Detroit Blockchain Collective

Fostering blockchain innovation in Michigan through grassroots community and education.
Community Partner of Stand With Crypto🛡️

[Detroit Blockchain Collective @DetBlockchain]

@HecTheProtector @KingDabTech @ElizabethHa What a great time, thanks for the fun repost @HecTheProtector! 🤘

[Ky🛡️ @HecTheProtector]

Networking that doesn’t feel like networking. 🖤
Ky was happy once again coming out to the #StandWithCrypto event—lost in the purple cap! 🧢
Shoutout to @KingDabTech for capturing the madness. Big thanks to @ElizabethHa and the whole crew. 🧭
#DetroitBlockchainCollective
#Ky

[Stand With Crypto🛡️ @standwithcrypto]

Crypto Connect
📍 Detroit, Michigan
🗓 Thursday, 6/18, 6:00 PM

​​​This is a mixer designed to make it easy to meet people, start conversations, and plug into Michigan’s growing tech & crypto ecosystem.
https://t.co/XgHUA0TX1e

[Detroit Blockchain Collective @DetBlockchain]

@ElizabethHa Big shifts since Fortune's last ranking!!

[Detroit Blockchain Collective @DetBlockchain]

If you want a quick snapshot of where the digital asset industry stands in 2026, this is a good place to start.

[Elizabeth Hansson🛡️ @ElizabethHa]

Fortune's first Crypto 100 dropped today, and the changes from the 2023 list say a lot about where this industry is headed. Three years ago, the same ranking only needed 40 names.

In 2023, TradFi was one category on this list. In 2026, it's everywhere. Banks in stablecoins, asset managers in ETFs, payment networks in fintech. Fortune is calling this the suit-and-tie era of crypto, and the rankings back that up.

The stablecoin category shows how fast that happened. The GENIUS Act gave stablecoins a federal framework, and within a year they're a standalone Fortune category with ten ranked issuers. Industries tend to get measured once they get regulated.

The list moves in the other direction too. NFTs had their own category in 2023 and don't have a single entry this year. Meanwhile in DeFi, Hyperliquid took the top spot over incumbents like Aave and Uniswap, a protocol most people had never heard of three years ago. The on-chain side keeps reinventing itself even while the institutional side settles in.

The companion Innovators list hints at where this goes next. One of the largest US prediction markets just won approval to list perpetual futures. That's an entirely new product category crossing into crypto derivatives.

One more detail worth sitting with: the #1 ranked crypto services company is a compliance firm. With institutions operating at this scale, the work ahead is governance, controls, and oversight. Quieter than a bull market, but that's what makes the whole thing durable.

Full list linked in the comments.

[Detroit Blockchain Collective @DetBlockchain]

@AngelofYHVH @ElizabethHa together we’re moving it forward and creating real impact! 💪🇺🇸

[Detroit Blockchain Collective @DetBlockchain]

Detroit Blockchain Collective is part of a coalition of 200+ organizations who called on Senate leadership to bring the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act to the floor.

The bill passed the Banking Committee with bipartisan support and would establish regulatory clarity for digital asset markets, provide developer protections, strengthen consumer safeguards, and support U.S. competitiveness in the space.
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[Stand With Crypto🛡️ @standwithcrypto]

Stand With Crypto and over 200 organizations sent a simple message to Senate leadership: it's time for the Clarity Act.

The community is unified — large companies, startups, associations, and grassroots groups across the country are counting on their lawmakers to deliver rules of the road for crypto in America.

The Clarity Act passed the Senate Banking Committee with bipartisan support.

Now it needs to cross the finish line. Tell your Senators you want Clarity 👇

[Angelica Saldaña S.T.B.❤️‍🔥 @AngelofYHVH]

Thank you so much, @DetBlockchain! It means a lot coming from a true leader building the future of crypto for America.

Grateful to advocate alongside you for clear, forward thinking regulation that protects innovation and empowers our digital asset ecosystem nationwide.

Let’s keep driving America’s crypto leadership forward!

[Angelica Saldaña S.T.B.❤️‍🔥 @AngelofYHVH]

I remember your Women of Web3 brunch. I received a heartfelt message that stayed with me.

We need strong emphasis on digital inclusion and meaningful connectivity for women and girls.

The flowers are blossoming for us!

@DetBlockchain @ElizabethHa @333Polaris

[Detroit Blockchain Collective @DetBlockchain]

@AngelofYHVH @ElizabethHa Thank you @AngelofYHVH for being such a strong advocate for clear and forward thinking digital asset regulation. You truly understand this space and what it takes to scale and keep innovation thriving in America.

[Detroit Blockchain Collective @DetBlockchain]

@ElizabethHa @UNDP @ethereumfndn @StellarOrg @AlgoFoundation @arbitrum @FilFoundation The public sector use cases are the ones that tend to get overlooked in the broader blockchain conversation. Amazing to see the UN putting structure behind this.

[Elizabeth Hansson🛡️ @ElizabethHa]

The United Nations Development Programme @UNDP just launched its Blockchain Advisory Group with 26 member orgs.
First focus: financial inclusion & digital finance in underserved economies.

Orgs include @ethereumfndn, @StellarOrg , @AlgoFoundation, @arbitrum, @FilFoundation, @Cardano, @AvalancheFDN, @krakenfx, @Celo, @Cointelegraph.

UNDP is already working with governments and ecosystem partners across Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Central Asia, and Asia-Pacific on applications spanning digital payments, financial inclusion, climate finance, digital identity, supply chain traceability, public procurement, and service delivery.

Among the use cases already live: land registries in India, aid distribution in Malawi, digital identity for 70,000+ beneficiaries, and on-chain payroll saving $453K/month in Syria.

Formalizing an advisory group at this scale points to the UN shifting from fragmented country-level deployments toward coordinated institutional infrastructure for blockchain across public systems globally.

[Mason Lynaugh @masonlynaugh]

The breadth of this coalition signifies not only the critical moment in time we are in for our industry but how deeply the Clarity Act matters to every American who cares about crypto.

The clock is ticking and lawmakers must understand that millions of Americans across the country are counting on them to deliver the Clarity they deserve.

[Collin McCune @Collin_McCune]

Proud to stand with the rest of our industry partners. Crypto needs to be regulated plain and simple. It’s time for the Senate to pass legislation.

[Detroit Blockchain Collective @DetBlockchain]

@BeamerBntlyBenz appreciate you @BeamerBntlyBenz 🖤

[🎧BeamerBoi🎙️🦍-MadeByApes-#00800-1-03883 @BeamerBntlyBenz]

Staying Bullish and Always The Truth Real Ones Only FAM

[Detroit Blockchain Collective @DetBlockchain]

@standwithcrypto @gilbert787 killing with that closing message 🔥 💯

[Stand With Crypto🛡️ @standwithcrypto]

The Clarity Act is competing for floor time against reconciliation, FISA, and more.

The window is open, but it won't be for long.

Contact your Senator today and ask them to make crypto legislation a priority.

[Detroit Blockchain Collective @DetBlockchain]

@gilbert787 🇺🇸 🙏

[Detroit Blockchain Collective @DetBlockchain]

@KrisAltairtech HBD! 🥳🎂