Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA) @ChainforGood

Real-world data, verified infrastructure, and AI that can actually use it. This is where things get interesting. 👀

Blockchain for Good Alliance (BGA) @ChainforGood

21 hours ago

A big one for the #blockchain and #AI ecosystem: our #BGAJointFund partner XION has rebranded to Verona (@verona_dev), the intelligence layer for AI. Same chain, same team, sharper story... and a true alignment to the Alliance: turning real-world data into provable facts that

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A big one for the #blockchain and #AI ecosystem: our #BGAJointFund partner XION has rebranded to Verona (@verona_dev), the intelligence layer for AI. Same chain, same team, sharper story... and a true alignment to the Alliance: turning real-world data into provable facts that users own and any agent can reuse. Verify once, reuse everywhere, expose nothing. A powerful tagline, partner. It's exactly the kind of trust infrastructure the agent economy needs; verified information that AI can actually act on. And the timing couldn't be better. ⏳ 1 week left to register for the BGA Global Impact Accelerator (GIA): chainforgood.org/GIA This, is the right intersection of blockchain, AI, and real-world impact. For builders, this is your window. @verona_dev game on, BGA x Verona 🚀

Something happened this year that barely made headlines: software started paying software. An AI agent now holds a wallet, receives a payment request, and settles it in stablecoin; no human in the loop. Agents are negotiating with other agents for compute, data, and services. Machine-to-machine commerce is no longer theoretical. It's live. Here's the question almost no one is asking: when two AI agents transact, how does one know the other is who it claims to be, and can be trusted to deliver? Right now, every agent-to-agent interaction starts from zero trust. There's no shared way to verify identity, reputation, or reliability. This is the part #blockchain was built for. Not the payment, that's is the easy part. But the trust layer underneath it: verifiable agent identity, on-chain reputation, an auditable record of what each agent actually did.

And our incubatee spotlight this week, @Plastiks_io The traction is real. What Plastiks has been sharpening through BGA is how to turn that traction into repeatable growth. Plastiks is building verification infrastructure for plastic recovery, helping organisations prove where plastic was recovered, who was involved, and whether recovery claims can support compliance, reporting, and credible impact. In last week’s group check-in, @AndreVanyiRobin shared clear progress across several fronts: a targeted term sheet, co-investor momentum toward a wider round, A pilot customer onboarding, project funding progress, and a partnership with a global body. But the most important part of the update was operational. Plastiks is not just chasing funding headlines. The team is focused on the foundations that make growth scalable: 100% technology reliability and automated customer onboarding that can generate revenue. That is the shift that matters. For impact startups, pilots and partnerships are important. But the real unlock comes when the business can turn them into repeatable revenue, reliable delivery, and investor-ready proof. This is where BGA adds value. Not just helping companies tell a better story, but helping them connect traction, operations, funding, and growth into a clearer path to scale.

We're nearing the end of the BGA Incubation Spring Cohort, and this week's check-in wasn't a progress meeting. It was a success-planning session. The theme: from progress updates to proof points. Before our programme ends, our teams are being pushed to define what success actually means: → investment closed, not just discussed → LOIs signed, not just promised → pilots launched, not just planned → customers onboarded, not just targeted → demos shown, not just described The final stage of the BGA incubator isn't about activity. It's about evidence. The strongest founders aren't just building momentum. They're turning it into proof. And we're glad to back our projects this cycle. #BGAIncubation @AdamFlinter | @SalmanMasoumi | @agent_aeris | @newprontera | @a_khitou | @geniustags | @JDaredevil2 | @AndreVanyiRobin | @Plastiks_io | @Samb0__ | @ZengateGlobal | @AmamiMickey | @jg13nn

