🚨 BREAKING: 🇺🇸 USA to become the 15th country in the world to put forward a National Blockchain Roadmap 🚀 US House has passed the Landmark Bill to Advance #Web3 and #Digital Infrastructure towards a national blockchain strategy through H.R. 1664: 🏛️ On June 28, 2025, the U.S. House passed H.R. 1664, marking a significant step toward a federal #blockchain strategy Establishing Leadership via Commerce Department, the Bill: ✅ designates the U.S. Department of Commerce as the lead agency responsible for developing and implementing a National #Roadmap for Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies (DLT). Encourages Interagency Coordination & Standards ✅ Agencies would be required to align efforts, creating strategic frameworks and open-source infrastructure. It aims to remove regulatory barriers and foster standardization. ➡️ Bipartisan Support & Global Competitiveness Backed by both parties, the Act comes at a time when other nations such as the #UK, #UAE, #China, Estonia and others already have National Blockchain Roadmaps in place. The U.S NBR will focus on key areas such as: ✅ Digital Identity ✅ Supply Chains ✅ Finance ✅ Tech skills, investment & jobs ✅ Nation-wide Cybersecurity, digital trust, and #economic competitiveness framework The legislation targets practical blockchain applications like digital identity, supply chain transparency, and next-gen financial services, signalling a push beyond just cryptocurrencies. Goals: Innovate, Clarify Regulation, Build #Talent Emphasis is placed on: Improving international competitiveness Clarifying regulatory grey zones Removing startup hurdles Fostering technical standards and public-private partnerships Developing blockchain-savvy workforce Next Steps The bill now heads to the Senate. If enacted as-is, it will form the cornerstone of a coordinated, nationwide blockchain roadmap—potentially accelerating innovation and enhancing U.S. leadership in emerging tech Bottom line: H.R. 1664 moves the U.S. from piecemeal efforts toward a structured federal blockchain approach—centred on the Commerce Department and aligned across agencies—with bipartisan support and a clear eye on global competition. 🇬🇧 In 2021, the United Kingdom published its National Blockchain Roadmap:

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🌐 Our June Newsletter is out! ➡️ In this edition: ✅ Highlights from our #Parliamentary Roundtable on Blockchain & Digital Assets ✅ BBA’s responses to FCA & HM Treasury #Crypto consultations ✅ #APPG Working Group on Digital Assets ✅ BBA at House of Lords Digital Asset #Impact Leaders ✅ #DBT Spotlight ✅ New BBA #Members ✅ Announcing #ISC2026 – London, 27 March | Abstracts now open ✅ New #Keynote speakers - Blockchain Associations Forum Annual Summit ✅ #JBBA Issue 16 - On track for October ✅ 900+ #universities in our global academic network - Indexed at British Library ✅ Post-#Quantum Blockchains: What's Next? ✅ BBA July Forum: #Healthcare on the Blockchain 🏥 …and much more! 📩 Read the full update: 👉

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🎥 Did you know? You can watch all speeches, keynote addresses, and panel discussions from #BBA Summits and Forums on our official #YouTube Channel! 🌐 From global blockchain #policy debates to deep dives into #DeFi, #tokenization, #regulation, and AI governance — catch every moment, on demand. 📺 Watch now: 🧠 Perfect for: • Policymakers • Researchers • Industry leaders • Students • Anyone shaping the future of blockchain and digital assets. 🔔 Don’t forget to Subscribe to stay updated with the latest from the British Blockchain Association. #Blockchain #DigitalAssets #Web3 #BBA #Policy #Innovation #Crypto #DeFi #AI #Regulation #Fintech #Education #BAF #JBBA #Leadership

🇬🇷 GREECE will join 51 Member Nations to participate in the Blockchain Associations Forum's *5th* Annual Summit, to be held on 15 October. 🎤 Mr Tasos Oureilidis, CEO of Xenios Blockchain Group, will represent Greece at the Summit. ➡️ Xenios Blockchain Group S.A. is on a mission to revolutionize the financial landscape by #tokenizing real‑world assets through its proprietary green hybrid #blockchain. It empowers businesses with sustainable, efficient, and transparent blockchain solutions, driven innovation and #regulatory compliance. As Greece’s leading blockchain think‑tank and an advisor to #regulators, they are shaping #EU policy and pioneering the digital #finance frontier. ➡️ Established in 2020, Blockchain Associations Forum (BAF) is a BBA initiative bringing together Digital Asset and Blockchain Think-Tanks from 51 countries on a joint platform to debate some of the most pressing #Web3 policy issues effecting the global #economy. To find out more about Xenios Blockchain Group, visit:

