2019 is the year of adoption. We have weathered the storm of early 2018, lived through the ensuing drought and we can see glimpses of the promised land on the horizon. At aelf, we are strongly passionate about overall adoption of blockchain technology as we believe it can benefit many people and industries. As such, we are always on the look-out for news of increasing adoption and collaboration.

Last year I wrote an article with a Comprehensive List of Banks using Blockchain tech as I found it very difficult to find a single source for this information online.

Although there was a strong interest in blockchain tech over the last 24 months, due to a mixture of issues, including the volatile ‘unproven’ market and rampant ICO scams, many companies avoided public exposure linking them to the blockchain industry. Many would agree we have seen a shift in this mindset as more high profile individuals and companies are now being more open about their association with blockchain. Take for example, the #1 YouTuber, Pewdiepie, who has recently partnered with Dlive.

In fact, according to a report by Gemalto, adoption of blockchain to help secure IoT doubled in 2018.

Deloitte recently released survey results in regards to executive’s views on blockchain adoption. The companies represented by these executives all have an annual revenue of over $100M USD. One point to note, was that over 75% of respondents believe they will lose a competitive advantage if they do not adopt blockchain. Did someone say FOMO?

Also, according to the survey, over 90% of respondents are already participating in or planning to within 12 months, a blockchain consortium or alliance.

According to the International Data Corporation, global spending on blockchain development will almost double to $2.9 Billion this year, and increase exponentially to reach $12.4 billion by 2022.

The financial sector will lead the charge with an estimated of $1.1 Billion to be spent in this sector alone. The Manufacturing and resources sector will see the fastest growth this year with a growth rate of 77.6%.

Notably, of the 100 largest companies in the world by market value (Statisca.com), over 50% are included in this list; and in particular, 9 out of the top 10 with a combined market value of over $5.6 trillion USD in 2018.

Surprisingly, the largest industry in this list is Transport, Shipping & Logistics. There could be a few reasons due to this, firstly, there were a few large alliances that have been created specifically to aid in blockchain adoption with members in the hundreds. Secondly, this is one of the biggest industries in which there is a high degree of interdependence and cross company reliance. The finance industry was always going to be in the top of this list, but another exciting development is the high rank that government received with many countries showing a clear positive attitude towards the technology.

In light of all this, it is safe to say, blockchain is here to stay and 2019 is the Year of Adoption. So let’s take a look at the enterprises who have already taken the leap. This list is focusing on active enterprises in 2019. For those that are wondering, this list has almost 1,000 Enterprises in it.

*There may be early adopters that are not in this list due to having little activity in the first quarter of this year. If there are ones that are active and not on this list, comment below with the links and I’ll aim to add them in

