paper notes and limited-hours banking. Daniel Palmer / Feb 11, 2016 03:18 pm
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