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Trump’s UK state visit could shape blockchain’s role in the US-UK Tech Bridge

A coalition of lobby groups is pushing the UK government to include blockchain on the Tech Bridge agenda ahead of Trump’s state visit next ￰0￱ Tech Bridge initiative expands collaboration between the UK and the US in AI and ￰1￱ Donald Trump will visit the UK from September 17 to ￰2￱ the state visit, he is expected to engage in trade and technology talks with Nvidia, Apple, and OpenAI executives, who have also been invited to London. Trump’s UK state visit could shape blockchain’s role in the US-UK Tech Bridge Bloomberg exclusively reported that Peter Kyle, Business and Trade Minister in the UK has received a letter from lobby groups urging him to consider adding blockchain technology as a core part of the Tech Bridge ￰3￱ added that the groups argue that blockchain’s potential for secure and transparent record-keeping can improve financial services and other sectors of the economy, such as supply chain management and public ￰4￱ groups, including the UK Cryptoasset Businesses Council, UK Finance, and CityUK, sent the letter stating that excluding digital assets from the UK-US Tech Bridge would be a missed ￰5￱ letter noted that Britain may remain behind while Asia and the Middle East continue to move ahead in setting the standards that will shape the future of ￰6￱ also urged the government to prioritize collaborating with the US on blockchain strategies, noting that it is the baseline for the future of decentralized digital infrastructure, and ignoring it risks leaving the UK behind in global ￰7￱ associations such as techUK and members of the Payments Association have urged the government in the past to prioritize digital asset ￰8￱ firms argued that a strategic collaboration with the ￰9￱ attract investments, create jobs, and help improve regulatory clarity for companies operating in both ￰10￱ to the exclusive report, the Tech Bridge agenda forms the basis of long-term cooperation in new ￰11￱ report noted that the lobbying effort results from increased pressure from the private and public sectors to ensure digital asset technologies are included in international ￰12￱ report revealed that the lobby groups insisted on aligning standards with the ￰13￱ prevent regulatory ￰14￱ lobby groups warn that excluding blockchain risks leaving the country behind Peter Kyle assumed office earlier this month, taking over from Jonathan ￰15￱ has pledged to support the UK’s tech sector in his ￰16￱ show for that, he has been involved with industry leaders to promote the innovation of sectors such as AI, digital infrastructure, and advanced ￰17￱ Department of Business and Trade highlighted the need for cross-border cooperation to secure supply chains and protect critical ￰18￱ inclusion of the Tech Bridge agenda discussion in talks with Trump next week would align with his emphasis on technology advancement and the creation of local ￰19￱ upcoming visit will feature ceremonial events at Windsor Castle and working sessions with Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s ￰20￱ UK ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, noted in an interview with the Guardian that the two countries are natural partners with trillion-dollar tech ￰21￱ added that they already partner on a range of technologies, including AI, Quantum computing, and ￰22￱ the crypto landscape, Solana has surged 17.97% over the past 30 days, outpacing other notable blockchains, including Ethereum and ￰23￱ September 2 and 5, the Ethereum spot ETF recorded $788 million in outflows, while Bitcoin funds recorded $250 million in ￰24￱ the Solana ecosystem, tokens such as ￰25￱ (PUMP) and Puddy Penguins (PENGU) gained 28% and 27%, ￰26￱ smartest crypto minds already read our ￰27￱ in?

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