The British Blockchain Association

The official account of The BBA. Authored UK's National Blockchain Roadmap. Home to The JBBA, BAF, Centre for Evidence Based Blockchain. Secretariat @appgblock.

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🌐 As we begin preparations for the *6th* Annual Summit of the Blockchain Associations Forum (#BAF), we want to acknowledge some of the country representatives who spoke at last year’s Summit.

📍From the 🇬🇧UK, 🇪🇸Spain, 🇬🇷Greece, 🇲🇽Mexico, 🇧🇷Brazil, 🇦🇺Australia, the 🇺🇸US, 🇬🇮Gibraltar and 🇮🇳India, 🇳🇬 - from #parliamentarians, central #bankers, association #leaders and #legal experts, on one stage, discussing how blockchain and national associations can help shape the future of Web3.

🌐 Established in 2020, Blockchain Associations Forum is a BBA initiative bringing together #blockchain and #crypto associations from 52 #countries on a joint platform to explore challenges and opportunities in advancing evidence based #adoption of Web3 technologies.

➡️➡️ BAF2026 will be held on 9 September.

#BAF #Blockchain #Crypto #Impact

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📍 The Deadline to submit your papers for the 18th issue of The JBBA is *27 June*.

➡️ Submit your articles here:
https://t.co/vueALN34xG

#JBBA #Research #Blockchain

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JBBA at Yale:

https://t.co/73fJAbdaBe

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🇺🇸 We are pleased to share that The JBBA has been added to the catalogue of @Yale University Library.

🏛️ Founded in 1701, Yale is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States.

🎓As of 2026, 72 Nobel laureates, 5 Fields medalists, 4 Abel Prize laureates, and 3 Turing Award winners have been affiliated with Yale University. Yale alumni include 5 U.S. presidents.

#JBBA #Blockchain #University @yalelibrary

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Our May Newsletter has been published!

Check it Out:
https://t.co/IKLqxTQNtH

#BBA #May #Newsletter #Blockchain

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🎤 'Interoperability is a governance question wearing an engineering costume', said @DrNaseemNaqvi, sharing expert insights at the @ftlive @FinancialTimes Digital Assets Summit.

#FTLive #Blockchain #DigitalAssets #Interoperability

[Prof Dr Naseem Naqvi MBE @DrNaseemNaqvi]

A pleasure to take part in The @NobelPrize Dialogue, hosted by The @royalsociety Society in London this evening.

A thought provoking input from @demishassabis, Alison Noble, and #Nobel Laureate, Paul Nurse on the future of #AI.

@Brit_blockchain

#AI #Blockchain #Royal

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BAF2025 Country Representatives:

🇬🇧 @Matt_VickersMP of @APPGBlock and Prof. @DrNaseemNaqvi MBE FBBA

🇬🇷Tasos Oureilidis of Greece

🇪🇸 Juan Jiménez Zaballos of Spain

🇲🇽 Jorge G. of Mexico

🇧🇷 Antonio Guimaraes of Brazil

🇦🇺 @amydashrose of Australia

🇺🇸 @josh_blockchain of USA

🇬🇮 @Joeyg_poh of Gibraltar

🇮🇳 @sandeepkshukla of India

🇳🇬 Obinna Iwuno of Nigeria

and more.

[The British Blockchain Association @Brit_blockchain]

🌐 As we begin preparations for the *6th* Annual Summit of the Blockchain Associations Forum (#BAF), we want to acknowledge some of the country representatives who spoke at last year’s Summit.

📍From the 🇬🇧UK, 🇪🇸Spain, 🇬🇷Greece, 🇲🇽Mexico, 🇧🇷Brazil, 🇦🇺Australia, the 🇺🇸US, 🇬🇮Gibraltar and 🇮🇳India, 🇳🇬 - from #parliamentarians, central #bankers, association #leaders and #legal experts, on one stage, discussing how blockchain and national associations can help shape the future of Web3.

🌐 Established in 2020, Blockchain Associations Forum is a BBA initiative bringing together #blockchain and #crypto associations from 52 #countries on a joint platform to explore challenges and opportunities in advancing evidence based #adoption of Web3 technologies.