⚖️ 𝗠𝗶𝗖𝗔 & 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗚𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗢𝗠𝗬 As AI transforms digital finance, regulation is evolving just as quickly. Join leading experts as they discuss MiCA, compliant automation, and what it takes to build trustworthy AI-driven crypto businesses at Agentic Day Amsterdam. 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 Dr. Lisa Cameron — Founder, UKUS Crypto Alliance & Former UK Member of Parliament 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 • Glenn Tan — Director, Global Affairs, @ChainforGood Alliance • Yamal Kalaf — Co-founder, @MiCAR_WP_EU Europe B.V. • Liande Visscher — Founder & CEO, Barp 🗓️ 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 🔗 𝗵𝘁𝘁𝗽𝘀://𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗮.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗹𝗼𝟵𝟳𝟳𝗹𝟲𝗵 🤝 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿? 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁. 𝗜𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵: @WEEX_Official • @CryptoCanal • @Futurist_conf • @DutchBlockWeek • @HouseofZK • @CryptoNomads_gm • @FintechMiami • @HelloAgentic • #BusinessShowMedia • @shefiorg • @CryptoWomenCo • @Yellow #AgenticDay #AgenticAI #Leadership #Innovation #TechLeadership #FutureOfAI #Blockchain #Amsterdam #DutchBlockchainWeek #AI #CryptoTrading #LallaAsmaaAlaoui #WEEX #SheFi #HelloAgentic #AllMyAI #BlockchainFuturistConference #HouseOfZK

To our SK Federation and partners, I just want to say this personally, we really need you in this. We may have built the technology, but you know the communities, the people, and what actually happens on the ground better then any one of us. Your time, honest feedback, and cooperation will help us turn Bagyo.app into something people can truly rely on when it matters most. With a storm possibly approaching, this is already starting to feel very real, so we must not take that responsibility lightly. This is bigger than any one team or app. But if we work together, we have a real chance to build something that could help protect communities and one day, help save lives. Report. Respond. Rebuild. Together. 🇵🇭 #BagyoApp #AERIS #DisasterResilience #BlockchainForGoodAlliance

June is heating up and tomorrow is shaping up as a hot hot day in Berlin! AI Agents Hackathon 2026 will be happening from 19th-20th of June in @42_berlin tech coding school and we are gathering the top AI agent builders who came to the @BerBlockWeek to build out the new wave of agents equipped with the ultimate tool - (internet-native) money. We have currently 340 hackers subscribed and 4000+ USD in prizes with amazing sponsors: @circle - the leading stablecoin issuer @nebiusai - an major AI infra company hosting top open-source models @tavilyai - precision search for AI agents @ChainforGood - Blockchain for Good alliance @OOBEonSol - agents on @solana We will also have talks by some of our partners from @etheriumfndn @Cloudflare @softstackHQ @draper_u to inspire and support the builders Sign-up here and come build the future! luma.com/ai-agents-hack…

Announcing the DISASTER PREPAREDNESS MOVEMENT FOR THE YOUTH🤝 Together with the Naga City SK Federation (youth government) bagyo.app and @ChainforGood We are opening access to over 90+ youth government volunteers, citizens, and leaders in the Philippines 🇵🇭

🏆 Tracks & bounties Agentic commerce: $1000 by @circle and $500 by @tavily ​Agent infrastructure: $1000 each by @nebiusai and @OOBEonSol Bonus track: "The Trading & Strategy for Public Good" with $500 by @ChainforGood

AI Agents Hackathon prizes are live! 📅June 19–20, 2021 💻Build production-grade agents across agentic commerce & agent infrastructure ⌛48h to ship. Pitches, demos, judging & winners on Saturday evening.

We’re proud of our #BGAIncubation project @agent_aeris (Bagyo.app) for this major milestone! ✨ The Alliance can’t wait to see how this will play out for the betterment of the people at Naga City. A step closer to phenomenal impact with #blockchain and #AI. Well done, @JDaredevil2 and team!

Jared Dillinger @JDaredevil2

a week ago

I thought retiring from basketball was the end of a chapter. I didn’t realize it was the beginning of my most important one. After 18 years of professional basketball, my family and I moved to Naga the city where my wife grew up and where we chose to build our next chapter

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This week's BGA cohort highlight: @geniustags, a project showing how impact startups balance field realities with strategic execution. Genius Tags helps humanitarian and development organisations manage beneficiary data, reduce duplication, and trigger support faster in the field. The team is planning an anticipatory-action workshop, with Malawi as the preferred location. Visa delays created uncertainty, so they've built a Syria-based contingency plan in case confirmation runs late. And that's good founder behaviour: ➡️ Stay committed to the mission ➡️ Don't let one dependency block momentum They also got useful signal from a recent pilot: a local NGO saw clear value in spotting duplicate SIM cards during field distributions. Next step: turn that into a sharper case study and pitch narrative. #BGAIncubation

