The five companies will use DLT in food tracing, essential worker licensure, overhauling the Social Security Number system and tracking e-commerce.
DHS officials are putting up $25,000 in cash prizes to designers who win the month-long competition.
At least eight U.S. states have directed “blockchain managers” in food and agriculture to keep working through COVID-19 shutdowns following guidance from the Department of Homeland Security, though it remains unclear who this includes.
Homeland Security and Drug Enforcement Administration officials charged a LocalBitcoins user with laundering more than $140,000 in bitcoin.
ICE’s recently revealed “Cryptocurrency Intelligence Program” is deployed in all crypto-facing Homeland Security investigations, says the agent whose unit built the tool.
A newly declassified DHS cyber audit complicates Thursday’s reports of major security vulnerabilities in the Voatz mobile voting app.
DHS has hired Mavennet to track oil imports into the U.S. by retrofitting existing tracking technology with blockchain.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is seeking to fund anti-counterfeiting solutions from blockchain startups with grants of up to $800,000.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security wants to find out if it's feasible to track transactions conducted using privacy coins.
The Department of Homeland Security has awarded a grant to blockchain project Factom for live testing a platform for securing camera and sensor data.
A blockchain startup from Virginia has received additional funding from the US Department of Homeland Security for ID and online access solutions.
The US government has awarded research contracts to three startups working with blockchain worth a total of about $2.25m.
There's been "a substantial increase" in cases involving digital currencies in the drug trade, a DHS official told Congress yesterday.
In a new interview, members of the US Department of Homeland Security discuss their increasing interest in blockchain tech.
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is seeking to better understand blockchain tech through a research initiative.