| 21 Inc has announced its mini bitcoin mining and micro-transaction device, the 21 Bitcoin Computer, is now officially shipping outside the US for the first time. While the option is initially available only to buyers in Canada, new territories will open up "over the next few weeks", the firm says. Daniel Palmer / Feb 16, 2016 01:30 pm
CoinDesk looks at activity from Asia's biggest banks in the bitcoin and blockchain space. From Shinhan Bank in Korea to the People's Bank of China, the technology has sparked a wide variety of initiatives ranging from investment in startups to the development of internal proofs-of-concept. Daniel Palmer / Feb 16, 2016 10:30 am
Two of France's left-leaning political parties speculated in a recent publication that technologies like the blockchain could lead to substantial job losses in the financial sector. The comments came part of a notice published last week by the Left Front and the French Communist Party. Stan Higgins / Feb 15, 2016 08:51 pm
The head of the People's Bank of China opened up about its proposed digital currency initiative in a new interview, suggesting that the Chinese central bank is considering options that do not use blockchain technologies in the project's development. Pete Rizzo / Feb 15, 2016 07:45 pm
A UK parliament discussion of a bill relating to financial services regulation suggests lawmakers are becoming mindful of how bank liquidity and solvency should be monitored in the face of new technologies such as blockchain. Pete Rizzo / Feb 15, 2016 06:13 pm
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has concluded that Australian banks did not collude in blocking services for bitcoin firms. The inquiry found the banks had acted on an individual basis and that a full investigation into the affair is not necessary, reports say. Daniel Palmer / Feb 15, 2016 03:10 pm
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