The Portuguese company Multicert was the great winner of the Fidelidade Insurance Challenge, a contest promoted in partnership with the Portuguese Blockchain Alliance.

Blockbird Ventures has overcome the challenge promoted by REN. The Innov4u received an honor mention.

The financial institutions BBVA, BNP Paribas and MUFG (Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ) have joined to lend 150 million euros to Red Eléctrica de España (REE) through Blockchain.

The Thai Revenue Department has unveiled plans to track tax payments using machine learning and Blockchain.

Bancor announced that it has concluded its partnership with EOS to provide token exchange between Blockchain, in this case EOS and Ethereum.

IBM has applied for another Blockchain patent, this time to prevent Augmented Reality (AR) players from invading undesirable locations. The latest technology company patent document was released by the USPTO.