BIPA Engages with the Global Blockchain Business Council on Standards and Interoperability
The Blockchain Intelligence Professionals Association (BIPA) has deepened its engagement with the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC), with BIPA Chairman Bogdan Vacusta taking part in two GBBC events in London this spring: a digital-finance session co-hosted with Clifford Chance on 13 March, and the GBBC London Reception at the UK Parliament on 14 May.
On 14 May, Mr. Vacusta attended the reception held in the Cholmondeley Room and Terrace at the House of Lords, hosted by The Lord Ranger of Northwood on behalf of the GBBC, alongside the All-Party Parliamentary Group, ioBuilders, and Paul Hastings. Earlier, on 13 March, GBBC and Clifford Chance convened Navigating the Future Digital Finance Landscape 2026, bringing together international regulators and industry — including the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the UK Financial Conduct Authority, and ESMA — to examine the global regulatory picture, crypto developments in the United States, stablecoins and tokenised deposits, and the UK’s digital-assets ambitions.
A Shared Objective
The engagements support a clear goal: a joint proposal from BIPA, ICI Bucharest, and the Complexity Science Hub has been put to the GBBC for the launch of a global standards and interoperability project for blockchain intelligence. As supervision and enforcement increasingly rely on blockchain analysis, the methods, data, and outputs underpinning that reliance need a common, interoperable foundation — addressed to professionals regardless of which analytics provider trained them.
Two attributes make the GBBC a natural partner. First, its reach into the United States: through bodies such as its U.S. Blockchain Coalition, the GBBC is well placed to engage the American companies that lead much of the global blockchain-intelligence market — participation that is essential to genuine interoperability rather than regional fragmentation. Second, its role in international standardisation: the GBBC will participate in the ISO Technical Committee 307 (ISO/TC 307), whose plenary will convene in Saint-Denis, France, in June 2026, where the GBBC will contribute to discussions on standards for secure, interoperable, and scalable digital infrastructure.
Toward Bucharest 2027
The work will be carried forward through a series of institutional roundtables designed to build engagement with regulators and supervisors worldwide — from a foundational workshop in Luxembourg (Q3 2026), through sessions in New York, Frankfurt, Vienna, Paris, and Warsaw — engaging authorities such as the European Banking Authority, the European Central Bank, ESMA, the EU Anti-Money Laundering Authority, Europol, INTERPOL, FATF, IOSCO, and the IMF.
The global framework is scheduled to be published at the Blockchain Intelligence Forum 2027 in Bucharest on 8 April 2027, in partnership with ICI Bucharest and the Complexity Science Hub. BIPA’s engagement with the GBBC is part of building the international coalition needed to make that launch a genuinely global moment.