Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA)

Two days. One Forum. History made. The BGA is proud to have led the first ever global convention focused on #BlockchainForGood. The #BlockchainImpactForum in Copenhagen marked a turning point, where blockchain moved from promise to proof, from pilots to policy-ready solutions, from niche to necessity. 🌍 What We Achieved: • Convened UN agencies, government officials, Web3 pioneers, and impact builders • Showcased 35+ real-world blockchain solutions across financial inclusion, climate resilience, and digital identity • Launched partnerships spanning continents • Proved that when policy, capital, and technology converge, blockchain becomes infrastructure for inclusive development 📊 The Evidence: • 50+ pilots deployed globally through SDG Blockchain Accelerator • 300+ applications from UNDP country offices • Real impact: Using blockchain for humanitarian aid delivery in Malawi, $6 million+ financed to thousands of farmers globally, 1M+ trees planted through Cardano, and much more. 💡 The Message: This wasn't about speculation. It was about solutions. This wasn't about hype. It was about humanity. This wasn't about getting rich. It was about doing good. 🙏 Gratitude to All Our Sponsors & Partners: 🌍 Hosted by: BGA and UNDP AltFinLab 🏆 Sponsors: @BybitEU | @burnt_xion | @adbc_ae | @vechainofficial | @foundation_gsr | @Mantle_Official | @flock_io | @hetu_protocol | @MasChainMY 📰 Media Partner: @Cointelegraph 🤝 Community Partners: @nordicblock | @Cardano_CF | @StellarOrg | @MalaysiaBCW | @activ8lab | @blockchain_abc | @NapulETH | @MoodServices | @BCNLfoundation | @gbweekofficial | @WiBTalks | UKUS Crypto Alliance | ThinkX | Global Growth Ensemble @AdamFlinter | @ChainRctnGlobal | @499_DAO | @DirectEdDev | @AfBlockChamp | @vitalismorg | @mmerge_io | @BlackVogel_ | @EuCInitiative | @SustainableADA | @Impact_Web3 | @AsiaWeb3Ai | @partisiampc | @INATBA_org | @BlockchainforEU | @bundesblock And to every speaker, panelist, moderator, project team, and attendee who traveled to make this possible, you are the changemakers! 2026? We're scaling this movement. Bigger stages. Bolder partnerships. Broader impact. The future of blockchain isn't just being built, it's being measured in lives changed. See you at #BGAwards 2026. 🚀 #BlockchainImpactForum #ChainForGood #ChainsofChange #SDGs #BlockchainForGood

Stablecoins have made the headline number look incredible: sending money across a border can now cost under 1%, down from the ~6.5% families in need have paid for decades. On a $200 remittance, that's the difference between losing $13 and losing almost nothing. This is real, and it matters. Remittances are a lifeline for millions of households, and shaving five points off the cost is genuinely life-changing money. But here's the insight worth holding onto. The #blockchain fee was never the expensive part. The cost lives at the edges: converting local cash into a #stablecoin, and converting it back again at the other end. The exchange-rate spread, the cash-out point, the compliance step. That's where a family's money actually leaks. A near-zero on-chain fee doesn't help someone who still pays 4% to turn their stablecoins into hard cash they can spend at the local food market. So the real work in financial #inclusion isn't making any chain cheaper. Many chains are already cheap. It's building the on-ramps and off-ramps, the human edges, so the saving reaches the person, not just the transaction. The technology solved the easy 1%. The hard 5% was never on-chain. #BGADaily

From pitching at a hackathon to finishing Top 5 globally out of 1,000+ teams. @ChainforGood From sitting across the table with the CEO of Animoca Brands, the President of The Sandbox, and True Global Ventures in Singapore… …to documenting every win, setback, and sleepless night. The Hacker House is the real story of founders building from ₱0 to ₱1 billion with no script, no shortcuts. Episode drops Friday, 1 PM across all social platforms. It’s a race against time.

HUUUGE thank you to our lovely sponsor, @ChainforGood (BGA)! wouldn't have been able to do it without their support! we hope hackers had a chance to learn more about algorithmic performance and design AI-assisted investing strategies Congrats to the winning team, Constant :D

💡 Is FinTech just crypto? Or is it reshaping every industry around us? Meet Robert Sarnie, FinTech Professor at WPI, Bentley, UMass, Stonehill, and URI, and our next #ABFLearn mentor. With decades of experience spanning banking, consulting, technology, and academia, Robert has dedicated his career to advancing FinTech education and helping students and professionals navigate the evolving financial landscape. In this episode, "What Is FinTech and Where Are the Opportunities," Robert will explore how FinTech is transforming the financial industry and creating new opportunities for innovation, entrepreneurship, and career growth. 📅 Date: July 31, 2026 🕒 Time: 3:00 PM UTC 💻 Platform: Google Meet 📝 Registration link in the first comment. 👇 🎁 Stay for the live Q&A and ask your best question for a chance to win up to $10! (Up to 7 winners.)

