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UNDP and BGA to Host Global Blockchain Impact Forum

Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA)

The Blockchain for Good Alliance, a non-profit initiative founded by Bybit to promote responsible blockchain innovation, is partnering with the UNDP AltFinLab to co-host the first edition of the Blockchain Impact Forum. The two-day gathering, scheduled for November 4–5, 2025 in Copenhagen, is presented as a convening mechanism intended to align institutional demand with blockchain use cases designed to solve real-world challenges. Organizers framed the forum not as a conventional Web3 meetup but as a collaborative platform where leaders can shape blockchain’s role in systemic and sustainable change.

The opening day will be invite-only and tailored for decision-makers, including policy officials, United Nations representatives, and leading figures in blockchain development. The agenda will feature structured plenaries, fireside-style dialogues, and focused working discussions. Outcomes from these deliberations are expected to form the basis of the Alliance’s first Impact Report, which plans to document blockchain’s emerging contributions to social benefit at a global level.

Public Showcase and Awards on Day Two

The second day will be open to the public at the T13 Nordhavn venue in Copenhagen. Organizers said the focus will shift from strategy to demonstration, spotlighting select initiatives drawn from the Alliance’s incubation track and the SDG-focused blockchain accelerator. Participants will engage through live pitches, open networking, and a curated series of showcases aimed at connecting innovation teams with international stakeholders active in sustainability and development finance.

The program will close with the Blockchain for Good Awards 2025, set up to recognize builders whose systems and models advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The awards are being presented with support from headline funders that include Bybit EU, GSR Foundation, Xion Foundation, the Abu Dhabi Blockchain Center, and Mantle Network. Additional sponsorship was confirmed from FLock.io, Hetu Protocol, and Masverse.

Positioning Blockchain as a Systems-Level Intervention

Leaders behind the initiative emphasized that the forum is meant to illustrate how blockchain can serve as an enabling infrastructure across government, public finance, and civil society rather than an isolated technological novelty. They expressed the view that blockchain for good constitutes a structural shift wherein technical builders, governing authorities, and communities collaborate to achieve sustainable development outcomes.

Organizers stated that the partnership between the Blockchain for Good Alliance and the UNDP AltFinLab represents an anchoring framework for long-term cooperation between institutions and open technology teams. They further indicated that the agenda of the forum is designed to reinforce the narrative that blockchain, when applied with guardrails and aligned incentives, may operate as a durable accelerator for social progress rather than solely as a speculative infrastructure.

The launch of the Blockchain Impact Forum is intended to mark the start of a recurring convening cycle, with its outputs feeding into formal reporting, institutional matchmaking, and future program cohorts under the Alliance’s umbrella. The event’s structure — splitting closed-door policy alignment from open-stage solution discovery — is being positioned as a template for bridging the current gap between experimentation and scaled adoption in public-purpose blockchain.

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