Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)

Oregon becomes the latest state to modernize its commercial code. Senate Bill 167, recently signed into law by Governor Tina Kotek, updates Oregon’s Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) to recognize crypto and digital assets as collateral in commercial transactions. The bill aligns Oregon with the UCC 2022 Amendments, clarifying how digital assets can be legally recognized, securely managed, and transferred in financial agreements. This update supports greater confidence in the use of digital assets and promotes adoption of emerging technologies. Thank you to U.S. Blockchain Coalition (USBC)’s Oregon representatives, including Brigitte Piniewski MD, Jeff Gaus, and Daniel McMorris for their continued leadership in supporting blockchain policy efforts in Oregon. Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), through its U.S. initiative GBBC USA, leads the U.S. Blockchain Coalition (USBC), which is focused on advancing education around UCC Amendments, especially Article 12, to drive awareness and distribute resources to interested parties that are looking to share the benefits with state and federal policymakers.    View the updated list of states that have passed the UCC 2022 Amendments so far: https://lnkd.in/eQ5_ZfiX 💡 Interested in how your state can get involved or want to bring this issue to your legislators? Reach out to: [email protected]    #USBC #UCC12 #digitalassets #Oregon 

Join Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) and Norton Rose Fulbright on June 12 for our second edition of the Future of Finance Conference in London 🇬🇧 During this day of programming, Matthew Osborne (Ripple), Angie Walker (Chainlink), Basak Toprak (Kinexys by J.P. Morgan) and Nilixa Devlukia (GBBC) will join Matthew Gregory (Norton Rose Fulbright) at 1:15pm BST for a conversation on the "Future of Digital Payments" to explore the question: what does the future of a world leading payments ecosystem look like, and what work is required to deliver that? This panel will examine the use cases for digital payments and uncover the regulatory landscape's impact. 🖊️ Register to attend in-person: https://lnkd.in/d9q3Ms8g 🇺🇸 If you are unable to make it to London, learn more about GBBC USA's Blockchain Central DC (June 11-13) here: https://lnkd.in/gGdBPxwR Sandra Ro 🇺🇦, Emma Joyce, Diana Barrero Zalles, Philip Gant, Sierra Lewis, Jackson Ross, Alfredo J. Oballos Diaz, Tristen Dague, Dina Ellis Rochkind, Steve Vallas, Nilixa Devlukia, Emily Parker, Amanda Wick, Matthew Hoffmann, Anne-Marie Kelley, Adrian Matak, Justin Legesse, Karen Hughes, Riley Fay, Jack Williams #London #FutureofFinance #digitalpayments #digitalfinance #digitalassets

Since 2017, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) has convened thought leaders across industry, government, and academia for the flagship Blockchain Central events around the world, from Davos to Perth to Nur-Sultan to New York City. With many eyes on the U.S. during this pivotal year in regulation and innovation, GBBC USA is hosting Blockchain Central in Washington, DC. GBBC USA’s Blockchain Central DC is a curated, by invitation gathering of senior leaders from private and public sectors that will focus on the convergence of tech, policy, and business 👇 🇺🇸 June 11: Sips & Standards | Evening Reception in Partnership with Hedera at the National Portrait Gallery 🇺🇸 June 12: Main Conference at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium 🇺🇸 June 13: Curated Roundtables at the Dirksen Senate Office Building - A huge thank you to the Office of Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) for supporting our roundtable sessions. We would not be able to make our mark in Washington, DC without our supporters: Accenture, Hedera, Oliver Wyman, Canton Network, Digital Asset, Global Synchronizer Foundation (GSF), Mayer Brown, Taxbit, VerifyVASP, 1inch, Aleo, ANNA - Association of National Numbering Agencies, Digital Token Identifier Foundation, Kaiko, and Moody's Ratings. View the agenda below* and express interest to attend (space is limited): https://lnkd.in/gGdBPxwR *Timings are subject to change #BlockchainCentral #DC #tech #policy #business

Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) has released the latest fact card "Not All Coins are the Same" as part of our Just the Facts series, providing a practical overview for leaders navigating blockchain and digital assets topics. This fact card compares the functions and uses behind bitcoin, stablecoins, and memecoins, and is designed to support informed conversations across policy, finance, and technology. 🔗 Download the fact card: https://lnkd.in/gQkqBsbR #blockchain #cryptoassets #stablecoins