Accomodation

The Dolder Grand

Cheval Blanc

Agriculture

Bayer Crop Science

Bumble Bee Foods

Cargill

Auto Industry

BMW

Ford

General Motors

Genuine Parts Company

Great Dane

Hummer

Hyundai

Jaguar

Karamba Security

Volkswagen

Waymo Data

Automated Retail Companies

AAEON

AR Systems

Fastcorp Vending

Global Vending Group

Greenbox Robotics

Invenda

IVM

IVS

Retail Automated Concepts

SandenVendo

The-Venders and Wemp

Communication

Broadridge

China Mobile

Comcast

Deutsche Telekom

FarEasTone

Kakao

NEC Europe

Orbcomm

Orange

Smart Communications

SoftBank

Solace Corporation

Sprint

Swisscomm

Telefónica

Consultancy

21 Consulting GmbH

Accenture

Adaptive Financial Consulting

Aizoon

AON

Asset Balance Solutions

Bain & Company

BCS Consulting

Berkeley Research Group

Cambridge Associates

CH & Co

COMPELLIO

Deloitte

DNV GL Business Assurance Group

enVista

Everis

EY

Infosys

JDX

J.J. Keller & Associates Inc

KPMG

Post Oak Labs

Protiviti

Raoof Consultancy Limited

RevUnit

Scrypt.Media

Synechron

Synpulse

ThreatAdvice

XLNTEC

Tata Consultancy Services

Thomas Reuters

ThoughtWorksTigerRisk

Tomorrow Labs

Data Managemen

Accuity

Ansonia Credit Data

Applya

CommodDT

Connected Holdings

Docusign

Everis

Interxion

Nielsen

Ocean Protocol

Royalty

Range

Digital Security

CrossVerify

Gemalto

Guardtime

ObjectTech

SLIB

Sovrin

Utimaco

Yoti

Education

Duke University

Harvard University

RMIT

Swinburne University

The Air Force Institute of Technology

The University of Tennessee

University of Central Arkansas

University of Denver

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Memphis

University of Michigan

University of Nevada

Yale University

Finance

ABN AMRO

AIB

Al Rajhi Banking & Investment Corporation

Alawwal Bank

Alfa Bank

Alipay

Allied Irish Bank

Ant Financial

ANZ Banking Group

ATB Financial

B3

Banca Intesa Sanpaolo

Banca Mediolanum

Banca Mifel

Banco BICE

Banco Bisa

Banco Bradesco

Banco BTG Pactual

Banco de Crédito del Perú

Banco de Investment Global

Banco de Sabadell

Banco de Galicia y Buenos Aires

Banco Industrial

Banco Mercantil del Norte

Banco Mercantil Santa Cruz

Banco Nacional de Bolivia

Banco Popular Dominicano

Banco Regional

Banco Santander

Bangkok Bank

Bank ABC

Bank Al Habib Limited

Bank Busan

Bank Frick & Co

Bank of America | Merrill Lynch

Bank of Cyprus

Bank of Montreal

Bank Mellat

Bank Melli Iran

Bank Pasargad

Bankinter

Banorte

Banreservas

Banque Internationale de Commerce — BRED (Suisse)

Banque Thaler

Barclays

BBVA

BCI

Bladex

Bloomberg

BNP Paribas

BNY Mellon

Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures

Bolsa de Madrid

BPCE

BP PLC

BRAC Bank Limited

Bradesco

CBH Compagnie Bancaire Helvétique

China Banking Association

China Merchant Bank

China CITIC Bank International Limited

China Guangfa Bank

Chong Hing Bank Limited

CIBC

CIM Banque S.A Geneve

CitiBank

CLS Group

Commercial Bank of Africa Limited

CommerzBank

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Cooperatieve Rabobank

Credicorp Bank

Credit Agricole S.A.

Credit Libanais SAL

Credit Suisse

CTBC Bank

Daiwa Securities Group

Danske Bank

Davivienda

DBS

DenizBank A.S.

Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Börse

Digiledge

Dianrong

DNB

DTCC

Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

Employees’ Retirement System

Ernst & Young

eToro

European Central Securities Depositories Association

Fidelity Investments

First America Bank

Fulton Financial Corporation

Gazprombank

Goldman Sachs

Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited

Ho Chi Minh City Development JS Commercial

HQLA

HSBC

ICICI Bank Limited

Indovina Bank Ltd

ING

International Chamber of Commerce

International Securities Services Association

Intesa Sanpaolo

Itaú

Jamica Stock Exchange

Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam

Joint-Stock Company BCS-Investment Bank

JPMorgan Chase

JS Bank Limited

Julius Baer

KASIKORNBANK Public Company Limited

KB Financial Group

KEB Hana Bank

Kuveyt Turk Katilim Bankasi

Linx Partners

London Metal Exchange

London Stock Exchange

Luxembourg Stock Exchange

Macquarie Bank

Mastercard

MauBank Limited

Mizuho Bank

Morgan Creek

MUFG

NASDAQ

National Bank of Canada

National Bank of Egypt

National Bank of Kenya Limited

National Bank of Kuwait

Natixis

Nomura

Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale

Nordea

Northern Trust

Omidyar Network

OP Financial Group

Pakistani Central Bank

Paris Europlace

Paypal

PKO Bank Polski

Portal Finance

Prime Bank Ltd.

