Academic Research Shows How IOTA Can Support Transparent, Verifiable Parliaments

• A university thesis proposes a blockchain-based lawmaking system built on IOTA Identity and Move.
• IOTA’s real-world adoption expands into legal, governance, and public sector infrastructure.

The University of Bologna has proposed in a new academic thesis that IOTA should be used to overhaul the legislative process with the help of a blockchain-based structure. Arianna Arruzzoli has already done it and created a three-layer model that hopes to implement the separation of powers using technology rather than pledges. The project is named Design and Implementation of a Multi-level Architecture in Separation of Power in the Legislative Process.

This system includes a private chain per institution, a shared layer for inter-chamber coordination, and a public chain for finalized laws. Every action is recorded and cannot be erased. No single actor has control over the full system, reducing reliance on institutional trust.

The technical foundation uses smart contracts written in Move, IOTA Identity for decentralized verification, and legal structuring aligned with Akoma Ntoso. These tools allow the model to function within real legal parameters while offering cost-efficiency and scalability. The project was tested successfully and is not just conceptual.

As CNF reported, IOTA’s broader mission has shifted toward practical adoption. Founder Dominik Schiener recently stated that IOTA has no reliance on memecoins or short-term incentives but on enterprise-level infrastructure and compliance-driven solutions.

IOTA’s Focus on Adoption in 2026 

In recent months, IOTA has positioned itself as a trusted infrastructure provider across public and private sectors. During this time, IOTA has been working with Korea-based partners to support paperless trade infrastructure. Although Korea has modernized most of its national systems, cross-border activities continue to rely on paper and manual trust layers. This is what IOTA and its partner TWIN would like to address through the open, decentralized architecture.

As described by CNF, the IOTA Foundation concluded 2025 by renewing its mission to provide technology that will scale across industries. The main announcements were the real-world tokenization pilot and long-term decentralized identity support. At his end-of-year address, Schiener remarked that IOTA was now positioned better than ever to scale adoption and work with institutions.

Meanwhile, IOTA Identity has been progressively becoming a primary pillar of the network’s product range. According to the reports, it has since been tested in a variety of institutional pilots and is now being used as part of the Bologna thesis. This scholarly consolidation demonstrates the protocol orientation by real-life governance and compliance application cases.

However, despite the team’s development steps, IOTA price action has not reflected the optimism. In the last 30 days and 7 days, the IOTA price has dropped 3.16% and 15%, respectively, with the price hovering between resistance and support levels of $0.11 and $0.07. At press time, bears were still in control, with the IOTA price trading at $0.09593, a 3.53% decline from the 24-hour high.