Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)

We're excited to help facilitate the discussion at the intersection of #digital #innovation and #climate during #COP29 at the Hedera Regenerative Finance Forum. We'll be gathering leaders from the climate movement for a day focused on building solutions to bring the balance sheet of the planet to the public ledger. Focuses of the event will include; Climate Finance, the Just Transition, Digital Public Goods, Funding Opportunities, Innovations for Article 6, and next generation tools in ESG & NDC Reporting including CSRD and Scope 3 Emissions Reductions. For more information check out the link here: https://lnkd.in/dgDDC9um

Join GBBC’s CEO Sandra Ro 🇺🇦 for a dynamic week at the Singapore FinTech Festival, where she will moderate three key panels.  🗓 On November 4, Sandra will share the stage with Alan Lim, Maha El Dimachki, and Siddharth Shetty for a panel on "Digital Financial Infrastructure for the Future" at the Insights Forum - Layer One Summit (MAS). The discussion will focus on building interconnected financial ecosystems and regulatory-compliant infrastructures for seamless cross-border transactions.  🗓 On November 6, Sandra will join Dr. Darko Hajdukovic, Dr. Johnna Powell, and Dr. Jørgen Ouaknine for "Financial Infrastructure: Pathways for Scaling Tokenized Markets" at the Technology Stage, Hall 3, Singapore EXPO. They’ll dive into proposed standards and best practices for advancing financial infrastructure to support tokenized markets. 🗓 On November 7, Sandra will lead a discussion on "A Framework for Digital Asset Growth: Global Regulatory Insights" at the Regulation Stage. She’ll be joined by Antonio Alvarez Lorenzo, Ari Redbord, Nilmini Rubin, Nopnuanparn Pavasant, and Winston Quek to explore global regulatory frameworks for digital assets and how aligned regulations can drive innovation and stability in digital finance. 🔗 Learn more about the event: https://lnkd.in/fZ_n_d4 #SFF2024 #SGFinTechFest #SFF 

En route to #Singapore 🇸🇬 for another packed week at #InsightsForum #LayerOneSummit Singapore FinTech Festival 😃 But before I move onto Sing, a few thoughts 💭 and thank yous to #HongKong 🇭🇰 🌟Yes, there is a lot of local innovation happening but it is about the people and the community - I can attest the HK community is fantastic & 🙏 growing 🌟One comment struck me profoundly…one of my local contacts said she felt that the HK professional and work environment was very friendly for women - little drama, little men vs women bias overall; family friendly; she felt more supported as a female leader (at a major investment bank) with more female leaders visible throughout professional circles; women in power is not ‘odd’ nor vilified concept - it just IS... (She compared her experience vs working in Europe; it is just one data point but still very encouraging to hear). 🌟 Specific headwind challenges exist, no doubt about that, based on convos all week, but as a global tech business community, we are naturally suited to work together across borders & build bridges of mutual respect and collaboration #techdiplomats 🌟thank you to the many event organisers, planners and doers…every event is a major endeavour and this week was top notch! Hong Kong FinTech Week Chainlink Labs #Smartcon #GBBC is here to support the HK tech start up community, regulators, & corporations. The Smartcon closing party was 🎉 - epic views of Hong Kong, 100 floors up… So good to see Gregg Bell Serra Wei Malcolm Wright Zack Seward Tom Menner Jisu Park Karolis Navickas Vince Turcotte Sergey Nazarov (THE host) Italo Borssatto Benedicte N. Nolens and so many more… Thank you Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) team, members, supporters, ambassadors, partners and many friends 🙏 grateful to you all

