🇧🇹 Bhutan has now mined 12,000 Bitcoin since 2020. Now worth $1.3 billion, that’s almost 40% of the country’s GDP, making it the 3rd biggest Bitcoin-holding nation. #Bitcoin

🇬🇧 Sarah Gibson MP, spokesperson for Liberal Democrats, asked the Secretary of State for the UK Home Office Department, what assessment has been made of the prevalence of #cryptocurrency use in illicit finance; and what steps are being taken to reduce this activity. 🎤 Minister of State for Home Office, Rt Hon Dan Jarvis MP responded: ➡️ Directed by the Economic Crime Plan 2 (and supported by an Economic Crime Levy funding) UK law enforcement is investing in improving both its capacity and capability to investigate the criminal use of cryptoassets. This includes: 📍Investing in specialist capability in the NCA and partner agencies, including the recruitment of an additional 475 Financial Crime investigators (292 currently in post) and developing an improved crypto track and trace capability which will go live in December 2025. 📍Funding public-private crypto collaboration teams in police forces and ROCUs through the Asset Recovery Incentivisation Scheme 📍New training and upskilling that has been rolled out to improve law enforcement officers’ understanding of cryptoassets, supported by the provision of specialist tooling (i.e. blockchain analytics tools). 📍Building a new crypto-specific public/ private partnership within the existing Joint Money Laundering Taskforce structure in order to understand the threat and foment various joint initiatives (including around data sharing). 📍Developing a multi-agency operational crypto cell to ensure that knowledge and abilities in investigating cryptoassets are pooled together, and that all available tools and powers and are exploited efficiently. 📍Designing a system-wide strategy, with an accompanying roadmap of activities required to prevent and disrupt digital asset-enabled crime impacting the UK. The focus is on ensuring system co-ordination and collaboration, keeping the public / consumers safe, effectively disrupting criminals through robust enforcement and building global co-operation to effectively share information and gain a consistency in regulatory standards. ———————— 🌐 BBA is the leading industry body advancing evidence-based adoption of Blockchain and Cryptoassets. We are also the Secretariat of the APPG on Blockchain Technologies. UK Home Office #UK #Crypto #Blockchain #Policy #Regulation #EvidenceBasedBlockchain

🌟We are honoured to be spotlighted by the Department for Business and Trade, recognising the visionary leadership of our President, Prof. Dr @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA, and his extraordinary journey in advancing the 🇬🇧 UK's global position in #Blockchain, #Crypto and the Digital Economy. #DigitalEconomy #DBT #Web3 #Leadership #Innovation #GlobalImpact #BBA #Crypto #DigitalAssets #UK

📍Mortgages, Bitcoin & Crypto: 🇺🇸 The U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) has begun studying whether Bitcoin, stablecoins and other crypto holdings could count toward mortgage eligibility—a move that could weave digital assets into the fabric of traditional home-loan underwriting. 🏛️ Why this matters: • Asset expansion: Borrowers may soon be able to list crypto right alongside cash, equities and pension savings when applying for a mortgage. • Regulatory green light: The review comes on the heels of the SEC’s January 2025 repeal of SAB 121, which had discouraged banks from touching crypto-backed loans. • Mainstreaming crypto mortgages: Until now, crypto-backed mortgages were offered only by niche lenders with steep over-collateralisation. FHFA guidance could open the door for conventional banks to enter the space. • Changing borrower behaviour: A 2024 study already showed lower-income households using crypto gains to pay down mortgages—underscoring rising demand for crypto-friendly housing finance. ⸻ ➡️ What to watch: 1. Volatility safeguards: Will FHFA impose loan-to-value limits or real-time collateral checks to offset crypto price swings? 2. Stablecoin treatment: Could dollar-pegged tokens receive more favourable haircuts than volatile coins? 3. Bank readiness: How quickly can Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and private lenders adapt risk models to include digital assets? ⸻ 💬 Your take: Is this the bridge that finally connects TradFi and Web3, or does it add new risk to an already strained housing market? #Crypto #Mortgages #HousingFinance #DigitalAssets #Regulation #FinTech #Blockchain