Privatbank IHAG Zurich

Proof of Capital

PT Bank Central Asia Tbk

PT Bank CIMB

Niaga Tbk

Qiwi

Raiffeisen Bank

RBC

RBS

RCBC

RCI Bank & Services

Resona Bank, Ltd.

Revolut

Reyl & Cie SA

Santander

Satoshi Systems

SBI Holdings

Scopus

SEB Group

SGX

Shinhan Bank

Shuttle Holdings

SIA

Signature Bank

Silvergate Bank

SIX Group

SMBC

SnapCheck

Société Générale

SoFi

Square

SRI Capital

Standard Chartered Bank

Stock Exchange of Thailand

SuMi TRUST

SunTrust

Swissquote

SWIFT

Synchrony Bank

Telenor Microfinance Bank

Temasek Holdings

Thai Stock Exchange

The First International Bank of Israel Ltd

The National Payments Corporation of India

The Toronto-Dominion Bank

Thomson Reuters Eikon

Tora

TradeCloud

TradeIX

TradeWind

Turkiye Finans Katilim Bankasi

UBS

UniCredit

Union Bank Of The Philippines

USBancorp

Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade

Virginia’s Police Officer’s Retirement System

Visa

Volksbank Mittweida

WEG Bank

Wells Fargo

Westpac

Western Union

Woori Bank

Government

Australian Federal Government

AUSTRAC

Brazil’s Ministry of Planning, Budget & Management

Caisse des dépôts et consignations

Canadian Municipality of Innisfil

City of Denver

Colorado State Government

Colorado Water Institute

Commerce Committee of Connecticut General Assembly

County Auditors’ Association of Ohio

CSIRO

Department of Homeland Security

Government of Kyrgyzstan

Government of Rwanda

Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation

Illinois Department of Transportation

Luxembourg Government

Malta Financial Services Authority

Ministry of Land & Natural Resources, Zambia

Municipal Government of Tulum, Mexico

Municipal Government of Tsukuba, Japan

New York City Economic Development Corporation

Pennsylvania’s Economic Development Office (Venture Capital Arm)

Seoul Digital Foundation

Singapore Government

South Korea’s Defence Acquisition Program Administration

South Korea Internet & Security Agency

Thailand’s Ministry of Science & Technology

UK Parliament

United Nations

U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Department of Energy

U.S. Department of State

U.S. House of Representatives

West Virginia State Government

Wyoming State Government

Insurance

Aegon

AIA

Allianz

AXA

Generali

Health Care Service Corporation

MAPFRE RE

MetLife

Munich Re

Ping An Insurance

State Farm

Swiss Re

Tokia Marine

TrueNorth

XL Catlin

ZhongAn

Zurich

Internet

Baidu

Digital Garage

Facebook

Google

Opera

Twitter

IT Solutions

7Comm

AKoncepts

Amazon Web Services

AOS SAS

Appway

At.cash

aXpire

Billon Group Ltd

Blanc Labs

Bolero

BRQ Digital Solutions

Calypso Technology

Canonical

Capgemini

Cass Information Systems Inc.

Česká fintech asociace, z.s.

CISCO

CIeNET

CMA

COCUS AG

CodeIT

Cognizant

coIB

Collabrian

Eclipse Foundation

EPAM

Evernym

EXL

Finastra

FinFabrik

Fujitsu Technology Solutions

GFT Technologies

Giant Machines

Google Cloud

GuildOne

HCL

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

IBM

Imaginnovate

Inacta AG

Infosys Finacle

Intel

iSiD

LG CNS

MagiaDigital

Microsoft

Nec

Neuro Red

NTT Data

Oracle

PCCW Solutions

Redhat

Salesforce

SAP SE

VMWare

Vyoma Software

Wipro

ZirconTech

Legal

ACCORD Project

COALA

Linklaters

National Council of Clerks (France)

