The European Parliament has announced a provisional resolution aimed at increasing the adoption of blockchain technology in trade and administration. Termed as ‘Blockchain: a forward-looking trade policy’, the resolution describes blockchain technology as a private and permissioned distributed ledger technology that has the potential to benefit various case studies and industries.

Binance Labs, venture wing of cryptocurrency exchange Binance, has introduced the first batch of blockchain projects from its Incubation Program. The projects selected by Binance include SafePal, a hardware wallet platform; Torus, a developer of fictionless logins for decentralized apps; Nym, an Internet security project, and Deaux, a market prediction startup.

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has prepared draft rules for regulation of digital assets and related aspects of the nation’s crypto industry. The CBB rules cover the implementation of a licensing regime for crypto-trading services providers. In addition, a supervisory mechanism has also been developed for companies offering crypto assets related services.

AT&T has announced that it is seeking patent for a blockchain-enabled social media history 'Mapping'. The patent application defines a blockchain-based platform that will have a transaction history controller to store subscribers’ data. The patent filed outlines several particular cases such as creating and sharing information, ideas, and career interests via virtual communities.