📍 Medical fraud costs $250B+ annually — Blockchain can reduce this. 📍30% of global healthcare data is inaccurate or siloed. 📍3 out of 4 patients want control over their own health records. 🧬 Can Blockchain fix Healthcare? 🏥 From Tokenised Medical Research to Patient-Owned Data — the next frontier of health innovation is Decentralised Healthcare on the Blockchain. 📅 Join us on 9 July 2025 at 4:00 PM (UK) for the BBA Forum, where industry pioneers will explore how Blockchain is reshaping data ownership, trust, and digital health infrastructure. 🎙️ Featuring: ✅ Dr Burhan Ahmed (CEO, BlockMed Pro) ✅ Prof. Dr Marc Pilkington FBBA (JBBA Associate Editor in Chief and BBA Fellow) ✅ Chrissa McFarlane (CEO, Patientory, Inc. ) ✅ Dr Sean Manion FBBA, JBBA Editor and BBA Fellow ✅ Prof. @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA (President, The BBA) Moderator: Deborah Jane Cleary, BBA Secretariat 🌐 Zoom Meeting ID: 872 3105 8220 🔐 Passcode: 318143 Let’s explore a future where patients own their data, systems are interoperable, and privacy is programmable. 🔗 #Blockchain #Healthcare #DigitalHealth #Web3 #PatientData #JBBA #BBAForum #Tokenisation #BBA #HealthTech #DecentralisedHealth

🏛️ Last night at the UK House of Lords, our President Prof. Dr @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA attended the Digital Assets Impact Leaders Dinner, hosted by Rt. Hon. Lord Taylor of Warwick (Member of the APPG on Blockchain Technologies), organised in collaboration with Dr Lisa Cameron, former MP, UK Parliament. Our President also met with Caroline D. Pham, 🇺🇸 Chair of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Lord Kulveer Ranger of the UK House of Lords, and other #Cryptoasset policymakers and regulators for a high-level exchange of ideas and cross-border collaboration. 🇬🇧 As Secretariat to the APPG on Blockchain Technologies, BBA is committed to supporting evidence-led policy development and advancing the UK’s leadership in the global digital economy. #Blockchain #Cryptoassets #Policy #Web3 #DigitalAssets #UKBlockchain #BBA #HouseOfLords #Regulation #APPG

🚀 QS World University Rankings are out and we are delighted to share that The JBBA has been indexed in the libraries of 471 of the world’s Top 500 universities! 🌍 From MIT to Oxford, From Stanford to Cambridge, from Peking to Harvard — the JBBA is trusted by leading academic institutions, research scholars, policymakers, and digital economy pioneers. ✅ Peer-reviewed ✅ Evidence-based ✅ Globally cited The JBBA is shaping policy, guiding innovation, and setting academic standards for Web3. 🔗 Learn more: QS World University Rankings 2026: Top Global Universities | Top Universities

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📍The Bank of England plans to introduce new proposals on banks' exposure to #crypto by 2026 to protect financial stability, a key official said. ➡️ When considering banks' exposure to crypto, an asset class where investors can lose their money, a more restrictive approach is needed, said David Bailey the executive director of prudential policy at the BoE. #Banking #Crypto

📢 Become a Patron & Get Featured on the COVER of The Journal of The British Blockchain Association (#JBBA)! 🌐 We are seeking a visionary Patron to support the publication of the upcoming 16th issue of the JBBA (October 2025). 🎓 Your organisation will be featured on the FRONT PAGE of this prestigious scientific journal — in both print and digital editions. 📘 Why JBBA: - Read and Cited by #Parliament, The #Royal Family, regulators, #government officials, #industry leaders, and Web3 #CEOs. - Indexed by 900+ #universities worldwide and received by 500+ Vice #Chancellors and #Deans in 100+ countries 🌟 As Our Exclusive Patron: ✅ Showcase your brand in a globally respected academic publication. ✅ Champion scientific integrity, digital trust, and blockchain innovation. ✅ Shape tech policy and standards with pioneering research. ✅ Join a legacy of thought leaders for the public good. ⏳ Only ONE Patron will be selected. Once confirmed, the cover slot will close. 📩 To express interest, contact us at editorial@thejbba.com 📬 Or DM us directly. The expression of interest deadline is 30 June. 🏛️ To view all previous covers from 2018-2025, visit:

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🇺🇸GENIUS - an acronym that stands for "Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins" - has been approved by the US Senate with an overwhelming bipartisan vote. ➡️ This marks the first time the Senate has ever cleared a major piece of crypto legislation after years in which key Democratic members blocked the advancement of such legislation. 🏛️ The bill now heads to the House of Representatives, where its next steps remain uncertain while leading lawmakers work out a strategy for passage.

