🌐 From 10 Downing Street to Buckingham Palace, from policymakers’ boardrooms to deans’ offices and campus labs at the world’s leading universities — the latest issue of the Journal of the British Blockchain Association (#JBBA) has landed across the global BBA network. 🎥 Check out the highlights in this video! #Blockchain #Impact

🚨 Bank of England Unveils Consultation on GBP denominated Stablecoin Regulation 📍The Bank of England has launched its long-awaited consultation on a proposed regulatory regime for sterling-denominated systemic stablecoins. Governor Andrew Bailey said the framework aims to ensure “the public can have the same trust in new forms of money as they do in existing ones,” focusing on potential use in real-world payments rather than speculative crypto trading. Bailey added that a forward-looking approach was essential, warning that “retrofitting regulations once real-world applications have emerged at scale is unlikely to succeed.” The Bank plans to review feedback before finalising rules in 2026. ➡️ Earlier this year, BBA submitted its detailed response to the FCA's Stablecoin consultation:

BBA submits response to FCA's Stablecoin and Crypto Custody Consultation | The British Blockchain Association posted on the topic | LinkedIn

🔊 Hot off the press! 🇬🇧 We have submitted our comprehensive response to the Financial Conduct Authority

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📍Is Bitcoin Biblical Money? - New JBBA citation fromThe Christian and Missionary Alliance, USA. ➡️ Original JBBA paper cited here is from BBA Fellow, Prof Erik P.M. Vermeulen FBBA: "Decentralisation is Coming: The Future of Blockchain" - (JBBA, 2019):

Decentralisation is Coming: The Future of Blockchain | Published in The Journal of The British Blockchain Association

By Mark Fenwick, Erik Vermeulen. This article describes some of the current shortcomings of decentralisation and suggests possible experimental sol...

🚨A Critical Challenge in the World of DeFi: How do we discover fair lending rates without intermediaries? 💥📣 NEW JBBA RESEARCH ALERT 📍 Decentralised finance lending faces unique challenges in determining fair interest rates without traditional intermediaries, often leading to inefficiencies from information asymmetry and liquidity risks. 🚀 This ground-breaking research from 🇫🇷 Université Paris Dauphine - PSL introduces a Novel Framework for rate discovery in decentralised finance (#DeFi) — a critical challenge in the emerging world of on-chain lending without intermediaries. ✍🏽 The authors Charlotte Eli and Professor Hervé Alexandre propose an auction-based mechanism that determines borrowing rates by integrating borrowers’ risk profiles with market liquidity conditions, removing the need for centralised oversight. ➡️ The Framework introduces: ✅ Fair and transparent interest rate formation in DeFi lending ✅ Alignment of incentives between borrowers and lenders ✅ Efficient, market-driven rate discovery using lending pools and smart contracts ✅ Informed participation and improved credit risk assessment ✅ Potential scalability of unsecured DeFi lending 🔍 Key finding: ➡️ By encouraging financial disclosure and transparent auction dynamics, DeFi lending platforms can achieve faster convergence to true market rates and greater stability — a vital step toward credible, decentralised credit markets. 🎤 Originally presented as an Abstract at the BBA's ISC2025, London:

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📍DeFi: Rate discovery in Decentralised Lending 🎤 Charlotte Eli of @Paris_Dauphine 🇫🇷presented her abstract at the BBA's 7th Blockchain...

📄 Now the Full paper has been published Open Access in The Journal of the British Blockchain Association (JBBA). 🔗 Read the paper here:

Rate Discovery in Decentralised Lending | Published in The Journal of The British Blockchain Association

By Charlotte Eli, Hervé Alexandre. This paper introduces a novel framework for rate discovery in decentralised finance, focusing on the unique cha...

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This paper introduces a novel framework for rate discovery in decentralised finance (DeFi), focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities wit...

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🌐 Stablecoins in The Commonwealth: 🏛️ Earlier today, our President Prof. Dr @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA participated in a Roundtable at Mansion House, London. The discussion explored the transformative potential of #Stablecoins across the 56 Commonwealth nations — home to 2.7 billion people, representing one in every three individuals on the planet. Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council (CWEIC) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office #Blockchain #Stablecoins #Commonwealth

New JBBA citation from Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School, UK: ➡️ Original JBBA Paper cited here: "Food Traceability on Blockchain: Walmart’s Pork and Mango Pilots with IBM" (JBBA, 2018):

Food Traceability on Blockchain: Walmart’s Pork and Mango Pilots with IBM | Published in The Journal of The British Blockchain Association

By Reshma Kamath. This study by the Blockchain Research Institute (BRI) highlights the key challenges of implementing Blockchain technology in the ...

➡️ The Author presented his work at the ISC2025 - and received his award from BBA President, Prof. Dr @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA:

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📍Originally presented as an Abstract at the BBA's International Scientific Conference #ISC2025 - and subsequently published as a full paper in the #JBBA - the Centre for Evidence Based Blockchain (CEBB) has now designed a highlight infographic of this research, authored by Dino Cataldo Dell'Accio and Mirko Montuori. ➡️ The JBBA is the world's first and only blockchain research journal that helps its authors design easy-to-understand research infographics of their work, maximising the global impact, understanding, and reach of their published papers. 🏛️ BBA's Centre for Evidence Based Blockchain now has more than 500 researchers and industry leaders in 79 countries. 🌐 JBBA Editor in Chief: Prof. Dr @Prof Naseem Naqvi MBE MBE FBBA #Blockchain #Research United Nations United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF)

👏 Congratulations to Dr Müge Çetin of Özyeğin University Turkey on the acceptance of her Blockchain research abstract for presentation at the #ISC2026. 🏛️ BBA's Annual Blockchain International Scientific Conference #ISC2026 will be held in London, UK, on Friday 27 March 2026. 🎤🌐 Accepted abstracts are being invited to give a presentation at ISC2026, as well as being featured in the special conference Edition of The #JBBA, April 2026. 🚨Abstract Submission Deadline = *30 NOVEMBER* 2025. ➡️ Submit your abstract here:

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BBA's 8th Blockchain International Scientific Conference ISC2025, London.

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

⛓️‍💥 You have heard of smart contracts. But what are "smarter" contracts? Research from Centre for Evidence Based Blockchain member, Rafał Prabucki.