7 Asian Banks Investigating Bitcoin and Blockchain TechUntil recently, there was a noticeable lack of interest in bitcoin and the blockchain among the financial institutions of Asia. In fact, banks there were more likely to be issuing warnings about digital currencies than getting involved in any related activity.
It was the fall of Mt Gox in Japan and the Chinese central bank's crackdown on bitcoin exchanges, events that both took place in 2014, that resulted in early barriers among financial institutions in those nations.
http://www.coindesk.com/7-asian-banks-investigating-bitcoin-and-blockchain-tech/...they care more about
a blockchain (shared database) than bitcoin.
