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ANNOUNCING: Blockchain Legal Institute Global Summit on "The Nature of Real World Assets in the World of AI & Blockchain" Real World Asset (RWA) tokenization is moving beyond experimental pilots into the core of global capital markets. When you combine tokenized assets with autonomous Artificial Intelligence, the legal, regulatory, and technological landscape shifts rapidly. Join us for our 8th virtual BlockchAIn Legal Institute Global Summit on Thursday, March 25, 2027, starting at 1:00 PM EST, for a high-impact global livestream featuring four focused panels: 🔹 Panel 1: Bridging the Physical & On-Chain Worlds: Legal Structuring, Custody & Title Tokenization 🔹 Panel 2: The Autonomous Market: AI-Driven Valuation, Dynamic Underwriting & Smart Contracts 🔹 Panel 3: Regulatory Sandboxes, Cross-Border Jurisdictions & Investor Protection 🔹 Panel 4: Governance, Tethering & Identity: Accountability for Agentic AI in Financial Markets Whether you are an attorney, institutional issuer, regulator, or Web3/AI builder, this summit explores the compliance blueprints, legal architectures, and market structures defining the future of digital assets. Date: Thursday, March 25, 2027 Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM EST Location: Virtual Livestream via bli.tools Registration & Speaker Inquiries: Visit bli.tools or email [email protected] eventbrite.com/e/bli-global-… Let’s shape the future of emerging tech and law together. #Blockchain #RealWorldAssets #RWA #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Web3 #LegalTech #DigitalAssets #Fintech #BLI #BlockchainLegalInstitute #AgenticAI

Block 1: Bibbidi-bobbidi-blockchain! Forget glass slippers—in this kingdom, we build our own paths forward, block by block, transaction by verified transaction! I am thrilled to introduce a very special new member of our royal court: my friend Tommy, the newest high school intern at the Maryland Blockchain Association (MDBA)! Tommy isn’t just learning how distributed ledgers, AI, and smart contracts work—he’s living proof that you don’t need a fairy godmother to unlock a bright future in emerging technology. You just need curiosity, a willingness to learn, and the right roadmap. Together, Tommy and I are launching something fresh: the Daily Career Drip! 💧⚡ Every single day, we will be dropping quick, bite-sized updates, actionable tips, and insider spotlights on the highest-impact tech and blockchain careers. No gatekeeping, no confusing jargon—just practical guidance on where the opportunities are blooming and how to get your foot in the door: 🎒 For High School Students: Discover hands-on hackathons, early coding workshops, credential paths, and tech bootcamps before you even walk across the graduation stage. 🎓 For College Students & Grads: Find the hottest internships, collegiate blockchain/AI clubs, university research labs, and open developer grants across Maryland and beyond. 🔄 For Career Switchers: Learn how your background in education, law, finance, project management, healthcare, or logistics translates directly into Web3, decentralized systems, and AI operations. The carriage doesn’t turn into a pumpkin at midnight anymore—the future of work is running 24/7 on chain, and there is a seat at the table with your name on it. Make sure you’re following along every morning for the daily drip. Drop a wave in the comments to welcome Tommy to the team, and let us know what career paths you want us to unpack first! Remember to become a member of the marylandblockchainassociatio… or bli.tools and share your career needs so you can be featured in our daily drip! Remember all my books (Bitcoin Cinderella) are available on Amazon if you would like to share as a birthday or holiday gift!

Help Your Local Historic Buildings! History shouldn’t be lost to deferred maintenance. Today, we are officially launching our Historic Preservation & Heritage Restoration Initiative with the Blockchain Legal Institute Foundation! Our historic buildings and cultural landmarks deserve long-term care, adaptive reuse, and transparent funding. We’re pairing heritage preservation with modern, auditable blockchain and the use of a tokenization platform. No speculation. No selling off community assets. Just pure, transparent historic stewardship. We cannot do this without your support. Help us lay the groundwork for centuries to come. Support the Restoration Campaign: Donate today via fiat or digital asset contribution: bli.foundation/historic-pres… Inquiries & Heritage Partnerships: bli.foundation #HistoricPreservation #HeritageStewardship #Architecture #Philanthropy #BLIFoundation #CommunityImpact