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🎤 To represent your country at BAF and to become a BAF Member, contact: BAF@britishblockchainassociation.org 🏛️ This is a *Member only* Summit. The proceedings of the Summit will be published in the JBBA November issue, and distributed worldwide to #policymakers, industry think-tanks and #regulators. #GREECE #Hellenic #BAF #BBA #Policy #Web3 #Blockchain #Crypto #Regulation #DeFi

🇬🇧 The UK’s Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 is now law. Here’s why it matters. The Act is one of the most significant digital data legislations in recent years — reshaping how customer and business data is accessed, shared, and regulated across the economy. 🔑 Key Highlights: • Grants consumers the right to request and share their data with authorised third parties (similar to open banking — now extended to all sectors). • Empowers regulators to mandate standardised APIs, dashboards, and trust frameworks for interoperability. • Introduces oversight mechanisms, penalties, and redress for misuse of data. • Creates a legal basis for digital verification services and electronic trust services (e.g., e-signatures, seals). • Establishes a stronger role for the FCA in setting “interface rules” for financial data ecosystems. ⸻ 🔐 Why #Blockchain Matters for Data Provenance As data becomes more portable, verifiable, and widely shared, questions of authenticity, origin, and auditability become paramount. That’s where Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) step in: ✅ Immutable audit trails ✅ Timestamped data provenance ✅ Decentralised trust ✅ Enhanced regulatory visibility ✅ Verifiable credentials for DVS compliance 📌 Without Blockchain or similar decentralised integrity frameworks, we risk building a data economy where access is abundant but trust is thin. — The British Blockchain Association welcomes this step forward, and urges UK regulators to consider protocol-level assurance frameworks to ensure resilience, transparency and accountability. #DataAct #Blockchain #DigitalEconomy #Web3 #DataProvenance #CryptoRegulation #TrustTech #UKPolicy #DigitalID #SmartData #BBA #DLT

🇧🇹 Bhutan has now mined 12,000 Bitcoin since 2020. Now worth $1.3 billion, that’s almost 40% of the country’s GDP, making it the 3rd biggest Bitcoin-holding nation. #Bitcoin

🇬🇧 Sarah Gibson MP, spokesperson for Liberal Democrats, asked the Secretary of State for the UK Home Office Department, what assessment has been made of the prevalence of #cryptocurrency use in illicit finance; and what steps are being taken to reduce this activity. 🎤 Minister of State for Home Office, Rt Hon Dan Jarvis MP responded: ➡️ Directed by the Economic Crime Plan 2 (and supported by an Economic Crime Levy funding) UK law enforcement is investing in improving both its capacity and capability to investigate the criminal use of cryptoassets. This includes: 📍Investing in specialist capability in the NCA and partner agencies, including the recruitment of an additional 475 Financial Crime investigators (292 currently in post) and developing an improved crypto track and trace capability which will go live in December 2025. 📍Funding public-private crypto collaboration teams in police forces and ROCUs through the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme 📍New training and upskilling that has been rolled out to improve law enforcement officers’ understanding of cryptoassets, supported by the provision of specialist tooling (i.e. blockchain analytics tools). 📍Building a new crypto-specific public/ private partnership within the existing Joint Money Laundering Taskforce structure in order to understand the threat and foment various joint initiatives (including around data sharing). 📍Developing a multi-agency operational crypto cell to ensure that knowledge and abilities in investigating cryptoassets are pooled together, and that all available tools and powers and are exploited efficiently. 📍Designing a system-wide strategy, with an accompanying roadmap of activities required to prevent and disrupt digital asset-enabled crime impacting the UK. The focus is on ensuring system co-ordination and collaboration, keeping the public / consumers safe, effectively disrupting criminals through robust enforcement and building global co-operation to effectively share information and gain a consistency in regulatory standards. ———————— 🌐 BBA is the leading industry body advancing evidence-based adoption of Blockchain and Cryptoassets. We are also the Secretariat of the APPG on Blockchain Technologies. UK Home Office #UK #Crypto #Blockchain #Policy #Regulation #EvidenceBasedBlockchain

