Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC)

GBBC member @okx unveiled upgrades across trading & #AI at #OKXNow, alongside the launch of #OKXMoney and plans to offer #tokenizedstocks to #US users through its joint venture with ICE

Discover more 👇
okx.com/en-us/learn/ok…

🚀 GBBC member @hashgraph's Hedera Guardian 3.7.1 is now live!

This update delivers enhanced schema templates to streamline policy creation and lower downstream authoring costs.

💡 Powered by IWA dMRV 3.0: Upgraded using the GBBC's #InterWork Alliance (#IWA) #dMRV 3.0 framework

🔗 Explore the update: guardian.hedera.com/updates

🇪🇺 How can Europe’s payments policy keep pace with #innovation?

🌐 GBBC is pleased to have Nilixa Devlukia, Senior EMEA Policy Consultant, appointed to the European Commission’s Payment Systems Market Expert Group (#PSMEG), giving GBBC members an opportunity to share expertise, use cases & implementation challenges that can help inform #EU payments policy and its practical implementation.

GBBC members are invited to help shape our contribution. To get involved, contact info@gbbc.io

🔗 Learn more about the Payment Systems Market Expert Group (PSMEG): ec.europa.eu/transparency/e…

🎥 In this new episode of GBBC Digital Media’s #MarketsonChain, Amina Turgulova, Digital Assets Risk Management and Compliance Lead at #JPMorganChase, joins @MarketJane on the #NYSE Trading Floor to explore:

🔹 managing emerging risks across blockchain infrastructure, #smartcontracts, wallets & third-party providers
🔹 mapping blockchain-specific risks to traditional financial market risk taxonomies
🔹 building effective controls & mitigants into products from the earliest stages
🔹 exploring GBBC & @OliverWyman’s Capital Markets Risk Mitigation Framework (#RMF) for identifying, assessing & mitigating blockchain-related risks

👉 Watch the full episode: youtu.be/2g_X2DltTvE
👀 Learn more about the Capital Markets RMF: rmf.gbbc.io

🇬🇧 GBBC responds to HMT’s #paymentsconsultation, calling for clearer rules for #tokenizedpayments, streamlined authorization, safeguarding without duplication and workable recognition of overseas #stablecoins.

Read our response ⤵️
assets.ctfassets.net/so75yocayyva/2…

🌐 #AgenticAI is opening a new frontier for the convergence of #AI & #blockchain.

GBBC’s Global Standards Mapping Initiative (#GSMI) 7.0 Agentic AI Working Group explored how AI & blockchain are converging to address governance, security & real-world deployment challenges.

Thank you to our co-chairs Dino Dell'Accio (#UNJSPF) & Paul Rapino (@hashgraph) for leading this workstream.

👉 Dive into the Agentic AI & Blockchain Convergence report: gsmi.gbbc.io/__l5e/assets-v…

💡 Learn more about GSMI: gsmi.gbbc.io

👀 GBBC’s Global Standards Mapping Initiative (#GSMI) 7.0 research is helping inform the conversation around #DeFivaults & their evolving regulatory landscape.

In an analysis of former #SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce’s statement on crypto vaults & on-chain lending, @MorganLewisLaw referenced GSMI 7.0’s Decentralized Finance (DeFi) & Vaults report.

🌐 Led by working group co-chairs Lee Schneider (@AvaLabs) & Sadia Halim (@galaxyhq), the report explores vault strategies, curators, #AI & agentic workflows, and recommendations for safe, scalable adoption. Explore the full GSMI 7.0 DeFi & Vaults report here: gsmi.gbbc.io/reports

💡 Read the #MorganLewis analysis: morganlewis.com/pubs/2026/09/s…

GBBC member @KaikoData has secured a #strategicinvestment led by S&P Global, extending its #SeriesB to $110M to accelerate product innovation & expand its #digitalasset data infrastructure globally 💰

Check it out 👇
kaiko.com/news/sp-global…

🌐 Our #newwebsite is live, now we want to hear from you!

👀 This redesigned website makes it easier than ever to navigate GBBC’s work, explore resources, & stay connected with our #globalecosystem, take a look around and discover what is new: gbbc.io

Please let us know what you think, your feedback will help us continue making this experience more user-friendly, accessible, & useful for our community.

