The British Blockchain Association

👏What a remarkable year it has been for @The British Blockchain Association! No year-in-review can fully capture the breadth of what we delivered in 2025: Convening evidence, shaping policy conversations, hosting international conferences and parliamentary roundtables, and advancing real-world implementation of blockchain and digital assets. ➡ This highlight video captures moments, but the real story is the collective work behind them — Our shared advocacy for evidence-based adoption, and meaningful public value. The full 2025 Year-in-Review report is now published:

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Our sincere thanks to our members, partners, and supporters for making this possible. Wishing you and your families a peaceful Christmas, and a prosperous 2026. #BBA #YearInReview #DigitalAssets #Blockchain #Bitcoin #Policy #crypto

🇫🇷 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