Orrick

Taylor Associates

Medical

Abbvie

Anthem

Big Blue

Cardinal Health

Ciox Health

COCIR

CVS Health

European Federation of Nurses Associations

Genentech

Humana

Multiplan

NMC Healthcare

Optum

Pfizer

Quest Diagnostics

United Healthcare

Media

Les Échos

CBS

Fox Business Network

Mining

BHP Billiton

Goldcorp

Kutcho Copper

LG Corp

Ocean Partners USA

Wheaton Precious Metals

Non-Profit

Freshwater Trust

Oxfam

UNICEF

Online Marketplace

Moonlighting

Pharmaceuticals

Amgen

Boehringer Ingelheim

Merck

Pfizer

Roche

Sanofi

Real Estate

Convexity Properties

Emaar Group

Greenbrier Management

Growth Capital ServicesICP

Medici Land Governance

St. Regis Aspen Resort

Retail & Manufacturing

A. Favre & Fils

AB InBev

Acqua di Parma

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Ardbeg

Albertsons Companies

BASF

Belvedere

Benefit Cosmetics

Berluti

Bodega Numanthia

Bridgestone

Bulgari

Caffe-Pasticceria Cova

Cape Mentelle

Carrefour

Celine

Chandon

Charles & Keith

Château Cheval Blanc

Château d’Yquem

Chaumet

Cloudy Bay

DFS

Dior

Dom Perignon

Emilio Pucci

Fendi

Fenty Beauty by Rihanna

Foxconn

FRED

Fresh (Cosmetics & Fragrances

Givenchy

Glenmorangie

Golden State Foods

Guerlain

Hennessy

House of Bijan

Hublot

Kala

Kat Von D Beauty

Kenzo

Kroger

Krug

La Grande Epicerie

Levi Strauss

Loewe

Loro piana

L’Oreal

Louis Vuitton

Maison Francis Kurkdjian

Marc Jacobs

Mercier

Moet & Chandon

Moynat

Naked Brand Group

Naja

Nestle

Newton Vineyard

Nicholas Kirkwood

Nike

Overstock

Parfums Christian Dior

Rakuten

Rimowa

Ruinart

Sephora

Starboard Cruise Services

TAG Heuer

Target

Terrazas de los Andes

Thomas Pink

Unilever

Veuve Clicquot

Volcan di mi tierra

Walmart

Wenjun

Zenith

Sports Teams

U.S. LA Kings (Ice Hockey)

Technology

Aidant Technologies

AMD

Apple

Avnet

Bosch

Dell

Foxconn

Fujitsu

Hewlett Packard

Hitachi

HTC

Huawei

Lenovo

LG

NASA

Nvidia

PitneyBowes

RCS Global

Samsung

Sapphire Technology

Seagate Technology

Siemens

Sony

SweetSense

Tencent

T-Mobile

TSMC

Transport, Logistics & Shipping

10–4

360data

ABAQ.US

Able Freight

Advent

AGForce

AIT

Agistix

Altria

Amalto

American Global Logistics

American Short Line & Regional Railroad Association

AMTR

AMX

Anhueser-Busch

Apex

APL

ArcBest Corporation

AriaLogistics

Aries

Arrive Logistics

Arrow

ATS

Axle Logistics

BCG

Best Transport

BlueGrace

Blue Horseshoe

Bourque Logistics

BP

BNSF Railway

Boyle

BoxLock

Breakthrough Fuel

Buckland

Burris Logistics

C.H. Robinson

C & K Trucking

C.R. England

CargoChain

Carrier Direct

CDL Marketing

Century

Cerasis

ChopTank

Citizens Reserve

ClearDestination

CJ Logistics

CMA CGM

CN

Columbia Transport

Convoy

Covenant Transport

Cowan Systems

Coyote

CRST International

CSX

CTSI Global

Customs Direct

Daimler

DAMCO

Daseke

DAT

DDC

Decker Truck Line Inc.

