The Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at The University of Texas at Dallas has entered into a partnership with the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI), a Canada-based blockchain research initiative led by Don...

The Wall Street Blockchain Alliance (WSBA), a non-profit advocacy group for blockchain technology, has joined the global blockchain consortium led by enterprise software firm R3. Founded in 2015, the WSBA aims to...

The Council of Institutional Investors (CII) has called upon the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to encourage the application of blockchain technology to improve the proxy voting process. In response to...

Systems Planning and Analysis (SPA), a U.S.-based company providing technical and analytical support to national executive decision makers, has partnered with blockchain startup Factom to expand the federal governments...

Digital Isle of Man, an executive agency of the Department for Enterprise, has announced new initiatives aimed at encouraging blockchain businesses in the country. The agency has established a Blockchain Office and...

Medici Land Governance, a blockchain subsidiary of Overstock.com focused on land administration, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the municipality of Tulum in Quintana Roo, Mexico to develop a digital...

Denmarks state-owned energy company Energinet has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the IOTA Foundation to trial the latters distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the internet-of-things (IoT) and energy...

Japanese firm Itochu has announced a proof-of-concept (PoC) aimed at developing a blockchain-based traceability system for procurement and supply of raw material for its investment companies and trading...

Go-Ahead, one of the UKs leading public transport providers, has entered into a partnership with blockchain startup DOVU. Backed by Jaguar Land Rovers innovation arm InMotion Ventures, DOVU is a blockchain-powered...

Swiss cybersecurity, blockchain and IoT company WISeKey has opened a new blockchain center in Geneva. The Geneva Blockchain Center of Excellence has been launched as part of the partnership with Blockchain Research...

Digital identity solutions provider Evernym has announced the names of five initial recipients of its Identity for Good Initiative (ID4G). Announced last year in collaboration with the Sovrin Foundation, ID4G gives...

Pacific International Lines (PIL) has successfully completed a real-time pilot tracking shipment of mandarin oranges from China for the Lunar New Year celebrations using blockchain technology. The pilot used an...

PUBLISH has announced its first strategic partnership with the major Korean IT media outlet Inews24. Launched last October, PUBLISHalliance is a consortium of media enterprises, technology providers, and academic...

As part of a new mission for this year, the NEM.io Foundation, a non-profit set up to promote NEM blockchain technology, has announced a reboot of its operating structure. Alex Tinsman, the foundations newly elected...