📥 Send us your thoughts on the new website here: gbbc.io/feedback

GBBC member @chainalysis released the #2026GlobalCryptoAdoptionIndex, finding the global #cryptoeconomy held firm through the bear market, with #Brazil ranking No. 1 worldwide for grassroots crypto adoption 🇧🇷

Learn more ⤵️
chainalysis.com/blog/2026-glob…

GBBC member @Ripple has expanded #GSmart, the treasury-native #AI capabilities built into #RippleTreasury, adding policy-governed capabilities across #forecasting, #liquidity, #risk, reconciliation & reporting 🤖

Learn more 👇
ripple.com/ripple-press/r…

GBBC member @okx has launched #OKXShield, an integrated #security product suite combining sophisticated #safeguards, visible protection status & up to €500K in #accountprotection for customers in #Europe 🛡️

Discover more 👇
businesswire.com/news/home/2026…

GBBC member @AvaLabs announces the UAE’s #UAEPASDigitalVault is moving to #Avalanche, supporting the country’s national #digitalidentity system serving 12.5M users 🇦🇪

See details 👇
avalanche.com/about/blog/uae…

6 ways blockchain is driving real-world impact right now 👇

While the world discusses the future of tech, leaders at GBBC’s 9th Annual Blockchain Central UNGA focused on a critical question: What is actually working today?

#EmergingTech is delivering tangible solutions for the #SDGs right now.

To highlight this shift, we created the "Blockchain for Good" Booklet, featuring 6 ground-breaking, real-world case studies featured at this year's event.

📖 Explore the full "#BlockchainforGood" Booklet here: assets.ctfassets.net/so75yocayyva/3…

#BlockchainCentral

🎙️ We’re heading into our final conversation of #BlockchainCentral UNGA!

🌐 4:40 - 5:05pm ET | Fireside Chat “A Conversation with the united nations office for digital and emerging technologies” with Under-Secretary-General Amandeep Gill (United Nations) and moderated by Sandra Ro (GBBC)

Register now to join this conversation live 👇
gbbcblockchaincentral.io

The afternoon continues at #BlockchainCentral UNGA!

🌎 4:00 - 4:35pm ET | “The Next Generation of Green Infrastructure” with Wes Geisenberger (Hashgraph), Karen Hardy (Nature Wired), Joe Dell’Orfano (Verra), Steven Haft (Consensys), and moderated by Elizabeth Caires (DLA Piper)

Watch the session live by registering now👇
gbbcblockchaincentral.io

💡 It is time for another Tech Talk at #BlockchainCentral UNGA!

🌐 3:45 - 4:00pm ET | Tech Talk “Accessible, Standardized, and Open-Source Issuance for Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS)” with Marley Gray (Oxy)

Tune in live by registering here ⤵️
gbbcblockchaincentral.io

More conversations from #BlockchainCentral UNGA are underway!

🌎 3:05 - 3:40pm ET | “What Does Fairness Look Like for Local Communities in an Increasingly Digital World?” with Linda Lacewell (New York State Department of Financial Services - NYDFS), Robert Pasicko (UNDP Alternative Finance Lab), Belén Páez (Fundación Pachamama), Nnanna Kalu-Mba (United Nations Population Fund - UNFPA), and moderated by Emily Honsa Hicks (DLA Piper)

Register to join the webinar now 👇
gbbcblockchaincentral.io

🎙️ Afternoon programming is underway at #BlockchainCentral UNGA!

🌐 1:50 - 2:15pm ET | Fireside Chat “A Conversation with the New York Department of Financial Services” with Nick Krafft (New York State Department of Financial Services - NYDFS) and moderated by Brandon Rios (DLA Piper)

Register now to tune in live 👇
gbbcblockchaincentral.io

#UNGA81

🌎 We are back for the afternoon at GBBC’s 9th Annual #BlockchainCentral UNGA!

After a packed morning spanning digital identity, financial access, infrastructure, policy & standards, there is plenty more ahead.

📖 Our in-person attendees are exploring GBBC’s Blockchain for Good booklet today, and our online community can follow along too. Access the digital booklet: assets.ctfassets.net/so75yocayyva/3…

💻 The dialogue is back on, register to join us live: gbbcblockchaincentral.io

#UNGA81