MaryLand Blockchain Association

Newsletter

Fall 2024 News

New Family Members

Foster collaboration within Maryland's rapidly growing blockchain community with fellow association members. Say "hello" to new members including individuals, groups, tech centers, lawyers, DAOs, accountants, and more.

Grant Updates

If you are looking to start something new, important, and attention-worthy, message us to learn about public and private resources. - this info is free to members!

Maryland Blockchain Events

We host monthly virtual Meet-ups to provide networking and learning experiences. Want to travel? Members of the Association are regularly traveling to conferences in the U.S. and abroad!

Mark Your Calendar

On October 23rd, a virtual Global Summit on Blockchain & Sustain-ability is being hosted by both the Maryland Blockchain Association and the Blockchain Legal Institute. Visit www.bli.tools to register. Association Speakers include Benjamin Diggles, Kyle Langley, and Charles Light.

Lets Work Together...

Are you curious about, or working within any of these areas:

Artificial intelligence? Bitcoin Mining? Application Development?

Cryptocurrency? Real World Assets? Non-Fungible Tokens?

Visit www.marylandblockchainassociation.org and reach out to us.

FED Legislative Updates

Our research team is monitoring trends in compliance, regulations and court cases across the U.S.A. If you are doing business in Maryland or elsewhere, we can research your questions. Contact us.

Networking Opportunities

If you are interested in learning about our community, join our virtual Maryland Blockchain Association Meet-up as well as others around Maryland: 

  • Baltimore Bitcoin Group
  • AI Innovators Network – Tysons – DC, Nova, MD
  • Baltimore Tech Meetup Group
  • Bitcoin Annapolis
  • Rainwater Growth LLC – DMV Tech Upskilling
  • DMV Bitcoiners
  • Hyperledger Foundation  Hyperledger Maryland
  • Cryptocurrency Meetup Group

Blockchain Legal Institute

Want to network with Legal Experts in Blockchain? BLI serves as a comprehensive library of decentralized resources, accessible to anyone interested in exploring innovative technologies. Whether you’re a consumer or an entrepreneur, you can find valuable research and insights at www.bli.tools.

For tools to support your business or to learn more about the digital asset community, visit www.bli.tools and start your journey today.

Hackathons

Can you imagine winning thousands of dollars of Bitcoin and learning valuable lessons at the same time?

If you are interested in participating in a hackathon, this is one of many portals offering hackathons to explore: https://dorahacks.io/

Even better, you can email us to join fellow members as a team and learn what a hackathon is from the ground up. 

Hackathons

You can visit with the Maryland Blockchain Association’s team as they travel to local, national and international conferences through-out the year. 
Our team recently spoke about enterpreneurship in EthToronto and about compliance trends at the Wyoming Stampede.
The team also assisted with the Nashville Bitcoin Conference Con-tinuing Legal Education Event as well as provided educational infor-mation at the Bitcoin Cinderella booth at the Bitcoin Conference.

Volunteers, Sponsors, Supporters:

The Maryland Blockchain Association recognizes all of the volunteers, sponsors and supporters who contribute to our educational outreach efforts. 

These supporters include the Government Blockchain Association, the Free Republic of Liberland, Compass Coffee, Cogent Law Group, Simbachain, American CryptoFed, Senti-Trend, Dr. Utzke, BlueList, Oge Anene, AILegalWise, SheNodes, Omnionix,  Carlos Parades,  FPComplete, Karim Creary, Anthony Howell, Adam Miller, and more.

Stay Tuned For Updates

Each newsletter will feature differ-ent Maryland State Departments, local County or City offices work-ing within the blockchain commun-ity. Stay tuned for these features. Send information to feature your local community, to our email:

info@marylandblockchainassociation.org

Intern News

These interns are doing amazing things for the Maryland Community.

Austin Reid is the volunteer co-coordinator working on the sustainability survey for the virtual Global Summit on October 23rd.

Richard Goodhue is the volunteer coordinator for our Maryland Blockchain Association Newsletter.

Ron Phillipes is attending various events on behalf of the Association to include a recent Government Blockchain Association event in Virginia.

Drew Parker is working on researching grants for the Association and reaching out to community groups.

Know someone in Maryland who likes blockchain tech? Forward them this email.

Member Spotlights

We would like to spotlight just some of our members.  Each newsletter will contain new mentions so you can reach out and learn more about each business. Be sure to watch our video interviews of our business members to be featured under our News Section on our website.

Benjamin Diggles

Co-Founder Chief Strategy Officer

Constellation Network, Inc.

https://constellationnetwork.io

PORSCHE S. DORSEY
Co-Founder and CEO
Verada

Chris Light

CEO and Founder

E-Livestock Global

www.e-livestockglobal.com

Kyle Langham
Director, Data and Analytics | DFINITY

https://dfinity.org/

Christine Urban
StellarMadic

www.stellarmadic.com

Web3 Consulting

As a leading voice for blockchain technology in Maryland, the Association regularly hosts meetups, educational workshops, and networking events for its members.

Stay up-to-date with the latest developments, initiatives, and events by subscribing to our quarterly newsletter. 

Join us as we connect innovators, policymakers, and industry leaders to shape the future of technology in Maryland and beyond!

Sunny Oller, MBA, Co-Founder & CEO of Meta Space Lab & CFO of CEIF www.metaspacelab.xyz www.ceif.io
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