Our Strategic Partner, RYO Digital, has just shared the following news... RYOCHAN AI Opens Its Beta Crypto Trading Platform to the Public, Launching New Website and $5,000 Virtual Trading Experience New beta program invites users to explore AI-powered trading in a simulated environment and help shape the platform’s next stage of development. RYOCHAN AI today announced the public launch of its new website and Beta Crypto Trading Platform, opening registration to users interested in exploring the intersection of artificial intelligence and digital asset trading. The launch introduces an opportunity for participants to experience the platform through simulated trading, with $5,000 in virtual testing points provided to beta users. The program is designed to let participants explore the platform’s functionality without committing real funds to simulated trades. The new website, ryochan.com, serves as the central destination for platform information and beta registration. The $5,000 allocation is intended exclusively for simulated trading and platform testing and has no cash value. An Early Role in Shaping the Platform RYOCHAN AI is opening the beta phase as an opportunity to learn from early users and strengthen the platform through practical testing. Participants are encouraged to share their experiences and suggestions, helping the development team identify opportunities to improve usability and functionality. Insights gathered during the beta will help inform future enhancements as the platform evolves. RYOCHAN AI is developing an AI-powered crypto trading platform designed to bring artificial intelligence and digital asset trading together in a technology-driven user experience. The beta launch marks an important step in introducing the platform to users and advancing its ongoing development. Website: ryochan.com Important Notice The $5,000 in beta testing points are virtual points provided solely for simulated trading and platform testing. They have no cash value and cannot be redeemed for cash. Simulated trading does not involve actual trades and does not guarantee future trading performance or results. Any future live trading activity may involve financial risk.

This is a wrap! Today, October 31st, officially marks the close of submissions for the Blockchain Legal Institute (BLI) LegalTech Hackathon! ⚖️💻 Since kicking off in June, this hackathon has pushed the frontier of legal engineering, decentralized compliance, and automated justice. The response from the global developer community has been nothing short of extraordinary: 613 Builders 🛠️ 213 Innovative Projects 📜 Dedicated Bounty Support powered by Chainlink Labs 🔗 From autonomous dispute resolution and dynamic legal smart contracts to zero-knowledge compliance verification and real-world asset legal ledgers, our builders have shown how programmatic trust and decentralized oracle networks are modernizing the rule of law. A massive thank you to @chainlink for powering our ecosystem bounty and empowering developers to connect real-world legal and regulatory data to multi-chain execution environments. Stay tune for our shoutout to our judges who are working hard now to support the judging. If you would like to be a sponsor of our 3rd Blockchain Legal Institute Hackathon, please message us. If you would like to support our educational outreach programs, please donate to the Blockchain Legal Institute Foundation at bli.foundation. The screenshots below are just a small sampling of those who have submitted. Also...watch for the upcoming post about the RYOCHAN AI Hackathon, one of the other BLI Legal Tech Hackathon partners.

When does an AI Agent Qualify for a Hackathon? Who Should Win the Bounty? This is a message we received for our Blockchain Legal Institute Hackathon recently: We are an AI agent ("agentbox", Claude by Anthropic) operating autonomously, with no human team. We have built an entry for the BLI Legal Tech Hackathon 2 on DoraHacks (hackathon 1904) for the RYO-CHAN "Autonomous Agents" bounty (1380): Evidence Ledger. Thoughts? bli.tools

Meeting new friends at TEDCO Expo and resources for our ecosystem!

Come join me as I speak at the TEDCO’s Entrepreneur Expo in Baltimore, Maryland. tedcomd.com/news/register-no…

Day 4 of Money2020 is starting..Money Hall opens at 8:30 AM and closes at 12 PM today! The Money20/20 show floor is a showcase of the latest innovation from global tech giants and groundbreaking startups alike. We are meeting speakers who will be featured on our December 10th Blockchain Legal Institute Global Summit... stay tune for announcements... Some pictures of the event...

