Enterprise blockchain adoption boomed in 2022, and it shows no sign of stopping. Verified Market Research projects the blockchain in telecom market to reach $5.3 billion by 2028, despite GlobalData’s Q2 2022 Emerging Technology Trends Survey reporting that 41.4% of execs responded either not knowing about blockchain’s substance or attributing it to puffery.

Here are SDxCentral's top blockchain-related stories for 2022:

The company plans to aid service providers with network dead zones, then use its crypto assets to donate cell deployments in under-connected areas. Read more.

“The result is an increase in cash flow, operational costs savings and quicker realization of revenue – a win-win for the business and partners alike,” Verizon stated. Read more.

A blockchain evolution is going to take anodyne use cases being validated within the ecosystem to then “horizontally scale” into wider adoption. Read more.

Using Baicells’ radios, global consumers can purchase small cells and connect them with hosts across the U.S., who will deploy the equipment. Read more.

The competition invites developers and startups to compete for the best public blockchain protocol on solutions for Web3 using 5G networks. Read more.

The decentralized structure creates cost savings for operators and consumers and enables blockchain technology to more accurately verify connection defects. Read more.

The group sees blockchain’s decentralized and immutable structure as the needed response to start unifying operational transactions. Read more.

VMware Blockchain for Ethereum, currently in beta, will use the Ethereum technology stack to drive enterprise use cases of blockchain technology forward. Read more.

Blockchain presents the opportunity to maximize internal transparency and efficiency, further sustaining a device’s initial working lifespan. Read more.