Member-led work
Working Groups & Monthly Meetings
Explore current initiatives and the GSMI 7.0 working groups concluding in 2026.
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Global Standards Mapping Initiative (GSMI) 7.0
5Agentic/AI & Blockchain
Developed guardrails for autonomous agents on-chain.
Developed trust, governance, and security principles for agentic AI systems interacting with blockchain networks.
DeFi & Vaults
Mapped vault functions, risks, and institutional considerations.
Mapped the DeFi vault landscape, including how vaults operate, how they can fail, and what institutions need to evaluate them.
Digital Payments & the Emerging Digital Economy in the Dutch Caribbean
Assessed stablecoins as payment rails in the Dutch Caribbean.
Produced a gap analysis of digital payments versus cash in the Dutch Caribbean and developed principles for adopting stablecoins as payment instruments.
Infrastructure for Tokenized Assets
Mapped the rails supporting tokenized markets.
Examined the infrastructure behind tokenized funds, collateral, and real-world assets, including operating models, points of failure, and emerging approaches.
Taxonomy
Mapped 350 terms into a shared language for regulators.
Mapped definitions from global standards bodies and aligned them with GBBC's work with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on digital asset categorization.
Policy & Global Updates
5APAC
The fastest-moving markets, in one room.
Industry, government, and research leaders working in and with APAC, meeting monthly on the policy and market issues driving the region.
EMEA Policy
Shape Brussels rules while they're still drafts.
Regulatory developments and public consultations across the EU, with guest speakers and a forum for member input into innovation-friendly rules.
Regulatory Council
Regulators only. Invitation only. Every month.
A regulatory knowledge exchange initiative where regulators, central bankers, and other government officials meet monthly on digital assets markets regulation and supervision.
U.S. Policy
Hear Washington's next move before the headline.
Monthly intelligence on U.S. legislation, agency action, and enforcement — plus a direct channel for member positions.
UK Policy
UK rules are taking shape fast — and moving into implementation.
Contribute to GBBC’s dialogue with HM Treasury, the FCA, the Bank of England and Parliament through member discussions, consultation responses and direct policy engagement.
Financial Services
2Capital Markets Risk Mitigation Framework (RMF)
Write the risk framework the market will cite.
Developing the risk framework for regulated financial institutions using public and hybrid blockchains
Post Trade Distributed Ledger (PTDL) Group
200+ firms rebuilding settlement, since 2015.
The rallying point for prominent financial institutions and market infrastructure players whose shared vision for distributed ledger technologies has brought them together.
Sustainability
2Carbon Emissions Token (CET) Taskforce
Standardize the token behind every tonne.
Setting the tokenization, contract, workflow, and analytics standards for GHG and carbon emissions instruments.
Voluntary Ecological Markets (VEM) Taskforce
Make environmental claims verifiable, not marketed.
Standards for digital assets that represent the environmental benefits traded in voluntary ecological markets.
Initiatives
3ISO/TC 307
Serving as a Category A Liaison at the global standards table
GBBC members contribute real-world use cases, taxonomy research, and technical mapping to international blockchain standards development.
Supply Chain and Transportation Working Group
Founded by FedEx, UPS, Salesforce, and Delta.
Global companies building open-source supply chain standards for transportation and commerce on shared infrastructure.
U.S. Blockchain Coalition (USBC)
Grassroots education, national reach.
Best practices, community building, and education on digital assets — partnering locally and nationally to create business and job opportunities.