Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)

📣 Join GBBC Board Director Dimitrios Psarrakis at the 6th Annual Blockchain for Europe Summit in Brussels next week! Dimitrios will moderate two engaging sessions: 📅 December 4, 10:05 AM CET Panel “Tokenization – Smart Assets vs. Dumb Liabilities”, featuring Andrei Kirilenko from Cambridge Judge Business School and Gene Deyev from STOKBOX.  📅 December 4, 10:45 AM CET Fireside Chat “How does a good regulation of NFTs look like?”, featuring Alex C. Levine from Dapper Labs. This year’s summit will bring together regulators, industry leaders, and innovators to explore the rapidly evolving #blockchain and #Web3 landscape. Topics include #tokenization, #CBDCs, #DeFi, privacy, regulatory developments, and more. Free registration is open now 👉 https://lnkd.in/g7s5zA8V #BlockchainForEurope 

On December 6th, join Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) Virtual Members Forums, a bi-weekly webinar showcasing the innovative work of GBBC members around the globe, where Token Recovery’s CEO, Marcin Zarakowski, and Head of Investigations, Roman Bieda, will unpack "The Landscape of Recovering Lost or Stolen Crypto-Assets." During this session, Marcin and Roman will examine the current landscape of crypto-related crime, highlighting the major challenges in recovering lost or stolen crypto assets, and real-world examples of two predominant crime schemes and their tactics. 📅 Friday, December 6th  🕙 10:15am ET | 3:15pm BST | 4:15pm CEST   🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/ecn7rGrb 

📅 Mark your calendars for next Tuesday, December 3, at 9:00 AM ET! Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) invites regulators, government agencies, and international standards organizations to Episode 5 our educational webinar series, "Not All Blockchains are the Same," powered by Accenture, Algorand Foundation, and Digital Asset.    This series is designed to cut through the hype and provide a clear understanding of various blockchain technologies, exploring their development, unique features, and compliance capabilities.    In Episode 5, we will dive into the Polymesh network, an institutional-grade permissioned blockchain built specifically for regulated assets. It streamlines antiquated processes and opens the door to new financial instruments by solving challenges around governance, identity, compliance, confidentiality, and settlement. Contact alfredo.oballos@gbbcouncil.org to register interest to attend. Please note this is a closed-door meeting only for regulators, government agencies, and international standards organizations. 

#WashingtonDC #USA 🇺🇸: we all need some inspiration & hope to keep going… BIG thank you 👏 to Tomicah Tillemann Frank McCourt Lara Galinsky & entire Project Liberty team for an inspiring summit in D.C. Thank you to the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy Interim Dean Thomas DeLeire for welcoming us to the gorgeous building! ‘We fixed the #internet over dinner’ 🍽️ 😉 In all seriousness, it was great to hear from public sector and private sector leaders on how we protect children from social media harm, how we help enable a fairer, better internet and one that has more love & unity vs hate & division Personally, I was most touched by the stories of bravery and perseverance of those moms / parents who lost their own teenagers to cyber bullying, online pranks / challenges like choking etc + teens who struggle to find a balance between #AI as a tool for positive change and AI which may disrupt the very careers they wish to pursue Joann Bogard Online Harms Foundation FairPlay for Kids Julie Scelfo Mothers Against Media Addiction Saheb Gulati Center for Youth and AI Ava Smithing Young People's Alliance Dan Porterfield The Aspen Institute Congratulations to both #ProjectLiberty and Consensys for their recent partnership and announcement 📣 Really proud to see #GBBC members working together and uniting on such an important mission Joseph Lubin Mark D. Young Steven Haft Jordan Miller Grateful to see so many wonderful old and new friends! Esp Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) board director Staci Warden Algorand Foundation & members Rachel Green Horn Brian Behlendorf Filecoin Foundation Robert Rueter #Nevada & many more I am sure I am remiss… Further highlights included spending time 🌟 fmr President Toomas_Hendrik Ilves of #Estonia 🇪🇪who literally digitized the country post Soviet Union & listening to his latest endeavours; 🌟 former U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Dick Gephardt & Karen Seitz, meeting and discussing their work on child protection on social media legislative efforts :- congratulations 🥂 & so lovely spending some time with you both - Council on Responsible Social Media Let’s all keep going, lifting each other up when we need help, & building towards a fairer, more inclusive and frankly, gentler, kinder internet. #communitytogether