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🎤 We are pleased to announce that Rt Hon Matt Vickers MP, Chair of the APPG on Blockchain Technologies, will deliver a Keynote Address at the 5th Blockchain Associations Forum (#BAF2025) Summit — bringing together member associations from 51 countries. 🌍 Hosted by The British Blockchain Association, #BAF unites global #blockchain and #cryptoasset think-tanks to foster cross-border collaboration, share best practices, and shape the future of #Web3 technologies. 🌐 Over the years, BAF has convened legislators, parliamentarians and regulators from around the globe including from the UK House of Lords and House of Commons: ▪️ 2024: APPG Vice-Chair Lord Iain McNicol delivered the BAF Keynote 🔗 https://x.com/brit_blockchain/status/1828473466657611781?s=46 ▪️ 2023: Then Chair Natalie Elphicke Ross OBE alongside Lord Holmes addressed BAF via the Metaverse: 🔗

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🇫🇮 New #JBBA citation from Turku University of Applied Sciences, FINLAND. ➡️ Original JBBA paper cited is from BBA Fellow, Marcella Atzori, PhD. FBBA: "Blockchain Governance and The Role of Trust Service Providers: The TrustedChain® Network" (JBBA, 2018):

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👏 We are delighted to welcome BlockMed Pro as our latest Corporate Member of the BBA. ➡️ BlockMed Pro is a UK-based HealthTech company leveraging #Blockchain and #AI to empower patients with control over their #health data through a decentralised Electronic Health Record (#EHR) system. 🌐 Founded by Dr Burhan Ahmed, a leading NHS GP and HealthTech innovator, BlockMed Pro is on a mission to transform fragmented, insecure health data into a unified, #secure and patient-owned resource — the One True Record®️. Their platform enables global #interoperability, and secure data exchange, and opens new models for #ethical data monetisation and personalised care. 💡With deep domain expertise and over 15 years of experience in the NHS through his roles as a GP Partner, the Clinical Director of Greenwood PCN, and the Co-Medical Secretary of Kirklees LMC, Dr Ahmed has a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities in the health sector and a passion for improving patient outcomes and quality of care. 🎉 A warm welcome again, and we look forward to BlockMed pro advancing evidence-based #Web3 solutions in healthcare and beyond. ➡️ For more info, visit: 🔗 www.blockmedpro.com 🌐 To join the BBA ecosystem as a member, contact our Head of Partnerships Deborah Jane Cleary at: secretary@britishblockchainassociation.org ➡️ BBA Members & Partners:

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📍The latest issue of The JBBA has become a part of the British National Heritage, and now available at The British Library. 🚀 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 2025) is also archived at the 34 Holding Libraries of UK & ROI, including: ✅ National Library of Scotland ✅ The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford ✅ Cambridge University Library ✅ Trinity College Dublin ✅ Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / The National Library of Wales 🏛️ JBBA in The British Library: ✅ Shelfmarks: ZC.9.b.10580 https://bll01.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma990187593270109251&context=L&vid=44BL_INST:BLL01&lang=en&search_scope=Not_BL_Suppress&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=LibraryCatalog&query=any,contains,Jbba&offset=0 ✍🏽JBBA Editor in Chief: Prof. @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA #JBBA #Blockchain #British #Heritage #Library #Crypto #Web3 #CEBB #UK #Impact

🚨 Auditing a Token Project: The Case for Tokenomics Auditing is important now more than ever before 🔍 💥 From Terra/Luna’s spectacular collapse to Ethereum 2.0’s ambitious revamp — the stakes have never been higher for getting tokenomics right. 📜 This #JBBA paper introduces the world’s first structured Tokenomics Audit Framework — a comprehensive checklist designed to stress-test crypto projects before the market does. 📊 Developed by researchers JBBA Editor 📈 Dr Stylianos Kampakis, CStat 📊 of UCL and the The Tesseract Academy, the framework evaluates: ✅ Business-token alignment ✅ Structural red flags (e.g. Ponzi-like elements, governance failure) ✅ Token allocation risks ✅ Shock resilience through simulations 📌 Case Studies: • Algem was upgraded from a risky token model to a AAA-rated economy. • Terra/Luna would’ve scored BB before the crash — enough warning if we had this tool earlier. • Ethereum 2.0 scored an estimated A rating — reflecting its robustness and remaining challenges. 🔥 Key insight: Good tokenomics ≠ flashy tokenomics. If we’re serious about the future of Web3, token audits should be as standard as financial audits. 📖 Read the full paper in The JBBA: https://jbba.scholasticahq.com/article/83959-the-tokenomics-audit-checklist-presentation-and-examples-from-the-audit-of-a-defi-project-terra-luna-and-ethereum-2-0 #Tokenomics #Web3 #Blockchain #CryptoRisk #DeFi #Ethereum #TerraLuna #BlockchainAudit #JBBA #CryptoStandards #EvidenceBasedBlockchain

