With the new year Illinois became the latest state to recognize smart contracts and other blockchain-based records as legal instruments.
Three U.S. states – Illinois, Arizona and Georgia – are now actively considering bills to allow tax payments made in cryptocurrency.
An Illinois government task force is eyeing blockchain tech in the management of state citizens' identification and tokenizing public sector assets.
Illinois' state government has launched a new blockchain pilot focused on the digitization of new birth certificates.
The state of Illinois is expanding its work with blockchain to include possible healthcare applications through a newly announced partnership.
Lawmakers in Illinois have passed a bill to create an intergovernmental working group that will study public sector applications of blockchain.
The state of Illinois is continuing to engage with blockchain innovators, this time by throwing a month-long hackathon.
A major financial regulator in the state of Illinois has issued new guidance for startups working in the nascent blockchain sector.
Major enterprises have joined forces with the State of Illinois to launch a new blockchain center in the Windy City.
The Illinois government is doubling down on its efforts to promote blockchain tech, revealing new actions that will advance its industry support.
A draft resolution submitted to the Illinois legislature proposes the creation of a working group dedicated to blockchain technology.
Commentators have largely supported the state of Illinois’s approach to regulating digital currencies, public documents reveal.
CoinDesk looks into Illinois' ambitious plan to guide the integration of blockchain technology within government operations.
The State of Illinois today announced an ambitious plan to encourage government and private sector blockchain innovation.
The state government of Illinois has quietly established a working group tasked with developing a strategy for integrating blockchain tech.