Last night at ABFinance Web3 Founders Night Dubai, founders, investors, builders, and the Web3 community came together to explore what's next for digital finance. During the keynote and AMA, our Founder & Co-CEO, @helen_abfinance , shared ABFinance's vision for bringing banking and digital assets together, creating a more seamless, connected financial experience for everyday users. The discussion covered banking infrastructure, payments, cross-border transfers, and the future of Web3 finance, followed by an engaging Q&A with the community. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us and made the evening so memorable. Special thanks to our incredible Community and Media Partners @ustarmax, @paythefly, @UPayOfficial_EN, @SuperteamAE and @TheBlockGlobal for helping make this event possible. This is only the beginning. 💜 #ABFinance #ABFinanceEvents #Web3

What happens behind every payment you make? 💳 Meet Michael Bernard, Co-Founder of @YativoHq, and our next #ABFLearn mentor. With over 15 years of entrepreneurial experience in fintech and blockchain, Michael has dedicated his career to building innovative financial infrastructure and expanding financial inclusion across emerging markets. Through Yativo, he helps businesses seamlessly integrate wallets, payments, compliance, and custody solutions. In this session, "Payments Behind the Scenes," Michael will break down how modern payment systems work and the technology powering today's financial ecosystem. 📅 Date: July 23, 2026 🕒 Time: 3:00 PM UTC 💻 Platform: Google Meet 🔗 Registration: forms.gle/Roo2xV9TxKURvT… Join the session, ask your questions during the live Q&A, and continue the conversation in our Discord community: discord.gg/ejM7SmRcN. See you there! 🚀 #ABFLearn #Fintech #Payments

Countdown is on. 3 days left to apply for the Autumn #BGAIncubation 🍂 We're looking to back the projects building for public good and social impact. Join over 40+ incubation alumni who have changed the world with #blockchain. 🔗 If you're making a change, apply now: chainforgood.org/incubation

We're excited to announce that John Lawniczak, Security Engineer at @abf_finance, will be speaking at the Maryland Blockchain Association Summer Conference, hosted by the Blockchain Legal Institute (BLI). Join us as we share insights on the future of digital finance and blockchain innovation.

The keynote that our Director Global Affairs @jg13nn held at the Forum on Cultural Diplomacy in the @UN last month is now live 🌐 The BGA is proud to deliver these insights to the room of foreign ministers, UN ambassadors and government leaders from around the world. Catch the full insights on advocating #blockchain as the trust infrastructure for the age of #AI: youtube.com/watch?v=sFWx1o…

Technology is only as good as the Lives it improves. Honoured to speak at the Blockchain for Good Alliance reception @UKHouseofLords @ChainforGood @jg13nn to celebrate the launch of their Impact Report. More at lordtaylor.org #SocialImpact #Web3 #HouseOfLords #LordTaylor

"Put land titles on the blockchain" is one of the oldest ideas in this space. Usually it's pitched as fixing bureaucracy. The more interesting version is about who the current system quietly fails. In much of the world, people legally inherit property, and then never receive it. Paper records, opaque procedures, and cultural practice combine to erase their claim. The law says they own it. The system makes sure they can't prove it. This is where a tamper-evident, transparent registry does something a filing cabinet can't: it makes a person's inheritance claim visible, dated, and hard to quietly rewrite. Researchers in #Pakistan are building exactly this: land and inheritance records designed first to protect female heirs. But here's the honest half. A blockchain can't fix a registry if the data entered into it is already corrupt or captured. It secures the record after entry, not the truth going in. The technology only helps where there's genuine will to enforce the rights it records. So the real work isn't the ledger. It's pairing it with the legal and institutional force to make the record mean something. Property rights on-chain aren't about efficiency. Done right, they're about making the invisible owner impossible to ignore. #BGADaily

Meet the community behind #ABFLearn 💜 ABF Learn is proud to be supported by leading universities, student organizations, blockchain communities, and industry partners committed to advancing digital finance education. Special thanks to: @moledao_io • UNC Crypto Club • SentiEdge • Columbia AI Club • Hibee • @ChainforGood • UBI • @arieviafdn • @BlockchainNYU • @DigitalSphereUg • @BlockchainatCU • Michigan State CSSA • @camblockchains • SIT Blockchain If your university, student organization, or community is interested in collaborating with ABF Learn, we'd love to connect. 👉 Learn more: learn.abfinance.com