🌟We are honoured to be spotlighted by the Department for Business and Trade, recognising the visionary leadership of our President, Prof. Dr @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA, and his extraordinary journey in advancing the 🇬🇧 UK's global position in #Blockchain, #Crypto and the Digital Economy. #DigitalEconomy #DBT #Web3 #Leadership #Innovation #GlobalImpact #BBA #Crypto #DigitalAssets #UK

📍Mortgages, Bitcoin & Crypto: 🇺🇸 The U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has begun studying whether Bitcoin, stablecoins and other crypto holdings could count toward mortgage eligibility—a move that could weave digital assets into the fabric of traditional home-loan underwriting. 🏛️ Why this matters: • Asset expansion: Borrowers may soon be able to list crypto right alongside cash, equities and pension savings when applying for a mortgage. • Regulatory green light: The review comes on the heels of the SEC’s January 2025 repeal of SAB 121, which had discouraged banks from touching crypto-backed loans. • Mainstreaming crypto mortgages: Until now, crypto-backed mortgages were offered only by niche lenders with steep over-collateralisation. FHFA guidance could open the door for conventional banks to enter the space. • Changing borrower behaviour: A 2024 study already showed lower-income households using crypto gains to pay down mortgages—underscoring rising demand for crypto-friendly housing finance. ⸻ ➡️ What to watch: 1. Volatility safeguards: Will FHFA impose loan-to-value limits or real-time collateral checks to offset crypto price swings? 2. Stablecoin treatment: Could dollar-pegged tokens receive more favourable haircuts than volatile coins? 3. Bank readiness: How quickly can Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and private lenders adapt risk models to include digital assets? ⸻ 💬 Your take: Is this the bridge that finally connects TradFi and Web3, or does it add new risk to an already strained housing market? #Crypto #Mortgages #HousingFinance #DigitalAssets #Regulation #FinTech #Blockchain

📍 Medical fraud costs $250B+ annually — Blockchain can reduce this. 📍30% of global healthcare data is inaccurate or siloed. 📍3 out of 4 patients want control over their own health records. 🧬 Can Blockchain fix Healthcare? 🏥 From Tokenised Medical Research to Patient-Owned Data — the next frontier of health innovation is Decentralised Healthcare on the Blockchain. 📅 Join us on 9 July 2025 at 4:00 PM (UK) for the BBA Forum, where industry pioneers will explore how Blockchain is reshaping data ownership, trust, and digital health infrastructure. 🎙️ Featuring: ✅ Dr Burhan Ahmed (CEO, BlockMed Pro) ✅ Prof. Dr Marc Pilkington FBBA (JBBA Associate Editor in Chief and BBA Fellow) ✅ Chrissa McFarlane (CEO, Patientory, Inc. ) ✅ Dr Sean Manion FBBA, JBBA Editor and BBA Fellow ✅ Prof. @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA (President, The BBA) Moderator: Deborah Jane Cleary, BBA Secretariat 🌐 Zoom Meeting ID: 872 3105 8220 🔐 Passcode: 318143 Let’s explore a future where patients own their data, systems are interoperable, and privacy is programmable. 🔗 #Blockchain #Healthcare #DigitalHealth #Web3 #PatientData #JBBA #BBAForum #Tokenisation #BBA #HealthTech #DecentralisedHealth

🏛️ Last night at the UK House of Lords, our President Prof. Dr @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA attended the Digital Assets Impact Leaders Dinner, hosted by Rt. Hon. Lord Taylor of Warwick (Member of the APPG on Blockchain Technologies), organised in collaboration with Dr Lisa Cameron, former MP, UK Parliament. Our President also met with Caroline D. Pham, 🇺🇸 Chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Lord Kulveer Ranger of the UK House of Lords, and other #Cryptoasset policymakers and regulators for a high-level exchange of ideas and cross-border collaboration. 🇬🇧 As Secretariat to the APPG on Blockchain Technologies, BBA is committed to supporting evidence-led policy development and advancing the UK’s leadership in the global digital economy. #Blockchain #Cryptoassets #Policy #Web3 #DigitalAssets #UKBlockchain #BBA #HouseOfLords #Regulation #APPG

