Australia's Department of Home Affairs is touting blockchain technology in a push to modernize the country's international trade supply chains.
China's National Audit Office thinks blockchain streamline its data storage operations.
China State Grid Corporation, the country's state-owned power utility, is looking to blockchain to advance its plans for an "Internet of Energy."
China now has a new blockchain fund with $1.6 billion available – 30 percent of that backed by the Hangzhou city government.
A Mexican government announced a blockchain-based project intended to reduce corruption in bidding for government contracts.
The value propositions of blockchain tech are central to the business of public institutions, argues Alec Ross, a candidate for governor of Maryland.
The Singapore government is launching an innovation-boosting blockchain challenge that will reward successful projects with funding.
China's Ministry of Information Technology and Industry is ramping up its focus on national blockchain standardization this year.
The U.K. Treasury Committee has today announced that it will conduct an investigation into issues around cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology.
The Finnish government has released guidelines prescribing how authorities must handle the 2,000 bitcoin confiscated since 2016.
South Korea has doubled down on its commitment to eliminating the use of cryptocurrency in illicit activities, but played down more serious proposals.
John Perry Barlow fought for an open internet. Late in life, he cautioned blockchain innovators that the technology could be liberating or oppressive.
A senior official from Taiwan's executive branch has cautioned on the potential impact of cryptocurrencies on the island's financial stability.
Italy has published a proposed set of cryptocurrency regulations that are designed to enforce EU anti-money laundering rules.
An Illinois government task force is eyeing blockchain tech in the management of state citizens' identification and tokenizing public sector assets.