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In the World of Blockchain, Policy Exists in a (Old) Vacuum
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How blockchain’s breakneck innovation evolves against control By INATBA Executive Director, Marc Taverner If you attended any blockchain or crypto conference in 2016/2017, you’ll be familiar with this statement, which echoed endlessly across nearly every panel: “Blockchain/bitcoin/ethereum/crypto/ICOs/smart contracts/digital identity need the same regulatory approach the government had to the internet – so true innovation can…
INATBA Welcomes New Members
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INATBA is proud to welcome ten leaders in the blockchain ecosystem as new members over the past few months. Below, find some background on each of our valued members. From decentralised exchanges to law firms, we encourage you to learn more about the great work they are doing in the industry. Nyctale: Nyctale works to…
INATBA Real Estate Working Group Launches Land Registries Survey
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INATBA’s Land Registry Sub-Working group is assessing the state of understanding of blockchain technology by land registry officials in the European Union. Your responses will help us understand your perceptions of blockchain adoption and its eventual implementation. The survey objective is to gain an understanding of land registry officials’ blockchain technology awareness, map and analyse…
INATBA Task Force’s Work on MiCA Regulation Featured in Industry Media
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INATBA’s newly published report, “Blockchain Eocsystem’s Response to MiCA Regulation Proposal,” has been featured in three industry publications. Following its initial response to MiCA six months earlier at the legislation’s announcement, INATBA’s engagement with the proposal has been multi-faceted, including bilateral discussions with MEPs and launch of an internal task force for Member response to…
INATBA Education Working Group Responds to Consultation on Europe’s Digital Decade
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Following President von der Leyen’s proposal for a common digital plan towards 2030, this Communication sets out a vision of what a successful digital transformation will mean for Europeans by 2030. This initiative includes: a clear ambition based on common targets digital principles serving people a framework to scale up European strategic capacities via multi-country…
INATBA Working Groups: Making a Difference in the Blockchain Ecosystem
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INATBA Working Groups convene events, publish reports and discuss the most pertinent topics in the global blockchain ecosystem. View the full brochure by clicking the image below.
INATBA MiCA Task Force Publishes Industry Response to MiCA Regulation Proposal
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The MiCA Task Force was created as an ad-hoc initiative to collect and process the ecosystem-wide response to the MiCA Regulation proposal. To realise its objectives, the MiCA Task Force created several opportunities for ecosystem stakeholders to comment on the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed regulation. The objectives of the MiCA Task Force are…
Participate in CHAISE Survey on Blockchain Skills
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CHAISE, a transnational initiative funded by the European Commission, is working to set forward a sectoral approach on Blockchain Skills Development and is running a survey to gather data from the industry. Your contribution will help to improve skills intelligence in the Blockchain field and provide an informed basis for the formulation of the European…
INATBA Convenes International Event Series on Decentralised Finance and Regulation
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What is fueling the rise of Decentralized Finance? What is the role of Governance Tokens, DEXs, DAOs and Yield Farming in this rise? How is this industry regulated and what should policymakers consider in moving forward? INATBA’s recent roundtable series “DeFi vs Regulations: The Future of Finance” set out to answer these questions. Consisting of…
This Week at INATBA: Upcoming Events
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Join INATBA for roundtable discussions on blockchain education, COVID-19 vaccination tracking and combatting climate change in the real estate sector.
In the World of Blockchain, Policy Exists in a (Old) Vacuum
Read MoreHow blockchain’s breakneck innovation evolves against control By INATBA Executive Director, Marc Taverner If you attended any blockchain or crypto conference in 2016/2017, you’ll be familiar with this statement, which echoed endlessly across nearly every panel: “Blockchain/bitcoin/ethereum/crypto/ICOs/smart contracts/digital identity need the same regulatory approach the government had to the internet – so true innovation can…
INATBA Working Groups: Making a Difference in the Blockchain Ecosystem
Download NowINATBA Working Groups convene events, publish reports and discuss the most pertinent topics in the global blockchain ecosystem. View the full brochure by clicking the image below.
This Week at INATBA: 2020 Working Group Showcase
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To highlight the incredible work done by INATBA’s 14 Working Groups in 2020, we have created this showcase with a selection of their accomplishments over the past year.
How You Can Help Protect the Future of Blockchain and Crypto in Europe
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MiCA will undoubtedly transform the development of the blockchain ecosystem across the world. This is why INATBA is creating a new MiCA task force, dedicated to evaluating, discussing, and providing feedback on the proposed MiCA regulations.
How Europe Maneuvered Back into the Crypto-Assets Competition with MiCA
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With the release of proposed regulations for the Market in Crypto-assets (MiCA), Europe has expertly maneuvered itself back into the competition to rival the US and China in innovating and encouraging blockchain technology.
INATBA at Year 1: Advancing Interoperability, Governance and Constructive Dialogue
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A year on, INATBA has brought together a broad coalition of stakeholders in order to reflect the shared interests of sector players to ensure that everyone benefits from blockchain’s transformative potential.
INATBA MiCA Task Force Publishes Industry Response to MiCA Regulation Proposal
Read MoreThe MiCA Task Force was created as an ad-hoc initiative to collect and process the ecosystem-wide response to the MiCA Regulation proposal. To realise its objectives, the MiCA Task Force created several opportunities for ecosystem stakeholders to comment on the strengths and weaknesses of the proposed regulation. The objectives of the MiCA Task Force are…
INATBA Climate Action and Real Estate Working Groups Work with FIBREE to Publish Preliminary Report on Unique Object Identifiers (UOI)
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INATBA Education Working Group Publishes Report on Blockchain Education
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INATBA Finance Working Group Issues Response to European Central Bank’s Public Consultation on Digital Euro
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INATBA welcomes steps toward the issuance of the Digital Euro and stands ready to contribute to the important work of the European Central Bank on this topic with expertise and insight from our broad base of members and experts.