#HongKong 🇭🇰 Day4: yes, you guessed it! Another amazing day in HK 🌟Chainlink Labs #Smartcon panel 1: ‘A Global Outlook on the Evolving Market Landscape for Digital Assets’ Paul Brody EY Jennifer Peve Chainlink advisor Serra Wei Aegis Custody & Aegis Trust Lots of fun and everyone learned something new! Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) grateful to participate and engage! 🌟Panel 2: ‘building green digital assets’ Pei Ling Tin MetaComp Julien Martin Digital Climate Group Anna LIU HashKey Group Green digital assets are good for environment, for making money & just plain good sense! I got called a ‘hippie’ today…I said, ‘ahem, capitalist tech hippie pls’ 😄 Thank you to Zack Seward JoAnn Healy Iskra Dobreva Chris Barrett Elizabeth Lumley Sergey Nazarov & entire Chainlink Smartcon team 👏 great community Catching up with Charmaine Chua Eva Sanchez GSR Dr. Clara Guerra #Lichtenstein Brett Hornung Accenture & many more new and old friends 🤩 I will miss HK dearly 🙏 Thank you all for making it such an amazing week, after 5 years too long away. I’ll be back!! Grateful always to top of book #GBBC team: Diana Barrero Zalles Philip Gant Emma Joyce Sierra Lewis Jackson Ross Alfredo J. Oballos Diaz Mariana Sarmiento Emily Parker Nilixa Devlukia Adrian Matak Arry Y. Lynne Marlor Tristen Dague Riley Fay & more (but I ran out of room…)

#HongKong 🇭🇰 Day3: two interviews, multiple important meetings, hanging out at #SmartCon & dinner with a dear former colleague - what an enervating and inspiring day !! Recap : 🌟 Thank you Eric Yip Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) for your vision and leadership + for making the time to meet with me today, in the middle of your hectic schedule (special thank you Yuval Rooz) 🌟 Amazing time spent with Bank for International Settlements – BIS Innovation Hub HK team! Benedicte N. Nolens Lucy Wong Italo Borssatto Ferris Kok & bonus Cecilia Skingsley in the office! #mBridge 🌟 interview with NASDAQ Trade Talk with Jill Malandrino (she is a powerhouse doing 20 interviews a day!!) special thanks to Ari Chernoff 🌟interview with Keanu Neuville & Sami Moog Thank you for your thoughtful questions and fun discussion ! Bonus: ran into our amazing Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) member Benedetto Biondi Folks Finance - too bad I forgot to take a photo! 🌟Chainlink Labs #SmartCon was buzzy, great vibes and all around good company Augustin Chan Iskra Dobreva Chris Barrett & many more… 🌟 Capped an amazing day with a special dinner with former colleague Lu Li reminiscing about the early days when I was talking about blockchain and Bitcoin (back in 2013/14/15/16) to anyone who would listen at the firm…seems like a lifetime ago… I am heartened to discuss how #defi is evolving, as well as tradfi’s evolution and what the future may bring…so much potential…hope we keep it human-centric tech Tomorrow: back to Smartcon with two panels, more mtgs and connections to come To our #GBBC community, look out for #Davos2025 save the date and more events around the world 🌎😁

Join us tomorrow for GBBC Virtual Members Forum with Folks Finance's CEO, Benedetto Biondi, who will lead a presentation and live Q&A.  Benedetto will delve into the evolution of DeFi vs. CeFi, explore how cross-chain solutions can tackle scalability challenges, and highlight the pivotal role of #RWAs in advancing institutional adoption and #DeFi integration. 📅 Friday, November 1st  🕙 10:15 AM ET | 2:15 PM BST | 3:15 PM CEST 🔗 Register to join: https://lnkd.in/eDTjeu_B Folks Finance, a leader in DeFi lending and borrowing on the Algorand blockchain, is helping expand access, security, and real-world applications for DeFi. The Virtual Members Forum is a bi-weekly series that highlights the work of innovative GBBC members worldwide. 

On October 18, Taxbit's Dr. Max Bernt, Managing Director, and John Schoenecker, Head of Policy, joined us for a presentation and live Q&A during GBBC Virtual Members Forum, a bi-weekly webinar showcasing the innovative work of GBBC members around the globe. During “How Tax Reporting Requirements Are Changing the Way We Think of Digital Asset Compliance,” Max and John explored the evolving landscape, and implications, of tax reporting requirements, touching on CARF, DAC8, the IRS 1099-DA Form, and more. Watch the recording here 👇  https://lnkd.in/eh4AyYGY 

