Blockchain-enabled genome sequencing startup Nebula Genomics has inked its first pharma partnership with Merck KGaAs EMD Serono. The goal of this pilot program is to help EMD Serono, the biopharmaceutical arm of Merck...

UK insurer Legal General is collaborating with Amazon to create a blockchain system for corporate pension deals, Reuters reported. Legal General is one of the UKs largest investment managers for corporate pension...

Governments are fickle things. Within a given country, the direction of progress may zig and zag, depending on the particular leadership of a given moment and the rate of turnover from one administration to the next. A...

Visa has announced the commercial launch of the Visa B2B Connect, a distributed ledger-based, non-card payment network. First previewed in October 2016, Visa B2B Connect aims to give financial institutions a simple,...

The United States National Archives and Records Administration is exploring how blockchain technology can improve the management of information, Federal News Network reported June 10. Eric Kyle Douglas, a records...

Overstock.coms blockchain subsidiary Medici Land Governance and Liberias Ministry of Finance and Development Planning have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to digitize the government services of the African...

Retail giant Target has revealed that it has been working on a blockchain proof of concept (POC) for the management of supplier certifications. The project, which began in mid-2018, was open sourced under the codename...

The Dubai Land Department (DLD) and Emirati telecoms service provider Etisalat have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on real estate blockchain technology, according to United Arab Emirates-based media outlet Gulf...

The Russian Ministry of Transport has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with A.P. Moller Maersk for the launch of blockchain shipping solution TradeLens in Russia. Jointly developed by IBM and Maersk,...

South Koreas Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced a blockchain pilot that will aim to verify the authenticity of the notarized financial power of attorney from diplomatic office. Part of the governments core...

Blockchain platform Zilliqa has announced the launch of smart contracts on its platform, President and chief scientific officer Amrit Kumar told TokenPost in an email. The launch will enable developers to write and...

Universa Blockchain and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra, a federal subject of Russia, have collaborated to launch a blockchain-based, future-oriented tourism platform. As per the press release, Universa...

Microsoft is going to integrate tools developed by Truffle, an Ethereum startup spun out of ConsenSys, with Azure cloud computing service to enable developers to build and manage enterprise blockchain applications, Forbes...

Facebook is set to unveil the details of its cryptocurrency project, codenamed Libra, with its white paper scheduled for release on June 18, Laura McCracken, the social media giants head of financial services and payment...