INATBA Privacy Working Group Publishes Report on Data Protection Regulations Applicable to Blockchain Technology in Different Jurisdictions Worldwide
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This report aims to provide the industry with an overview of data protection regulations in jurisdictions considered particularly important for the development of blockchain technology.
This Week at INATBA: Decentralised Identity Paper
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This report provides a political and economic perspective on the future of Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), going beyond traditional analysis that centers technological feasibility.
This Week at INATBA: Learn More about our Privacy Paper
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This Week at INATBA is a weekly series that highlights INATBA events, opportunities and announcements. We kick this off with a closer look at the report recently published by our Privacy Working Group.
INATBA Identity Working Group Publishes Position Paper on Decentralised Identity
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This position paper introduces a scenario-based approach to depict possible futures of digital identity in order to contribute to the important debate on how to best govern the new, highly disruptive approach to digital identity: self-sovereign identity.
INATBA’s Privacy Working Group Publishes Report on Data Protection Regulations in the Blockchain Ecosystem
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The Privacy Working Group of INATBA conducted a broad survey amongst users and developers of blockchain technology to understand challenges faced in meeting privacy standards and regulatory privacy requirements. These were their findings.
This Week at INATBA: DeFi Event Series
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This Week at INATBA is a weekly series that highlights INATBA events, opportunities and announcements. This week, we invite you to join us for our upcoming DeFi event series.
This Week at INATBA: Decentralised Identity Event
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Join our Identity Working Group for a debate discussion based on their Position Paper published in November.
INATBA Hosts Event with Climate Ledger Initiative on Climate Action and the Governance Challenge
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On 3 November, INATBA hosted a roundtable discussion on Blockchain for Climate Action and the Governance Challenge to gain insights into governance challenges in blockchain applications for climate action.
INATBA Hosts Lost in Translation: Culture and Language as a Barrier to Global Blockchain Infrastructure Roundtable
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In the third installment of our series on “Transacting Beyond Borders,” the INATBA Standards, Governance, and Interoperability Working Groups discussed the intercultural and multilingual barriers that standardisation communities must address when working across borders.
INATBA Hosts Roundtable on CBDC, Stablecoins, and Seigniorage Shares
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The important and current topic of CBDCs and Stablecoins inspired INATBA’s Finance Working Group to invite multiple industry-leading stakeholders to the CBDC, Stablecoin and Seigniorage Shares roundtable held on 12 November 2020.
INATBA Roundtable Highlights Need for European Investment in Blockchain
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INATBA recently convened an online discussion to raise awareness about the European Commission’s new blockchain and AI investment fund. The 100 million euro European Investment Fund (EIF) is now fully operational and has signed its first agreement with Fly Ventures Fund in Berlin.
INATBA Convenes Land Registry Roundtable, Highlights Blockchain Use Cases
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Global experts in real estate and land registries joined an INTBA-led roundtable to discuss the many ways that blockchain technology is impacting the industry and how it will affect the sector’s growth in the near future.
INATBA Convenes Global Education Roundtable on Blockchain Targets and Content
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INATBA brought together global thought leaders in education and blockchain to discuss how the emerging technology can best improve academic institutions around the world, fostering partnerships between the private and public sectors.
INATBA Convenes Global Conversation on Standards, Governance and Interoperability
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INATBA convened global leaders on standards, governance and interoperability for a thoughtful series of online discussions about how the blockchain and DLT ecosystem can collaborate more productively, deliver greater value and hasten mainstream adoption of the technology.
In INATBA Virtual Roundtable, Canadian Govt Discusses Blockchain Solutions to COVID Challenges
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The INATBA COVID Task Force convened a virtual roundtable during which Canadian government officials shared insights on blockchain solutions to the challenges the nation faces in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
StandICT.eu 2023 & INATBA Sign a Memorandum of Understanding
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StandICT.Eu 2023, the ICT Standardisation Observatory and Support Facility in Europe, and INATBA have signed an MoU with the goal of bringing more European insights from the blockchain community to the European ICT Standards.
INATBA Launches Task Force with Global Observatory on Energy Trading
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INATBA and the Global Observatory on Peer-to-Peer, Community Self-Consumption and Transactive Energy Models (GO-P2P), an Annex of the User-Centred Energy Systems Technology Collaboration Programme by the International Energy Agency, are launching a joint Task Force focusing on the use of distributed ledger technologies (DLTs) in energy trading business models.
INATBA Social Impact & Sustainability Survey
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The INATBA Social Impact & Sustainability Working Group has prepared a survey in order to map and analyze the “Blockchain for impact” ecosystem and identify the challenges met by projects when using Blockchain to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
INATBA’s Initial Response to European Commission’s MiCA Regulation
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Upon an initial review of the proposed MiCA regulation, INATBA has presented a small selection of reflections and opinions from its members.
INATBA Launches COVID Task Force in Partnership With Governments, Academics and Industry
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INATBA, together with the European Commission and University College London – Centre for Blockchain Technologies, has launched a global initiative that convenes public and private entities committed to quickly activate blockchain solutions that address challenges caused by the COVID pandemic.
Blockchain Helps Securely Track Health Data and Intelligence During Global Pandemic
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INATBA has renewed its commitment to leverage the knowledge and expertise of its members to help slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus using the secure and immutable tracking capabilities of blockchain technology.
Press Release: Blockchain and its impact in sustainability, stable coins, privacy and other disruptive technologies to be discussed at Convergence, The Global Blockchain Congress 2019
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The Bank of Japan, the World Trade Organization, the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Economic Forum will participate in a global congress where a direct dialogue will be established to outline the future of the industry.