Global Blockchain Business Council
GBBC is a vetted, membership-based association. The substance happens in our working groups — chaired by practitioners from the world's largest financial institutions and digital asset firms.
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Oct
14
2026
🇺🇸Washington, DC, USA
GBBC, IDB Lab, and Ava Labs will convene a closed-door roundtable exploring the evolving tokenization infrastructure landscape and its potential impact across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Nov
10
2026
🇧🇪Brussels, Belgium
GBBC hosts event at European Parliament.
Oct
27 – 29
2026
🇪🇸Madrid, Spain
Attended by: Alfredo Oballos Diaz, EMEA Chief of Staff
GBBC's Alfredo Oballos Diaz heads to MERGE Madrid 26.
Oct
30
2026
Willemstad, Curaçao
Attended by: Sandra Ro, CEO
GBBC CEO Sandra Ro heads to the 4th Annual Fintech Conference 2026.
Nov
9 – 11
2026
🇺🇸Washington, DC, USA
Attended by: Sandra Ro, CEO
GBBC CEO Sandra Ro heads to the B20 USA Summit.
Nov
16 – 17
2026
🇸🇬Singapore
Attended by: Sandra Ro, CEO
GBBC CEO Sandra Ro heads to GFTN's Insights2040 Annual Meetings.
Nov
17 – 18
2026
🇵🇱Kraków, Poland
Attended by: Adrian Matak, Senior Policy Manager
GBBC's Adrian Matak heads to Open Eyes Economy Summit.
Nov
18 – 20
2026
🇸🇬Singapore
Attended by: Emma Joyce, Head of EMEA & CRO
GBBC returns to the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF).
Nov
18 – 20
2026
🇸🇬Singapore
Attended by: Sandra Ro, CEO
GBBC heads to the Global SME Finance Forum.
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Brock Arnason, Founder & CEO of Droit, joins GBBC Digital Media's Markets on Chain interview series with Jane King on the NYSE Trading Floor.
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GBBC has responded to the European Commission’s targeted consultation on the review of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) .
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Attention: All founders and growth start-ups.
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During Blockchain Central UNGA, GBBC releases the Agentic AI & Blockchain Convergence report from GSMI 7.0
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At GBBC’s 9th Annual Blockchain Central UNGA, the focus was not on what emerging technologies could do, but what they are already doing today.
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Nikos Andrikogiannopoulos, Founder & CEO of Metrika, joins GBBC Digital Media's Markets on Chain interview series with Jane King.
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GBBC’s response to the Bank of England’s retail payments consultation focuses on competition, liquidity and practical access to the future infrastructure.
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Caitlin Barnett, Director of Regulation & Compliance at Chainalysis, joins GBBC Digital Media's Markets on Chain interview series with Jane King.
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Policy & Global Updates
A regulatory knowledge exchange initiative where regulators, central bankers, and other government officials meet monthly on digital assets markets regulation and supervision.
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Industry, government, and research leaders working in and with APAC, meeting monthly on the policy and market issues driving the region.
Learn more →Global Standards Mapping Initiative (GSMI) 7.0
Mapped the DeFi vault landscape, including how vaults operate, how they can fail, and what institutions need to evaluate them.
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Setting the tokenization, contract, workflow, and analytics standards for GHG and carbon emissions instruments.
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Global companies building open-source supply chain standards for transportation and commerce on shared infrastructure.
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Monthly intelligence on U.S. legislation, agency action, and enforcement — plus a direct channel for member positions.
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Join a vetted global community shaping policy, standards, and practical collaboration across the digital asset ecosystem.
A Global Policy Team comprised of former U.S. government, OECD, and European Parliament fosters connections for our membership and the community at large.
Year-round opportunities for public-private collaboration and dialogue, including GBBC members and government representatives.
Members set standards and best practices across digital money and finance, risk management, sustainability, supply chains, the convergence of technologies, and more.
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