Deringer

Descartes

DexFreight

Dicom

Dlevered

DLT Labs

DMTB

DreamOrbit

DriverReach

Eagle Transportation

East Coast Transport

eCapital

Echo

Edge Logistics

Energy Transportation Group

Envio360

Eroad

ERTICO

eShipGlobal

eVans

EXPAK Logistics

Feadship

FedEx

FirstFleet

FleetComplete

FleetPal

FLS

FMI

Fontinalis Partners

Forward Air

FourKites

FR8Star

Fraight

Freight Rover

Freight Source

Fullbay

GateHouse Logistics

Gebruder Weiss

GE Transportation

GlobalTranz

GT Solutions

Hill Bros

Hyundai Merchant Marine

IMC

Innovativos

Intelligent Audit

Irving

ITL

Its Logistics

J.B. Hunt

JD Logistics

Kamion

Kansas City Southern Lines

Kenco

Kingsgate Logistics

Kion Group

Kleinschmidt

Koch

Konexial

Kuehne & Nagel

Labelmaster

LandStar

Lanehub

Lazer Spot

LDI

Liquid Freight

Livingston

Load One

Loadblock

LoadDelivered

Logiflex

Logistics+

Logistyx Technologies

Lotte Global Logistics

LyncAmerica

Mach1

Maersk

Manhattan Associates

Match Factors

Maven Machines

Maverick

McLeod Software

Medallion Transport & Logistics

Mercer

MercuryGate

MMM Express

Mode Transportation

Morpheus.Network

MSTS

Nascent

Navistar

NBTG

NFI

NGL

Norfolk Southern

NT Logistics

NTG

NVision Global

OAR

Omnitracs

OpenPort

OOIDA

Origintrail

P & G

P & S Transportation

P.B. Industries

Packyge

PAM

Panalpina

Pantos Logistics

Paschall Truck Lines

Pavestone Capital

Pegasus TransTech

Peir

Penske

Phillips Connect Technologies

Phoenix Capital Group

Pilot Freight Services

Pitt Ohio

Platform Science

PLM

Polaris

Precision

Prime3

Project44

ProTrans

PTI

Purolator

PWC

QIT

R & R Express

Raider Express

Rail Inc

Ray-Mont Logistics

Redwood

Reliance Partners

RIM

Roadrunner Transportation Systems

RoadSync

Routeique

RSI Logistics

RTWAir

RUAN

Ryder

SAIA

Saint John Capital

Schneider Trucking

SCLogic

Scopelitis

Seaboard Marine

Sharelogis

Shaw

Sheer

Shipwell

SimpleLogistics

SinglePoint Capital

SkyBitz

SmartHop

SMC3

Solaris

SouthEastern Freight Lines

Source Alliance Network

Spireon

Suddath

Sunset

SupplyOn

Syfan Logistics

Tadmore

TAFS

Team Worldwide

The Home Depot

Third Coast Logistics

Tideworks Technology

TMC

TMW Systems

TRAC Intermodal

Traffix

TransCard

Transfix

Transflo

TransLytix

TransPlace

TransportationInsight

TransPro

Tranzlogix

Tranzport

Trinity Logistics

Trinium Technologies

TriumphPay

Trucker Path

Truckstop

Truck Tools

Uber Freight

UNIS

Union Pacific

UPS

U.S. Xpress

USA Truck

Velocity Transport

VHI Transport

Vitesse

Vnomics

Wataco Supply Chain Services

WEL

Werner

Whirlpool Corporation

White Arrow

WiseTech Global

Wolf Direct

WOLT

Worldwide Express

WWS Trading

XLNTEC

YRC Worldwide

Zoof-It

Utilities

Concentric

ENGIE

Gazprom

Petroteq

Repsol

TEPCO

WASSHA (DIGITAL GRID Corporation)

Wien Energie

Noteworthy Individuals

Alexei Navalny — Russian Opposition Leader

Andrew Yang — U.S. Presidential Candidate

Bae Yong-joon — South Korean Actor

Tim Berners-Lee — Inventor of World Wide Web

Elon Musk — Founder SpaceX & Tesla

Emmanuel Macron — French President

Jack Dorsey — CEO Twitter & Square

Kobe Bryant — Retired NBA Basketball Player

Pewdiepie — №1 Youtube Channel

Reid Hoffman — LinkedIn co-founder

Serena Williams — Professional Tennis Player

Warren Buffet — CEO Berkshire Hathaway & Billionaire investor