Eleven new universities have joined Ripples University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI), which aims to support and accelerate academic research, technical development and innovation in blockchain, cryptocurrency and...

South Korean blockchain project ICON has announced that the Seoul Metropolitan Government issued mobile letters of appointment to its Blockchain Governance Team using its public blockchain. In line with the Plans for...

Banco Best, a Portuguese financial institution, and Credit Suisse Asset Management have successfully processed live end-to-end fund transactions using blockchain technology. For the live transactions, the entities used...

An incident underscoring the risk of blockchain use for illicit activities has come to the forefront as someone added images of child sexual abuse to the core ledger of Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV), also known as the...

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...