🇺🇸🇬🇧 10 striking similarities between the American Blockchain Deployment Act 2025 and the 🇬🇧 UK National Blockchain Roadmap 2021:
1️⃣ Mandate Transparent Progress Reviews:
🇺🇸 "Require annual public reporting on blockchain adoption metrics, risks, use cases, and legislative gaps"
🇬🇧 UK NBR 15: "Conducting regular evaluations and audit of blockchain programmes, "and 8: "Foster Evidence-informed policies.."
2️⃣ 🏛️ Leadership & Governance:
🇺🇸 "Establish new Blockchain & DLT Subcommittee and mandates the creation of a multi-stakeholder National Blockchain Deployment Advisory Committee."
🇬🇧 UK NBR 7: "Establish Sub-Speciality Steering Groups (SSGs)."
3️⃣ 🏢 Establish Public Sector Use Cases:
🇺🇸 "Encourages blockchain deployment across identity management, procurement, records verification, healthcare, logistics, and more."
🇬🇧 UK NBR 11: “Blockchain for Public Services” and 2: "Build a public repository of successfully blockchain use cases.."
4️⃣ 📑 Standards & Interoperability:
🇺🇸 "Define technical standards, interoperability protocols, risk frameworks, and secure infrastructure models in coordination with stakeholders."
🇬🇧 UK NBR 5: "Agree upon Taxonomy of Evidence, Frameworks and Standards"
5️⃣ 🌐 Global Competitiveness & Cooperation:
🇺🇸 The Act "positions blockchain as strategically vital and supports U.S. participation in international standard-setting and policy harmonisation."
🇬🇧 UK NBR 13: " International Partnerships: Garner support through collaboration with other countries.."
6️⃣ 📊 Best Practices, Reporting & Oversight:
🇺🇸 "Mandates annual progress reporting to Congress and the publication of guidelines and cost-benefit evaluations to support evidence-based blockchain deployment."
🇬🇧 UK NBR 3: "Establish measures to Audit the societal impact of Blockchain applications.."
7️⃣ Develop Multi-Stakeholder Implementation Roadmaps:
🇺🇸 "involve academia, SMEs, public agencies, and civil society to shape national blockchain frameworks and ensure diversity of input..."
🇬🇧 UK NBR Recommendation 1: "Foster 'Quadruple Helix' blockchain ecosystem (Government - Academia - Industry - Society)
8️⃣ Focus on "Public Value":
🇺🇸 To fund pilots in healthcare, supply chains, digital ID, education, and financial infrastructure to generate measurable public value.
🇬🇧 UK NBR 11: "Utilise the potential of Blockchain for Government and Public Services"
9️⃣ 🇺🇸 "Invest in Capacity Building":
🇬🇧 UK NBR 9: "Commit resources to generate and deploy quality evidence and 10: "Direct resources to programmes backed by evidence".
🔟 📈 Industry Growth & Workforce Development:
🇺🇸 "Prioritises a future-ready workforce, with an emphasis on blockchain education, training, and public–private talent pipelines.."
🇬🇧 UK NBR 16: "Establish a long-term Roadmap for industry growth and workforce planning"
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🎤 The Oxford Blockchain Society student leaders will be speaking and showcasing the Society’s work, led by Adaku Jennifer Agwunobi, PhD, Behrad Ahmadpour, and their colleagues.
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