A collaboration made between Insurance companies State Farm and USAA on a project to pilot blockchain technology to enhance the speed of auto claims subrogation process. Innovation Executive of State Farm, Mike Fields explain, “In 2018 alone, the total amount of dollars demanded and issued through the subrogation process was over $9.6 billion for all insurance carriers. You can imagine the time and resources required to complete these transactions.”

Many US lawmaker are worried that USA is lagging in blockchain and crypto promotion and its regulation. Two representatives from Indiana and Florida have written letter to Larry Kudlow (director of the National Economic Council). Hollingsworth, Member of the House stated, “Innovation is part of this country’s DNA and our efforts to further develop blockchain technology can help our country remain a leader in invention and modernization.”

A Russian city, Nizhny Novgorod has revealed that it has been trialing blockchain application for public administration task. Gleb Nikitin, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region said, “The blockchain technology will allow us to ensure maximum transparency and honesty in relations between a person and the state. This is an opportunity to build equal relations, when a citizen sees his contribution to the overall development, and he has the opportunity to ask more strictly from the state.”

The Block.one has announced that it has launched EOSIO Reference Authenticator Apps for iOS and Chrome, which will allow users to sign in and approve transactions from web applications running. From its blogpost: “The EOSIO Reference Chrome Extension Authenticator is an implementation that allows users to sign in and approve transactions from web applications running in Google Chrome on desktop.”