This post is part of CoinDesk's 2019 Year in Review, a collection of 100 op-eds, interviews and takes on the state of blockchain and the world. Anand Aanchal is a land specialist and blockchain expert ...

In exploring the realm of land record systems, traditionally documented on paper, a historical basis for property ownership and transactions is evident, though marred by inefficiencies and ...

Tim Robustelli is a Program Associate with the Future of Property Rights Program at New America, a think tank based in Washington, D.C. The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the ...

Many developing countries don’t have a working system of tracking property rights, and what they do have can be fragile and incomplete. In Haiti, for instance, a large earthquake in 2010 destroyed all ...

The government of India's Andhra Pradesh state has partnered with Swedish start-up ChromaWay to build its blockchain-based solution It is estimated that $700 million is being paid in bribes at land ...

With digital adoption gaining traction in India, blockchain technology has caught the fancy of many. While blockchain technology continues to see sustained support from Indian banks, state governments ...

Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne has acquired a stake in blockchain startup, Medici Land Governance (MLG). Byrne purchased a 43 percent stake in the blockchain land registry in a private transaction.

A blockchain-based land registry designed to mitigate ownership disputes in Afghanistan has been launched. The open-source solution was developed by blockchain company LTO Network in tandem with two ...

The Department of Urban Planning and Municipalities of the United Arab Emirates announced today a partnership with Tech Mahindra Ltd. to build a distributed ledger blockchain technology solution to ...

The government of Ukraine has revealed plans to trial a land registry system underpinned by blockchain. In a government meeting on Wednesday, Maksym Martyniuk, First Deputy Minister of Agricultural ...

A new Blockchain-based initiative in West Africa aims to stamp out corruption and is touting to “free up trillions of dollars” in locked capital for infrastructure development. It’s a bold stab by a ...