It was a real honour for me to introduce Tulip Siddiq, Economic Secretary to the Treasury and City Minister at today's City & Financial Global #Tokenisation Summit. The Minister spoke about the focus the new UK government has on growing and enhancing the competitiveness of the UK’s world-leading financial services sector, and how important innovative finance and technology will be in achieving that. Tulip also stressed the importance of working with both traditional financial companies and Web 3 companies. Sasha Mills from the Bank of England followed, and spoke about how the UK's Digital Securities Sandbox will help improve Tokenisation. These were two optimistic speeches today and very encouraging for the UK. Importantly, this conference didn't just focus on the UK though but also had a real global perspective and we heard from Commissioner Caroline D. Pham, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Richard Knox, HM Treasury, Holger Neuhaus, European Central Bank Chee Hao Lam Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Camille Blackburn Financial Conduct Authority. Thank you to all for sharing your thoughts, plans and vision for the future! 👏 Such an incredible line up of speakers, and so many of our members and partners presenting on and exploring the prospects, benefits and challenges of Tokenisation. Last week, the UK Government issued an Open call for Evidence on Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness Strategy. If you're a Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) member and you haven't already registered your interest with us, please do let me know if you'd like to take part in our response. As ever, so great to see so many of our members, partners and friends! Dr. Max Bernt, Basak Toprak, Liz Towler, Rowan Varrall Scott Lucas, Katey Neate, Diego Ballon Ossio, Pallavi Thakur, Daniel Eidan Previn Singh Xiaonan Zou Thank you Maurice Button, Andrea Papp, Virva Piippo 👏 👏 👏 Always thank you to the entire GBBC team who do so much! Sandra Ro 🇺🇦 Alfredo J. Oballos Diaz Sierra Lewis Diana Barrero Zalles Philip Gant Nilixa Devlukia Jackson Ross Tristen Dague Mariana Sarmiento Summer Graham, MPA, PMP, PMI-ACP, AIPC Dina Ellis Rochkind - Paul Hastings Counsel Govt. Affairs Arry Y.

#NYC 🇺🇸 Day2: Benzinga Digital Assets Conference kicked off morning session with Jason Lau OKX Maredith Hannon WisdomTree Rajeev B. Moody's Gregg Wysocki Coinbase My overall message to our global community was simple: 2025, we enter into a potentially golden stage of ‘convergence’ whereby #cryptoassets + #RWAs + digital cash leg (whatever form that takes) => run on compatible rails and we normalize and mainstream access for many…😀 And as one of my old investment banking bosses would say, ‘now, don’t f it up!’ Thank you to my dear Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) colleagues Philip Gant Diana Barrero Zalles for saving me 😅 what a morning! Amazing #cryptoOG reunion with so many old friends I have not seen in years as well as new friends Giovanni V. Wilfred D. Sacha Ghebali Jennifer M. O'Rourke Vanessa Kargenian Chris O. Graeme Moore Thomas Sullivan Nicole K. and so many more… Thank you Benzinga team Elliott, Cori Sickman Abbey Higginbotham ! Esp for the rapid fire articles on some of my thoughts on what’s next: Article 1: #Blockchain #Innovation Challenges https://lnkd.in/er7GFKqM Article 2: #Blockchain & #Tokenization https://lnkd.in/eWZEPTr7 Article 3: #ProCrypto & Digital Assets D.C. Opportunities https://lnkd.in/eWhVzmqa Spent some quality time with #GBBC NY team and then in person meeting with Yvette Valdez Latham & Watkins And bonus: ran into J. Gdanski & Stephen Palley at Amtrak station just as I was getting on the train back to D.C. 😂 small world And though hard to accept we are near the end of 2024, NYC does an excellent job with holiday cheer and lights 🥰 Grateful as always to #GBBC team (not already named): Sierra Lewis Tristen Dague Alfredo J. Oballos Diaz Emma Joyce Jackson Ross Riley Fay Arry Y. Aayush Jetly Noah Weinstein Namrritha Senthilkumar Dina Ellis Rochkind - Paul Hastings Counsel Govt. Affairs Lynne Marlor Emily Parker Mariana Sarmiento Nilixa Devlukia