#HongKong 🇭🇰 does not disappoint…have not been back for 5 years!! And fascinating & vibrant as ever Day 1&2 recap: 🌟 Hong Kong FinTech Week kicked off! 🌟 Attended Accenture & Blockdaemon The State of Digital Assets event ; great to see Felix Eigelshoven again; sorry I missed you Brett Hornung ! 🌟 Spoke on webinar on US 🇺🇸 elections implications hosted by HASHED OPEN RESEARCH Yongbeom Kim CEO & Hashed Jin Kang alongside esteemed speakers Hermine Wong University of California, Berkeley Austin Campbell Columbia University ; recording should be out soon! 🌟 headed to #HKFW venue to moderate panel on ‘Layer 1 & 2: Continual Search for digital assets innovation’ Thank you to my wonderful and knowledgeable speakers: 武宮 (Takemiya)誠 (Makoto) ソラミツ SORAMITSU | 8 YEARS 2016-2024 Grace Wang Alibaba Cloud Sandy Peng Scroll Thibault Perréard Polkaport East 波卡東港 Thank you Lyndaine Demetilla for emcee role! Special thank you to Dr. Clara Guerra & Sunny Jiang for panel photos 🌟fortunate to catch Yuval Rooz Digital Asset speaking on his panel focusing on mBridge project 🌟 grateful to spend time with Augustin Chan Daniela Barbosa & meet Julian Gordon Polly Bäumler Shirley Kwong & many more new friends ! Thank you Aaron Limbu 🌟 capped the evening with Chainlink Labs team & friends at #Smartcon at Sunset: special kudos to JoAnn Healy Iskra Dobreva Vince Turcotte Elizabeth Lumley Ari Chernoff Angie Walker Ryan Lovell (whom I finally met in person after several years!) Looking forward to Smartcon kick off tomorrow! And see you Keanu Neuville ! Great to meet you tonight!

📢 This Thursday from 9:00am-10:00am ET, regulators, government agencies, and international standards organizations are invited to join Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) for Episode 4 of our educational virtual 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 4, we will dive into the Algorand Technologies network, an energy-efficient, quantum-secure, single-layer blockchain with instant finality, consistently high throughput, and low fees. Builders on Algorand are creating protocols and companies that solve important problems at a global scale: instant payments in war and disaster zones, self-sovereign identity for the disenfranchised, supply-chain traceability for global commerce, permissionless protocols addressing financial inclusion, and the creation of entirely new markets through tokenization, to name a few. 🔗 Register interest to attend here: https://lnkd.in/d5rzr8j7  This is a closed-door meeting only for regulators, government agencies, and international standards organizations. For any questions, please reach out to alfredo.oballos@gbbcouncil.org. #Algorand

After an amazing Sibos #Beijing 🇨🇳, hello Hong Kong 🇭🇰 ! Oct 28-Nov 1st: Another jam packed week for Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) in APAC! Hong Kong FinTech Week & Chainlink Labs #SmartCon Multiple panels, events, meetings all week… Kicked off tonight with #HKFW cocktails at the Royal HK Yacht Club & great to see Daniela Barbosa LF Decentralized Trust Max Heinzle Jeffrey Hartjes 21X Dr. Clara Guerra #Lichtenstein Great to see local and intl friends again…and #innovation is everywhere here…even at a casual dinner with non-industry people, we end up talking about #AI enabled decision making tool, including NFTs, tokens, Polymarket functionality (thanks for the demo Augustin Chan & photo credit to Elizabeth Hui) Report back each day! Big thank you to Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau (FSTB), HK FinTech, Finoverse Aaron Limbu And gratitude always to amazing #GBBC team, esp Tristen Dague who has been helping me keep sane and organised during this whirlwind APAC adventure. Philip Gant Emma Joyce Sierra Lewis Diana Barrero Zalles Jackson Ross Riley Fay Arry Y. Summer Graham, MPA, PMP, PMI-ACP, AIPC Alfredo J. Oballos Diaz Lynne Marlor Dina Ellis Rochkind - Paul Hastings Counsel Govt. Affairs Aayush Jetly Noah Weinstein Karen Hughes Namrritha Senthilkumar Emily Parker Adrian Matak Nilixa Devlukia Mariana Sarmiento