Official Newsletter of the European Union Blockchain Observatory & Forum

We are pleased to present you with our monthly update on the activities of the European Union Blockchain Observatory & Forum. This edition of the #EUBlockchain newsletter includes a brief roundup of upcoming workshops and publications.

Updates

Have your say on the Data Act & amended rules on the legal protection of databases!

The European Commission aims at collecting the views of Member States’ competent public authorities, academic and research institutions, business associations, industrial clusters, companies/businesses, consumer organisations, NGOs, trade unions and citizens. All these stakeholder groups are expected to provide important feedback and insights on measures that would create a fair data economy by ensuring better control over and conditions for data sharing for citizens and businesses.

The consultation will collect information on the following:

1. Business-to-government data sharing for the public interest
2. Business-to-business data sharing
3. Tools for data sharing: Smart Contracts
4. Clarifying rights on non-personal Internet of Things data stemming from professional use
5. Improving portability for business users of cloud services
6. Complementing the portability right under Article 20 GDPR
7. Intellectual Property Rights – Protection of Databases
8. Safeguards for non-personal data in international context

Read more about the Consultation and participate by answering the questionnaire by the 3^rd of September!

Workshops

Upcoming events

Our workshop on “Demystifying Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs)” is going to take place on the 22^nd of July 2021.

• Provide a general overview of Non-Fungible Tokens: what are they? How do they work? Are they the new “hype”?
• Present of use-cases, including crypto, smart contracts, and other applications.
• Discuss finance regulatory - token classification, issuer requirements, and service provider requirements.
• Address civil law aspects - ownership, possession, transfer, acquisition, Data protection, IP law, taxation.

Registration is now open!

Join the discussion on the 22nd of July 2021 to follow the discussion and learn more about what the future holds for NFTs!

Upcoming EUBOF Publications

By the end of July, the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum will publish its next thematic report focusing on Energy Efficiency of Blockchain Technologies.

“Blockchain technology is secured and maintained by a vast network of miners to solve increasingly-complex computational problems. It's important that clean-energy technology is used to satisfy the rising blockchain ecosystem's usage needs."

"This surging demand for cryptocurrencies and accelerating adoption of blockchain-based solutions have highlighted a critical issue: the technology's growing energy consumption and its impact on our climate."

Stay tuned for more updates!

Other Publications

Are you interested in finding out about the blockchain market characteristics? Read the Chaise project report Study on Blockchain labour market characteristics and check out  the

• Registry of Blockchain educational and training offerings
• Registry of Blockchain job vacancies

Map of Blockchain E​ducation and Training Initiatives

We are proud to present our new website functionality, offering a mapping of existing Blockchain training and educational initiaves in Europe and the world! We invite all organisations offering such training or educational programmes to provide information on their initiatives by completing a simple online form. All entries will be reviewed by our team in terms of relevance and completeness of information and will then be made available on the map.

Users will be able to trace down relevant information on training and education offering based on specific criteria, including country, language, type of courses offered, type of certification, etc.
 

Visit our website and find out more!

Blockchain initiatives and projects in a map!

Are you aware of any blockchain related initiatives or projects in your country? Are you the owner of any initiative or project related to blockchain?
 

Provide the relevant information by simply filling in this form and put your project in the map! Initiatives include: startups, non for profit organisations, academic research, open source projects, consortium, government or corporate initiatives, foundations and other.
 

Find out more by visiting our website.

Forum

Inputs from the community have a major role in shaping these publications. Conversations are happening every day between the members of the eublockchain.mobilize.io community. 

Register today! Become part of the conversation. Stay in the loop. Make connections and share knowledge, tips and ideas.

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