Industry Advocacy Groups Launch Global Blockchain Forum to Help Guide Policies Worldwide

Industry Advocacy Groups Launch Global Blockchain Forum to Help Guide Policies Worldwide

Washington, D.C.-based Chamber of Digital Commerce, an association focused on promoting the acceptance and use of digital assets and blockchain-based technologies announced the launch of a Global Blockchain Forum today. Speaking to Bitcoin Magazine, Perianne Boring, founder and president of the chamber said the Global Blockchain Forum is an international....


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