That's a wrap on the BGA Spring Cohort 2026. 🌱 Over 12 weeks, we worked with projects applying #blockchain to real challenges: disaster response, humanitarian aid, plastic recovery, supply-chain traceability, and impact verification. The progress across the cohort: → Multiple six-figure investment commitments → A proposal approved targeting 500,000+ farmers → Over 200+ live reports from a disaster-response pilot → Government, NGO, and investor conversations advanced But the real progress wasn't only in the numbers. Teams sharpened positioning, tested assumptions, built clearer commercial models, and got focused on the evidence needed to scale. The end of incubation isn't the end of the journey. It's where teams take the structure, feedback, and momentum into the market. From all of us at the Alliance, we're so proud of you, and we can't wait to see what you build next. Onwards! @AdamFlinter | @SalmanMasoumi | @agent_aeris | @newprontera | @a_khitou | @geniustags | @JDaredevil2 | @AndreVanyiRobin | @Plastiks_io | @Samb0__ | @ZengateGlobal | @AmamiMickey | @jg13nn

Roughly 1 billion people worldwide cannot prove who they are. No birth certificate, no ID, no official record they exist. Without proof of identity, you can't open a bank account, enrol in school, access healthcare, claim aid, or cross a border legally. They become, functionally, invisible to every system built in society. This is one of the clearest, most human problems #blockchain was actually built to address. A portable, user-owned digital identity, one that lives with the person, not with any single government or agency they might have to flee, lets someone carry proof of who they are across borders, camps, and institutions. Deployments are already running: refugee ID pilots in Thailand with the International Rescue Committee, financial identity for the displaced across Sub-Saharan Africa. The @UN's own SDGs set a target: legal identity for everyone on earth by 2030. The honest version of "blockchain for good" was never just about disrupting finance. It was about making the invisible visible... and giving a billion people a way to prove they exist.

Trust is becoming the defining question of our technological age. And trust has always been the currency of diplomacy. At the Forum on Cultural Diplomacy in the @UN in Geneva, our Director of Global Affairs @jg13nn met with foreign ministers, UN ambassadors, and parliamentarians to examine where emerging technology and international cooperation intersect. Glenn's session urged policymakers to treat #blockchain infrastructure not as a technical afterthought, but as a foundation for trust in the public systems that shape public good as AI reshapes how societies communicate and govern. The link is closer than it appears. In an age where AI can fabricate a historical event, forge a voice, or falsify a record in seconds, cultural diplomacy becomes a question of verification: proving what is real, building verification into records and upholding the right to an authentic identity. The work of the Alliance continues as we lead our efforts in #BlockchainForGood.

At @DutchBlockWeek, our Director of Global Affairs @jg13nn joined a panel on national blockchain adoption with Juan Carlos Reyes (President, El Salvador's National Digital Assets Commission) and Michal Ptáčník (legal counsel, Liberland). The conversation ran deep, into understanding El Salvador's positioning and mindset behind making #Bitcoin legal tender to how a micronation runs governance on-chain. Having a vantage point from BGA programmes and engagements with global governments and UN agencies on #blockchain impact, Glenn discussed on the realities of the industry: ➡️ A wallet given to citizens is not inclusion; it's access, but that's a major start where El Salvador did well. The unbanked lack trust, identity, and infrastructure, not an app. ➡️ Differentiating real national blockchain adoption from a simple press release boils down to whether such adoption survives a change of government regime, if there is infrastructure underneath, and who actually benefits. It was an open and honest conversation about where the reality actually stands and the direct perspectives from a country. Our thanks to the DBW team for organising this and having us part of it.

@abf_finance excited to see initiatives like this helping bridge education with real-world industry expertise😍

Today, we're proud to introduce ABF Learn a new education initiative designed to help you understand the future of finance. Meet the experienced mentors leading our first courses, bringing real-world expertise in banking, digital finance, AI, digital assets, and security. 📚 Beginner-friendly. Built for everyone. ✅ Register now: learn.abfinance.com #ABFLearn #ABFinance #Education

The Incubation Showcase is almost here ⏳ Founder stories, project updates, and what's next for Web3, live in 2 days with the @ChainforGood 🗓️ Jul 3, 8AM UTC Featuring @ZengateGlobal @newprontera @agent_aeris @SalmanMasoumi @geniustags @Plastiks_io