🇳🇱 From June 3-5, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) CRO Emma Joyce is headed to Amsterdam for Money20/20 Europe, one of the world’s leading events for the fintech and digital finance ecosystem. GBBC is proud to serve as a Community Partner, connecting with 8000+ innovators from across financial services, Web3, policy, and emerging technologies. On June 4, join Emma and Dharmesh Syal (Convera) for "What’s Behind the Curtain: Digital Identity in Corporate Payments." On June 5, Emma will examine "Building the Web2 to Web3 Bridge" with Ferdinand Dabitz (Ivy), Jess Houlgrave (Reown), and Maya Caddle (Solana). Use code GBBC200 to receive €200 off a standard pass 👇   https://lnkd.in/gtQaajc #GBBC #blockchain #Money2020 #EU 

📢 Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), with support from our UK Working Group, has submitted a detailed response to HM Treasury’s proposed amendments to the Regulated Activities Order (RAO) under FSMA.   We welcome this important step toward legal clarity for cryptoassets in the UK. Our response focuses on ensuring the final framework is both operationally clear and innovation-friendly.   Highlights from our submission: 👉 Replace “fungible” with “interchangeable” to reflect market practice 👉 Clarify overlap between stablecoins and e-money 👉 Introduce a targeted OPE for institutional B2B crypto activity 👉 Limit issuer obligations to entities with true control over stablecoins 👉 Avoid unintended capture of software developers under custody rules 👉 Exclude protocol-native staking from FSMA scope   🔗 Read our full response here: https://lnkd.in/dCH-adTe   We thank HM Treasury for the consultative approach and our members for shaping this important contribution. #HMTSI #FSMA #RAO #cryptoassets #blockchain #GBBC

🇬🇧 What a week in London town! Firstly, thank you to Nick Smith at the Financial Conduct Authority who joined us for a closed Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) members' roundtable yesterday.The discussion covered regulating cryptoassets and the current FCA discussion paper, the UK's growth strategy, the FCA roadmap and future consultation papers - (CP on obligations for stablecoin issuers and a CP on prudential obligations coming up!) Thank you to all our members who joined us and to Diego Ballon Ossio and team for hosting us at Clifford Chance, and to the amazing GBBC team who make this all happen - Nilixa Devlukia, Adrian Matak, Alfredo J. Oballos Diaz, Sandra Ro 🇺🇦 I then legged it over to the Dorchester Ballroom for the Owl Explains by Ava Labs 🔺 Summit, (thank you to Lee Schneider for the invite), to catch GBBC Advisor Amanda Wick on stage delivering her perfect sense points in her brilliant way (topic - 'globalizing commerce'). Her points were fairly aligned with Peter Kerstens keynote which were: Industry needs to lead; keep innovating (sensibly) and the policy frameworks will come (and are coming). Also, Amanda always has the best socks on 😎✌️ On Wednesday I made my first ever visit to the beautiful Hatfield House, to speak on a panel with Sylvia Sanchez, Laura Navaratnam, Marina Markezic and Sarah Milby. What a dream panel! We spoke about the priorities for our associations, covered different regulatory approaches in various jurisdictions and touched on some of the collaboration we have between the different associations. I also especially enjoyed the panel before us 'Through a Lawyer's Eyes: Reg Developments around the world" 👌 with Diego Ballon Ossio, Stuart Davis, Lilya Tessler and Wee Ming Choon. Wonderful catching up with so many different people this week, London was jam-packed with some of the best! We will be submitting our response to HM Treasury's draft Statutory Instrument TODAY and continuing our discussions on the FCA's Discussion Paper. We're also looking at the European Data Protection Board Guidelines on processing personal data through blockchain technologies. If you're a GBBC member and want to be involved in any of our consultation/discussion paper responses, please do get in touch. Faye Lynam, Jordan Wain, Mark Aruliah , Vic Arulchandran, Oliver Morgans, James Pollock , Tom Jansson, Laure Fauchet, Breige Tinnelly, Angie Walker, Sophie Bowler, George Tucker, Isadora Arredondo, Riley Fay