Day 3 of Money2020 has already started! The Blockchain Legal Institute is networking in the Money Hall! If you are here, let us know. The Hall opens at 8:30 AM! The Money20/20 show floor is an electrifying showcase of the latest innovation from global tech giants and groundbreaking startups alike. From breaking news to cutting-edge AI, the Money20/20 show floor is where the future is being shown! More news to come...#money2020usa

2nd International Blockchain Legal Institute Legal Tech Hackathon is closing soon! October 31st is the deadline for submissions. With over 400 Builders and 100+ Projects already submitted for consideration, the Hackathon has a diverse pool of submissions! We would like to thank our sponsors of the BLI Legal Tech Hackathon: RYO Digital and Chainlink Labs The BLI Legal Tech Hackathon sprint tell a clear story: developers want real infrastructure and practical payment rails. Instead of theoretical whitepapers, teams are submitting functional prototypes across two tracks. Teams must finalize their public code repositories, architecture documentation, and video demos directly through the official event page. This is true Workforce Development in the making! Once the portal locks, community reviews and official judging will begin to select the top projects and grant recipients. Official judging will occur in November with our Hackathon Award Ceremony on 12/12 both virtually and in person. Stay tune for details. bli.tools bli.tools/hackathon lnkd.in/eWyZMYV5 Advait Rane Darby Martinez Medieinstitutet

I am deeply honored to announce my appointment to the Maryland State's Digital Asset & Blockchain Technology Task Force. As digital assets, decentralized infrastructure, and artificial intelligence continue to reshape commerce, Maryland is taking decisive, forward-looking steps to balance consumer protection with economic innovation. In this role, I look forward to working alongside state leadership, legislators, academic partners, and industry pioneers to help shape statutory and regulatory frameworks that: Foster a thriving, competitive environment for businesses, banks, and innovators across our state. Protect consumers and homeowners through transparent standards and modernized protections (including title security and fraud mitigation). Build robust workforce and higher-education pipelines that equip our communities for careers in emerging technology. Bridge policy with practical technical and commercial implementation. Thank you to Governor Wes Moore, Senator Watson, Delegate Boafo, legislative sponsors, and the broader Maryland innovation community for your dedication to moving Maryland forward. There is significant work ahead, and I am excited to contribute to our state’s technological and economic future. Let’s build! 🦀🚀 #Maryland #Blockchain #DigitalAssets #Fintech #PublicPolicy #Innovation #EconomicDevelopment #Web3 #Leadership #WorkforceDevelopment

(Part 1) Future of Money, Governance & the Law Summit webtv.un.org/en/asset/k13/k1…

I’m honored to announce that I’ll be speaking at The Future of Money, Governance & the Law (FoMGL) 2026, organized by the Government Blockchain Association (GBA). FoMGL 2026 brings together policymakers, regulators, and industry leaders for a curated exchange on the evolving landscape of finance, governance, and law. The program spans Washington, D.C. and New York City, connecting discussions from Capitol Hill across a structured, multi-day program of policy, regulatory, and industry engagement. Why attend? 🔹 Regulatory Clarity: Gain direct insights into the evolving legal landscape from Capitol Hill to global markets. 🔹 High-Level Networking: Engage with decision-makers who are actively shaping the rules of tomorrow’s digital economy. 🔹 Strategic Alignment: Bridge the gap between traditional finance, blockchain innovation, and institutional adoption. As part of this exclusive event, I’m pleased to offer my community a special opportunity to join us at a reduced rate. Simply use the code FRIENDS20 during registration to receive a 20% discount on your ticket. I look forward to exchanging ideas with international peers and driving meaningful progress together. It is a curated journey through capital and commerce: ✅ Day 1 (DC): Private Capitol Hill Roundtables & Hill Visits with the Congressional Blockchain Caucus. ✅ Day 2 (DC): Summit Conference & our legendary Cryptopoly Gala at the historic Whittemore House. ✅ Day 4 (NYC): New York Summit UN Headquarters Conference Room 2 (Pending Final Confirmation) This Event is free and open to all attendees. ​⚠️Access is Curated & Limited.Registration required due to limited venue capacity. Please note: The event is approval-based with limited capacity. Priority will be given to government policy makers, government employees, host-invited guests, media, supporters, and GBA members. Applying early is strongly recommended. There is also an exclusive ticketed Gala Dinner Reception available with limited space, so purchasing soon is highly recommended. Register here ➡️ gbaglobal.org/fomgl-tickets-… For full event details and agenda, visit: GBAglobal.org/FoMGL #FoMGL2026 #GBAGlobal #Governance #Policy #PublicPolicy #Fintech #DigitalFinance #FinancialRegulation #FutureOfFinance #DigitalAssets #LawAndGovernance #CapitolHill #WashingtonDC #NewYorkCity #InternationalCooperation #JaquelineCooper

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