Japanese trading house Sumitomo is teaming up with bitFlyer Blockchain to jointly develop a blockchain-based housing rental contract platform equipped with smart contract functionality. In May, bitFlyer Holdings, the...

EnCirca is a domain name registrar and it recently announced that it will be accepting Ethereum addresses. The new initiative is now in the pre-registration phase so anyone who wants to register .ETH domain names will...

A pilot program in Utah County involving mobile voting via blockchain is underway. It is intended to test the method for allowing certain voters to participate in the election if they find it inconvenient to physically...

The New York Times (NYT) has revealed it will use Hyperledger Fabrics permissioned blockchain to verify the sources of digital files. In addition to false statements published as fact in text and photos that have been...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was recently signed by the Republic of San Marino and VeChain, a blockchain firm, to launch a project involving the distributed ledger technology. This new initiative is intended to...

Ping An Insurances financial technology unit OneConnect announced its partnership with UBX, the fintech subsidiary of Philippines UnionBank, to use blockchain to offer financial services to micro, small, and medium...

The fight to end the flow of counterfeit drugs into Uganda is set to see a new tool in use with Ugandan President Yoweri Musevini looking to blockchain as a potential solution. The intent is to leverage the transparency of...

Blockchain startup Diana is launching a new lunar registry that will put plots of space on the lunar surface in an ownership database. As per a press release, the initiative aims to offer collective ownership to the...

German electric utility firm E.ON has filed a patent application for a blockchain-based data collector with the European Patent Office, according to the companys filing on July 19. As per its announcement, the device...

Accounting behemoth KPMG has partnered with software companies TOMIA, Microsoft, and R3 to develop a blockchain-based settlements solution for the telecom industry. As per a press release, KPMG, one of the Big Four...