➡️➡️ BAF2026 will be held on 9 September.

#BAF #Blockchain #Crypto #Impact

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About BAF:

https://t.co/98PYe3j3zI

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JBBA in The British Library:

https://t.co/UoPCWjA1kU

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📍The latest issue of The JBBA has become a part of the British National Heritage, and now available at The @britishlibrary.

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 2026) is also deposited at the 34 Holding Libraries of UK & ROI, including:

✅ @natlibscot
✅ @bodleianlibs
✅ @theUL
✅ @tcddublin
✅ @LLGCymru

🏛️ The print copy of the JBBA is showcased at the British Library, St. Pancras, London.

✅ Shelfmarks: ZC.9.b.10580

✍🏽 JBBA Editor in Chief:
Prof. @DrNaseemNaqvi MBE FBBA

#JBBA #Blockchain #British #Heritage #Library #Crypto #Web3 #CEBB #UK #Impact

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🎤 Our President, Prof. @DrNaseemNaqvi MBE FBBA, will be delivering a keynote at this Summit.

Read more: https://t.co/V8llzythfQ

@UlsterUni

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So whats interesting is that the pizza company itself never accepted Bitcoin.

Laszlo Hanyecz (the Florida programmer) posted on the Bitcointalk forum offering 10,000 BTC to anyone who would order and deliver two pizzas to him.

A British guy named Jeremy Sturdivant (username “jercos”) accepted the offer. He ordered two Papa John’s pizzas, had them delivered to Laszlo in Florida, and received the 10,000 BTC from Laszlo in return.

It wasn’t a direct “Bitcoin for pizza” swap with the pizza shop - it was mediated through another Bitcoiner 😊..

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https://t.co/kCnS1k8rXS

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"..Data-driven systems now make more and more decisions about our lives, including whether we get a loan - This means that behind every smart contract or automated credit decision, a person’s future is at stake..."

✍🏽 From Prof. @DrNaseemNaqvi MBE FBBA:

Link to full article in comments.

[Wag3s @W3Wag3s]

@Brit_blockchain the IFRS vs GAAP question is the real one. most DAOs accounted for tokens as intangibles, then got handed mark-to-market in 2023. zero of the existing frameworks were built for this

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Full paper:

https://t.co/TQEu7aJpAD

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📍For tax and accounting purposes: Are governance tokens "assets" held by DAO?

📍Do DAO treasuries "control" the cryptoassets?

📍Can DAO governance voters sell the tokens without consensus of all holders?

📍Which crypto accounting framework applies to DAOs: IFRS or GAAP?

➡️ Research from The #JBBA author Hamman Schoonwinkel of @StellenboschUni.

✍🏽 Infographics designed by the BBA's Centre for Evidence Based Blockchain.

Link to full paper in comments.

#DAO #Treasuries #Blockchain

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JBBA authors referenced in this submission:

@s_kampakis @luse_zue @DrNaseemNaqvi

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📍Yesterday, BBA submitted its formal response to the @TheFCA's Consultation Paper CP26/13: Cryptoasset Perimeter Guidance.

While we welcome the FCA’s efforts to provide greater regulatory clarity, we disagree with several aspects of the proposed guidance, and have invited the FCA to revisit six key areas:

➡️ The “identifiable person” doctrine is too elastic

➡️ The qualifying stablecoin definition leaves perimeter gap

➡️ The safeguarding “control” test is broader than the harm justified

➡️ The categorical treatment of crypto lending as “dealing"

➡️ The complete disapplication of the overseas persons exclusion

➡️ The dual MLR/FSMA architecture is duplicative

🌐 We would like to thank our members, advisors, partners, and researchers at CEBB for drafting this comprehensive, evidence-based response.

#Blockchain #FCA #Cryptoasset #UKRegulation #DigitalAssets #BBA

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@DrNaseemNaqvi @LarisaYarovaya @Joeyg_poh @CryptoAccUK @KulveerRanger @josh_blockchain