The British Blockchain Association

🇫🇷 Congratulations to Claudia Tarabu' of IÉSEG School of Management, #France, on the acceptance of her blockchain research abstract for presentation at #ISC2026. 🏛️ BBA’s Annual Blockchain International Scientific Conference #ISC2026 will take place in #LONDON on Friday, 27 March 2026. 🌐 ISC2026 will host participants from around the globe. 🚨Register to participate:

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BBA's 8th Blockchain International Scientific Conference ISC2026, London

BBA's 8th Blockchain International Scientific Conference ISC2026, London.

🏛️ Conference Chair: Prof. @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA #Blockchain #JBBA #Crypto #EvidenceBasedBlockchain

🇬🇧 The number of crypto holders in the U.K. has decreased from 7 million to 4.5 million. About 21% of people surveyed by the Financial Conduct Authority said they hold between $1,345 and $6,718, and the most popular cryptos are #bitcoin and #ethereum. Via @CoinDesk:

📍Inclusion of Cryptoassets to ISAs: 🎤 Following a question from Labour MP Tristan Osborne, EST's Lucy Rigby told MPs that while a draft consultation on legislation that enables the inclusion of cETNs in the IFISA is out now and will come int force in April 2026, there are currently no plans to include all cryptoassets in IFISAs, any future consideration would take account of market maturity, stability, and the suitability of providing targeted tax reliefs alongside the new regulatory regime. ----- ➡️ The BBA, established in 2017, is the world's leading industry body advancing evidence-based adoption of Blockchain and Digital Assets technologies. It is also the Secretariat of the APPG on Blockchain Technologies.

🇬🇧 Government recognises the transformative potential of #Blockchain technologies to drive economic growth in the UK 🎤 Labour MP Tristan Osborne asks HM Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing clearer regulatory and tax frameworks for cryptoasset investment on a) high-skilled job creation and b) assets under management. 🎤 In response, Lucy Rigby KC MP responded that the government recognises the transformative potential for digital assets and #blockchain technologies to drive economic growth in the UK and increase efficiencies across financial markets. That is why the government is bringing in legislation to establish a new financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets. ---- ➡️ The BBA, estsblished in 2017, is the world's leading industry body advancing evidence-based adoption of Blockchain and Digital Assets technologies. It is also the Secretariat of APPG on Blockchain Technologies.

Thank you to Lucy Rigby KC MP, Economic Secretary to HM Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rachel Reeves for hosting BBA President Prof. Dr @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA at a reception at Downing Street. As one of the UK’s longest-standing blockchain industry bodies (est. 2017), BBA will continue to champion the evidence-based adoption of digital assets and Blockchain technologies in the UK, and beyond. #DigitalAssets #Blockchain #Web3 #Policy #FinTech #EvidenceBased

🇬🇧📍JUST IN: New Crypto rules will come into force from 2027, giving firms legal clarity over the Crypto sector’s regulatory position and boosting consumer confidence by ensuring consumers are robustly protected. 📍Cryptoassets firms will be backed to innovate and grow under plans to make the UK a global destination for digital assets and attract more investment. 📍Chancellor backs cryptoassets firms to invest and grow in the UK with firm and proportionate regulation. ➡️ Legislation coming into force from 2027 marks major development in delivering on the government’s ambition to make the UK a global destination for digital assets Consumers will be protected by bringing cryptoassets into scope of similar rules to those for other regulated financial products like stocks and shares. ——- BBA is the UK’s leading industry body on Blockchain and Digital Assets, established in 2017. BBA is the Secretariat of APPG on Blockchain Technologies.

🇬🇧 Building a Blockchain Infrastructure for the UK’s Digital Economy: 📍From Smart Data Management to Digital Identity; from Supply Chains to Tokenised Healthcare; from Trade and E-Commerce to SME Financing and Digital Borders; and from Emissions Trading to AI Governance – Blockchains are transforming how we manage and govern Trust, Data and Value Chains. ➡️ By implementing the recommendations set out in the UK’s National Blockchain Roadmap (2021), the UK is moving from understanding to implementation of Distributed Ledger Infrastructures across the economy. 📹 Watch the highlight video from our Parliamentary International Roundtable held on 3 December – our final official industry engagement of 2025. ⏩⏩ 2️⃣ 0️⃣ 2️⃣6️⃣ ✅ Building on stakeholder evidence from our wider Industry engagement, we have already put together a robust, impact-led programme of work for 2026, and beyond. (The #metadata of this video was published on the Polygon public #Blockchain, and the permalink on the decentralised #permissionless communication protocol, Nostr). #Blockchain #Tokenisation #Policy #APPG #BBA #UK

🚨Migration of Bitcoin and Ethereum to Quantum Secure Blockchains: 📍Is the #Crypto world ready for Quantum D-Day? Or are we sleepwalking into a Trillion dollar catastrophe? 🚀 NEW Ground-Breaking Research from BBA Fellow, Dr. Rob Campbell FBBA. ➡️ KEY HIGHLIGHTS: ⏩ Moving to post-quantum cryptography isn’t an upgrade – it’s a defensive downgrade: Current PQC options mean accepting major costs now (around 50% capacity loss, higher latency and fees, heavier nodes) in return for protection against a future, uncertain quantum threat. ⏩ We’re benchmarking the wrong thing: Almost all performance data comes from permissioned prototypes (e.g. enterprise/consortium chains), not global permissionless systems like Bitcoin and Ethereum – a critical methodological gap for trillion-dollar networks. ⏩ Quantum Threat Timeline is brutally tight: Breaking secp256k1 requires 2,100–2,400 logical qubits (down from earlier estimates due to algorithmic improvements), with current systems at ~100 qubits, placing the threat 10-15 years away—but governance delays could match or exceed this window. ✅ The SOLUTION: ⏩ Crypto-agility is the only sensible path forward: Instead of hard-wiring one “quantum-safe” scheme, research proposes a #HYBRID designs and crypto-agile protocols - so Bitcoin/Ethereum can swap algorithms if (or when) today’s PQC breaks – and AVOID a chaotic, crisis-driven upgrade later. ✅ Link to full paper:

Hybrid Post-Quantum Signatures for Bitcoin and Ethereum: A Protocol-Level Integration Strategy | Published in The Journal of The British Blockchain Association

By Robert Campbell Sr.. The transition to post-quantum cryptography could severely impact Bitcoin and Ethereum, causing capacity loss, fee increase...

✍🏽 Since 2018, Dr Rob Campbell FBBA has published several papers on Post Quantum Blockchains, all of which can be found in The #JBBA. ------- JBBA Editor in Chief: Prof. Dr @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA #PostQuantum #Blockchain #Bitcoin #Ethereum