WISeKey International Holding Ltd. announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Geneva based commodities trading and logistics house Integral Petroleum, active primarily in the Caspian region, to deploy WISeKey`s Cybersecurity Vertical Platform to develop PKI, IoT and Blockchain common projects within the region. This collaboration enables financial institutions, corporations, regulators and local governments in the region to use cutting-edge technologies based on enterprise PKI and Blockchain solutions from WISeKey and its global network of Trusted Ecosystems of partners. Additionally, the partnership includes the deployment of WISeCoin in the Caspian region. Powered by WISeKey Semiconductors and secured by WISeKey Root of Trust and Public Key Infrastructure, WISeCoin offers connected objects the ability to identify and authenticate each other, initiate and then complete secure transactions. Each connected object is equipped with WISeKey's Secure Element consisting of a tamper resistant silicon chip, part of its VaultIC family. The secure microcontroller, which can be easily integrated in any object by the manufacturer, is offered as a provisioning service to transfer the burden of device personalization to WISeKey's secure Personalization Center. It is a next-generation technology designed from the ground up to be the data and value transfer layer for the Machine Economy.