Commonwealth Bank Launches HK Hub, London to Follow

Commonwealth Bank Launches HK Hub, London to Follow

Commonwealth Bank has just launched the second of its three planned tech hubs. Sydney, now Hong Kong and London to follow. The bank expects them to serve as melting pots for blockchain applications, and gives us some well needed good news in the bitcoin space. Much has been written about the bitcoin microverse over the last week. The technology that underpins bitcoin, its scalability, the roles of those tasked with development and the framework of responsibility that these roles require have dominated discussion, and a look at the bitcoin price illustrates the impact of these discussions....


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