🚀 QS World University Rankings are out and we are delighted to share that The JBBA has been indexed in the libraries of 471 of the world’s Top 500 universities! 🌍 From MIT to Oxford, From Stanford to Cambridge, from Peking to Harvard — the JBBA is trusted by leading academic institutions, research scholars, policymakers, and digital economy pioneers. ✅ Peer-reviewed ✅ Evidence-based ✅ Globally cited The JBBA is shaping policy, guiding innovation, and setting academic standards for Web3. 🔗 Learn more: QS World University Rankings 2026: Top Global Universities | Top Universities

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📍The Bank of England plans to introduce new proposals on banks' exposure to #crypto by 2026 to protect financial stability, a key official said. ➡️ When considering banks' exposure to crypto, an asset class where investors can lose their money, a more restrictive approach is needed, said David Bailey the executive director of prudential policy at the BoE. #Banking #Crypto

📢 Become a Patron & Get Featured on the COVER of The Journal of The British Blockchain Association (#JBBA)! 🌐 We are seeking a visionary Patron to support the publication of the upcoming 16th issue of the JBBA (October 2025). 🎓 Your organisation will be featured on the FRONT PAGE of this prestigious scientific journal — in both print and digital editions. 📘 Why JBBA: - Read and Cited by #Parliament, The #Royal Family, regulators, #government officials, #industry leaders, and Web3 #CEOs. - Indexed by 900+ #universities worldwide and received by 500+ Vice #Chancellors and #Deans in 100+ countries 🌟 As Our Exclusive Patron: ✅ Showcase your brand in a globally respected academic publication. ✅ Champion scientific integrity, digital trust, and blockchain innovation. ✅ Shape tech policy and standards with pioneering research. ✅ Join a legacy of thought leaders for the public good. ⏳ Only ONE Patron will be selected. Once confirmed, the cover slot will close. 📩 To express interest, contact us at editorial@thejbba.com 📬 Or DM us directly. The expression of interest deadline is 30 June. 🏛️ To view all previous covers from 2018-2025, visit:

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🖼️ Note: The attached image is the November 2020 issue (demo only); the October 2025 cover will feature a new theme. #JBBA #Blockchain #ScientificLeadership #Web3 #AcademicPublishing #Innovation #DigitalTrust #ExclusiveOpportunity #Patron #Sponsor #ScienceMatters #Crypto

🇺🇸GENIUS - an acronym that stands for "Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins" - has been approved by the US Senate with an overwhelming bipartisan vote. ➡️ This marks the first time the Senate has ever cleared a major piece of crypto legislation after years in which key Democratic members blocked the advancement of such legislation. 🏛️ The bill now heads to the House of Representatives, where its next steps remain uncertain while leading lawmakers work out a strategy for passage.

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🎤 We are pleased to announce that Rt Hon Matt Vickers MP, Chair of the APPG on Blockchain Technologies, will deliver a Keynote Address at the 5th Blockchain Associations Forum (#BAF2025) Summit — bringing together member associations from 51 countries. 🌍 Hosted by The British Blockchain Association, #BAF unites global #blockchain and #cryptoasset think-tanks to foster cross-border collaboration, share best practices, and shape the future of #Web3 technologies. 🌐 Over the years, BAF has convened legislators, parliamentarians and regulators from around the globe including from the UK House of Lords and House of Commons: ▪️ 2024: APPG Vice-Chair Lord Iain McNicol delivered the BAF Keynote 🔗 https://x.com/brit_blockchain/status/1828473466657611781?s=46 ▪️ 2023: Then Chair Natalie Elphicke Ross OBE alongside Lord Holmes addressed BAF via the Metaverse: 🔗

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The Blockchain Associations Forum (BAF).

