Harvard University, clothing giant Levi Strauss and a U.S. think-tank are launching a blockchain pilot to improve labor welfare.
The U.S. state of Vermont is launching a blockchain pilot project for insurers, seeking transparency and efficiency improvements.
Banco Santander has completed a blockchain pilot that it says improves the process of proxy voting during annual general meetings.
IT giant Infosys has built a blockchain-based trade finance platform involving seven Indian banks including ICICI and Axis.
Bahrain's General Directorate of Traffic has a plan to develop a blockchain-based vehicle registry system.
Ripple's xRapid pilot program results found that customers saved both money and time when compared to traditional cross-border transactions.
The new energy minister has announced a project to commit a number of data sets to the public ledger, where they will be much harder to hack.
Louis Dreyfus, a major commodities trading company, has announced that it has piloted a blockchain-based transaction system developed by a group of financial institutions including ING.
The Australian government has announced that it will provide over AU$8 million in grants for a blockchain-powered smart utilities project.
Thailand's Bank of Ayudhya and IBM have completed a blockchain pilot aimed to streamline the contract management process.
Securities Commission Malaysia has revealed it is planning a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies, as well as a DLT pilot.
Russia's government-owned development bank, VEB, and e-procurement resource platform Roseltorg are teaming up on a new blockchain project.
Standard Chartered is partnering with fintech startup EquiChain to assist its blockchain pilot focused on bringing efficiencies to capital markets.
An official from the European Commission has revealed it is currently building a blockchain tool to enable data sharing.
CBH Group, Australia's largest grain exporter, is to test blockchain technology in the tracking of oat shipments, reports say.