Under the aegis of Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), the Post-Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group serves as the rallying point for prominent financial institutions and market infrastructure players whose shared vision of realizing the full potential of distributed ledger technologies. Active since 2015 and coming under GBBC's umbrella in 2018, the PTDL Group meets monthly to discuss distributed ledger technology applications and regulatory developments in financial services. GBBC is pleased to announce the 2025-2026 PTDL Organising Committee: 🔹 Emma Joyce, Chief Revenue Officer, GBBC 🔹 Gerard Smith, VP, Head of Post Trade Product Strategy, Nasdaq 🔹 Hannah Meakin, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright 🔹 Thomas Wißbach, Sr. Product Development Manager, Deutsche Börse 🔹 Victoria Jahn, Head of Regulatory Affairs, 21X 🔹 Waqar Chaudry, Head, Digital Assets, Financing & Securities Services, Standard Chartered Thank you to the 2024-2025 PTDL Organising Committee for their guidance, expertise, and for gathering an incredible lineup of organizations to speak this past year: Andre Portilho (BTG Pactual), Gerard Smith (Nasdaq), Hannah Meakin (Norton Rose Fulbright), Matthew Shepherd (Wells Fargo), and Richard Shade (Archax). 🌐 Learn more about PTDL: https://lnkd.in/gEeE8An9 #PTDL #financialservices #digitalassets #digitalfinance

#Rome 🇮🇹 & #Doha 🇶🇦 : 1st Rome: we can learn a lot from the eternal city…what do I mean? 1000s of years of history on every street, around every corner, melding with modern day conveniences, tech, and innovation…it’s exciting, frustrating, amazing!! 🤩 Digital is taking over as the next major ‘revolution’ but it doesn’t happen in a snap 🫰, it will happen over time, and at different rates in different places…and we CANNOT leave the most deprived even further behind… We need to accelerate & double down on helping the most vulnerable, the most unfairly affected by poverty, extreme climate, war and conflict; it is good for humanity, it is good business sense Spending a few days with International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) team across Innovation Day at HQ (May 19th) & EIIS - European Institute of Innovation for Sustainability summit (May 17th) inspired and created a renewed sense of urgency : yet, resources limited and shrinking more than ever?! Is this all Impossible?! 🙅 Non! If anything we must step up & accelerate ‘fast fail’ approach: keep trying, failing; trying again until we achieve our impact and ROI goals I want to thank everyone I met and esp Gladys Herminia Morales Guevara IFAD for her vision and determination to bring together forces of good change and at scale & for giving Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) an opportunity to be a participant, partner and collaborator in #techforgood Thank you fellow IFAD innovation day panelists Mara Balestrini LACNet Christoph Aubrecht European Space Agency - ESA Sharon Gomez GAF AG Andrea Gardeazabal CIMMYT And to new and old friends ! Marc Lepage Marcelo Cabrol Hila Cohen (virtual) Andrea Geremicca Diego Raiteri Moses Abukari Thoodan Al-Eryani Yaya Adisa Olaitan Olaniran (to 12!! 😀) Giulia Martorana Phil Weilerstein Jesse Flanagan Mark Marino Janet Muir Sheila Codamus-Platel Gulnara Yunusova Her Excellency Jhenifer Maria Mohica Florez, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative of the Permanent Mission of Colombia to the Specialized Agencies of the United Nations in Rome 🇨🇴 & so many more… #MDBs unite => accelerate innovation for common good 🙏 #GBBC commits to supporting across regions; we need all hands on deck 🤝 Bye for now, Roma! Heading to Doha for Qatar Economic Forum & Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Authority + #GBBC + Global Dialogues Digital Assets Roundtable May 22nd Special thank you Maha Al-Saadi Rim Mejri Oscar Wendel and look forward to seeing our GBBC board director Tanvi Singh Nirmata-ai Ventures there too! Thank you always to GBBC team who are spread out across the world from #NYC Mayor Adams’ Crypto Summit 🇺🇸 to Avalanche Summit in UK 🇬🇧 & beyond 👏 Philip Gant Emma Joyce PS one of our beloved GBBC team is getting married this wknd! 🥰so happy! I will ask permission if we are allowed to reveal. 😉