✍🏽 All BAF Summit proceedings have been featured in The JBBA (BAF 2024 on Page 58):

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🇫🇮 New #JBBA citation from Turku University of Applied Sciences, FINLAND. ➡️ Original JBBA paper cited is from BBA Fellow, Marcella Atzori, PhD. FBBA: "Blockchain Governance and The Role of Trust Service Providers: The TrustedChain® Network" (JBBA, 2018):

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👏 We are delighted to welcome BlockMed Pro as our latest Corporate Member of the BBA. ➡️ BlockMed Pro is a UK-based HealthTech company leveraging #Blockchain and #AI to empower patients with control over their #health data through a decentralised Electronic Health Record (#EHR) system. 🌐 Founded by Dr Burhan Ahmed, a leading NHS GP and HealthTech innovator, BlockMed Pro is on a mission to transform fragmented, insecure health data into a unified, #secure and patient-owned resource — the One True Record®️. Their platform enables global #interoperability, and secure data exchange, and opens new models for #ethical data monetisation and personalised care. 💡With deep domain expertise and over 15 years of experience in the NHS through his roles as a GP Partner, the Clinical Director of Greenwood PCN, and the Co-Medical Secretary of Kirklees LMC, Dr Ahmed has a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the health sector and a passion for improving patient outcomes and quality of care. 🎉 A warm welcome again, and we look forward to BlockMed pro advancing evidence-based #Web3 solutions in healthcare and beyond. ➡️ For more info, visit: 🔗 www.blockmedpro.com 🌐 To join the BBA ecosystem as a member, contact our Head of Partnerships Deborah Jane Cleary at: secretary@britishblockchainassociation.org ➡️ BBA Members & Partners:

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Members and Partners of the British Blockchain Association.

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📍The latest issue of The JBBA has become a part of the British National Heritage, and now available at The British Library. 🚀 With 8 million unique visitors a year, 6 million online catalogue searches, and 33,000 researchers participating in learning programmes on-site each year, makes British Library the #largest Library in the World. The latest issue of The JBBA (May 2025) is also archived at the 34 Holding Libraries of UK & ROI, including: ✅ National Library of Scotland ✅ The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford ✅ Cambridge University Library ✅ Trinity College Dublin ✅ Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales 🏛️ JBBA in The British Library: ✅ Shelfmarks: ZC.9.b.10580 https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990187593270109251&context=L&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=LibraryCatalog&query=any,contains,Jbba&offset=0 ✍🏽JBBA Editor in Chief: Prof. @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA #JBBA #Blockchain #British #Heritage #Library #Crypto #Web3 #CEBB #UK #Impact

🚨 Auditing a Token Project: The Case for Tokenomics Auditing is important now more than ever before 🔍 💥 From Terra/Luna’s spectacular collapse to Ethereum 2.0’s ambitious revamp — the stakes have never been higher for getting tokenomics right. 📜 This #JBBA paper introduces the world’s first structured Tokenomics Audit Framework — a comprehensive checklist designed to stress-test crypto projects before the market does. 📊 Developed by researchers JBBA Editor 📈 Dr Stylianos Kampakis, CStat 📊 of UCL and the The Tesseract Academy, the framework evaluates: ✅ Business-token alignment ✅ Structural red flags (e.g. Ponzi-like elements, governance failure) ✅ Token allocation risks ✅ Shock resilience through simulations 📌 Case Studies: • Algem was upgraded from a risky token model to a AAA-rated economy. • Terra/Luna would’ve scored BB before the crash — enough warning if we had this tool earlier. • Ethereum 2.0 scored an estimated A rating — reflecting its robustness and remaining challenges. 🔥 Key insight: Good tokenomics ≠ flashy tokenomics. If we’re serious about the future of Web3, token audits should be as standard as financial audits. 📖 Read the full paper in The JBBA: https://jbba.scholasticahq.com/article/83959-the-tokenomics-audit-checklist-presentation-and-examples-from-the-audit-of-a-defi-project-terra-luna-and-ethereum-2-0 #Tokenomics #Web3 #Blockchain #CryptoRisk #DeFi #Ethereum #TerraLuna #BlockchainAudit #JBBA #CryptoStandards #EvidenceBasedBlockchain