🚀 Hot off the press! 🇬🇧 Earlier today, BBA submitted its comprehensive response to the Financial Conduct Authority's Discussion Paper 'DP25/1: Regulating Cryptoasset Activities'. 🌐 Grounded in #industry research, #member surveys, and #scientific data, our evidence-based submission addresses key #regulatory challenges and presents strategic recommendations to help shape a world-leading cryptoasset #framework that protects consumers, drives #innovation, and cements the #UK’s digital leadership in the field of Digital Assets. 👏 We extend our sincere thanks to BBA members, advisors and partners for their invaluable insights and contributions to this document. 🔗 Read the full submission here: https://britishblockchainassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/FCA-DP-Cryptoassets-2025-BBA-1-2.pdf ➡️ Established in 2017, BBA works in close collaboration with regulators, policymakers, academics, industry leaders and members of the public to advance evidence-led adoption of #Blockchain and #Cryptoasset technologies. ⛓️‍💥 Interested in contributing to our work or becoming a member? 📩 Contact us: info@britishblockchainassociation.org #Crypto #Regulation #Blockchain #DeFi #Stablecoins #Innovation #FCA #FinTech #DigitalAssets #UKPolicy #BBA #EvidenceBasedBlockchain

📍Yesterday, the Treasury Select Committee took oral evidence from the Financial Conduct Authority's Chair and Chief Executive on a range of issues including #crypto and digital assets. During the session, multiple questions were raised about the #regulation of #cryptoassets and digital assets. ✅ FCA leadership confirmed its direction of travel, addressed the scale of crypto adoption, and outlined expectations for firms entering the regulatory perimeter. 🎤 A Summary of Points Raised: ➡️ FCA Affirms Approach to Crypto Regulation: The FCA reiterated that it is actively working to bring the crypto sector into regulation, aligning with global developments. ➡️ Crypto Adoption in the UK is Rising Rapidly: The FCA cited internal research showing significant growth in crypto ownership among the UK public. ➡️ Timeline and Structure for Regulation: The FCA confirmed that crypto regulation will follow a phased “road map” approach, dependent on legislation, with a longer-term horizon. ➡️ High AML Failure Rate Among Applicants: The FCA emphasised the poor anti-money laundering (AML) controls in the sector to date, noting a high rejection rate for crypto registration applications. ➡️ Global Regulatory Comparisons and Risk Appetite: The FCA highlighted differences in regulatory posture globally, suggesting some countries are taking higher risks with consumer-facing crypto products. ➡️ Crypto-Related Enforcement and Financial Crime: The FCA also noted that crypto is an increasing area of focus within its broader financial crime enforcement remit. #FCA #Crypto #Regulation #Blockchain

🇬🇧 Congratulations to Sarah Pritchard on her promotion to Deputy CEO, FCA to oversee #Crypto and #Stablecoin expansion and regulation in the UK. The Financial Conduct Authority's newly created role is designed to help oversee its expanding remit, which now includes crypto and stablecoins. FCA Chair Ashley Alder said: “Our remit is growing and expectations of us continue to evolve.” Pritchard’s appointment reinforces the regulator’s commitment to building a comprehensive crypto framework." #FCA #Crypto #Stablecoin #Regulation #Blockchain #BBA

📍Your browser just started mining crypto. Did you give consent? 💥 Is your data #GDPR compliant in the Crypto world? A powerful research piece — More than 5 years old but still ahead of its time. It exposed how hidden crypto mining scripts can exploit user browsers without consent. Editor in Chief: Prof. Dr @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA Author: Christopher Mondschein #GDPR #Mining #Blockchain #Web3 #Crypto

🚨UK Appoints First #Crypto Recovery Expert for Insolvencies 📍The Insolvency Service UK has hired its first dedicated #crypto intelligence specialist, Andrew Small, to help trace digital assets in bankruptcy cases. 🎤 Neil Freebury, head of intelligence at the Insolvency Service, said: "Crypto is growing in popularity, and we’ve seen the number of insolvency cases involving cryptoasset ownership rise four-fold in the past five years." 📍Some Facts: ➡️ The new cryptoasset intelligence role is based within the Insolvency Service’s Investigation and Enforcement Services team. ➡️ Number of insolvencies where crypto is identified as an asset has increased 420% in five years ➡️ More than £500,000 in cryptoassets identified in insolvency cases last year – 364 times higher than in 2019/20 ➡️ New role will help the agency recover more money owed to creditors in insolvency cases ➡️ Crypto-related recoveries have soared 420% in five years, prompting the move. ⛓️‍💥 To learn more, visit:

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