📢 As COP29 comes to a close, Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)'s InterWork Alliance (IWA) has released a set of infographics covering: carbon markets; digital measurement, reporting, and verification (dMRV); and the IWA’s dMRV Framework. With these infographics, we aim to provide educational materials for those who are newer to the carbon markets and dMRV space, providing key terms, entities, and information on how carbon credits are originated. From initial responses to the IWA’s dMRV Survey, and from feedback received more broadly, we understand that educational materials in this area are much desired. These infographics are the first part of a larger effort of educational content that the IWA’s Voluntary Carbon Markets Working Group will be continuing to produce to help bring clarity and accessibility to carbon markets and the IWA’s dMRV Framework. Stay tuned for more content to come! For those already working in the carbon markets space, we welcome your input through our dMRV Survey below. 👉️  Infographics: https://lnkd.in/euXknczy 👉️  dMRV Framework: https://lnkd.in/gPfZND_V 👉️ dMRV Survey: https://lnkd.in/gjrsEAcn    #carbonmarkets #COP29 #dMRV #IWA #sustainability #dMRVFramework

🗓️ On Tuesday, December 3 at 9AM ET, regulators, government agencies, and international standards organizations are invited to join Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) for Episode 5 of our educational webinar series, "Not All Blockchains are the Same," powered by Accenture, Algorand Foundation, and Digital Asset.    This series is designed to cut through the hype and provide a clear understanding of various blockchain technologies, exploring their development, unique features, and compliance capabilities.    In Episode 5, we will dive into the Polymesh network, an institutional-grade permissioned blockchain built specifically for regulated assets. It streamlines antiquated processes and opens the door to new financial instruments by solving challenges around governance, identity, compliance, confidentiality, and settlement. Contact alfredo.oballos@gbbcouncil.org to register interest to attend. Please note this is a closed-door meeting only for regulators, government agencies, and international standards organizations. 

#NYC 🇺🇸: nothing like the energy of the big 🍎! Great to see some members in the morning and then head off to New York City Bar Association for the American Conference Institute’s Digital Assets sessions on Compliance, Enforcement, & Regulatory Oversight Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) grateful to be alongside Sujit Raman TRM Labs Neel Chopra Binance Ben Gruenstein Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP to discuss what keep us up at night…actually we discussed mostly what could be done to sleep well 😴 at night… Thank you Barbie Dickinson Rachel D. #GBBC proud to be a media partner So glad to meet Debra Brookes from State of Wyoming Stable Token Commission, Crystal Noe and special thank you to my colleague Philip Gant for participating Capped off the evening Association for Women in Cryptocurrency’s drinks Steptoe LLP - thank you Alexandra Scheibe! 👏Amanda Wick #AWIC founder, the tour de force that you are… And bonus was running into our #GBBC Ambassador for Media, amazing Jane King! Did not get to say a proper hello but so good to see her again and thank you for expert emceeing at our Blockchain Central UNGA in September! 👏 Another exciting day in NYC tomorrow at Benzinga Digital Assets Conference! See some of you there!

🎙️ On October 30, GBBC's CEO Sandra Ro 🇺🇦 joined Nasdaq TradeTalks with Global Markets Reporter Jill Malandrino at #SmartCon2024 X Chainlink. They discussed #blockchain adoption in the financial industry, the importance of global standards and frameworks, and bridging #Web2 and #Web3. Watch the full interview here👇   https://lnkd.in/evGPfX_6