The Venezuelan government has officially launched the pre-sale of its controversial “petro” token, according to a report. The petro was first announced in early December 2017 by President Nicolas Maduro as a…

Vnesheconombank (VEB), the Russian state-owned development bank, has inked a deal with the regional government of Kaliningrad to pilot a new blockchain-based payment system. Last week, officials including Kaliningrad governor Anton Alkikhanov and…

A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that, if passed, would update the state’s electronic records laws to account for blockchain signatures and smart contracts. Assembly Bill 2658, submitted by Assemblymember Ian…

Segregated Witness (SegWit) is special. And it’s not just because the bitcoin code change is focused on scaling the network (it is), or that it paves the way for a new layer for…