Royal Mint will soon launch blockchain gold trading

At over 1,000-years-old, The Royal Mint – the only institution licensed to provide coins in the UK – isn’t the type of business you might expect to be launching a blockchain. However, in the face of new “technological and competitive” challenges, The Royal Mint is doing just that, announcing today that results of an investigation into how it could digitize its processes for the benefit for partners and customers. Read more: coindesk.com