This week's BGA incubation theme: momentum moving to negotiation. Earlier, conversations were about refining the idea and proving the problem was real. This week got commercial. Our teams are now working through the real mechanics of building investable companies: ➡️ Valuation gaps and strategic capital ➡️ Cap table complexity and enterprise procurement ➡️ Turning traction into defensible commercial value Which means putting on the negotiating hat. For founders, this is often where it gets uncomfortable. The real question: can you defend the value of the business, logically? That means understanding what investors are actually buying: revenue potential, strategic access, execution capability, market timing, defensibility, and the credibility of the team. The lesson: valuation is not a number you want. It is a case you build. And it's something you can't avoid as you make progress. So plan for it in advance. #BGAIncubation @AdamFlinter | @SalmanMasoumi | @agent_aeris | @newprontera | @a_khitou | @geniustags | @JDaredevil2 | @AndreVanyiRobin | @Plastiks_io | @Samb0__ | @ZengateGlobal | @AmamiMickey | @jg13nn

Big news: @flock_io , @ChainforGood , and @BiltMeAnApp are joining Vibe Coding Hack as new sponsors 🎉 They’ll be running workshops, partnering on bounties, and helping offer top prizes - with Mac Minis up for grabs. Kick off this Friday, 19th June in Shoreditch👀 Sign up! ↓

PANEL · EN · 18:10–18:50 Institutional Panel: How Institutions Are Entering the Tech Ecosystem Thanks @ChainforGood

The week’s #BGAIncubation Spotlight goes to Bagyo.app (@newprontera, @agent_aeris, @JDaredevil2)! Bagyo is building a community-led disaster response and resilience platform for the #Philippines, combining public reporting, emergency alerts, AI-assisted verification, and on-chain transparency to support faster, more trusted disaster information flows. In last week’s BGA check-in, the team shared strong progress in #Naga City. After Jared met with key local stakeholders, including the mayor’s advisor and the executive director of IT, the team opened a practical pathway toward city-level integration, including potential connection with the existing Naga City app. That matters because early-stage impact startups do not scale through ideas alone. They scale when one credible pilot becomes a template. For Bagyo, the next step is not just executing the June 18 event. It is documenting the process: who opened the door, who needs to approve, what the city needs, how users are activated, and how this becomes repeatable in future cities. This is where BGA adds value. Not just supporting promising technology, but helping teams turn stakeholder access into pilots, pilots into proof, and proof into scalable adoption. Next step for Bagyo: make Naga City the first repeatable city deployment playbook. Let's go!

Last week’s BGA mentoring theme: from validation to repeatable execution. Earlier in the programme, many conversations were about refining the idea, clarifying the story, and testing whether the problem was real. This week felt more operational. Our teams are now asking harder questions: ➡️ Who is the real champion? What is the revenue model? ➡️ Which government pathway works? ➡️ Can we explain the product in 30 seconds? And, most importantly, how do we document what works so it can be repeated? For an early-stage impact startup, one successful meeting is useful. One pilot is useful. One city activation is useful. But the real value comes when those moments become playbooks. That, is a repeatable sales motion. #BGAIncubation @AdamFlinter | @SalmanMasoumi | @agent_aeris | @newprontera | @a_khitou | @geniustags | @JDaredevil2 | @AndreVanyiRobin | @Plastiks_io | @Samb0__ | @ZengateGlobal | @AmamiMickey | @jg13nn

✨ 𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗦 ✨ We're excited to spotlight some of the industry leaders joining us on stage at Agentic Day Amsterdam, sharing insights at the intersection of AI, blockchain, and innovation. 🎤 Andrew Weiner — Chief Operating Officer, @WEEX_Official 🎤 Megan Nilsson — Founder, @megan_crypto 🎤 @ZakaWaqar — Investor in Tech & AI Startups | Crypto Leverage Trader 🎤 Liande Visscher — Founder & CEO, @BARP 🎤 Dr Lisa Cameron — Founder, UKUS Crypto Alliance | Former UK Member of Parliament 🎤 Glenn Tan — Director, Global Affairs, @ChainforGood Alliance (BGA) 🗓️𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟮𝗻𝗱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 📍𝗔𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 🎟️ 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: luma.com/lo977l6h 🤝 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿? 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗰𝗵. #AgenticDay #AgenticAI #Leadership #Innovation #TechLeadership #FutureOfAI #Blockchain #AmsterdamBlockchain #DutchBlockchainWeek #CryptoTrading #Weex #AI #shefi #helloagentic #AllMyAI #Blockchainfuturistconference #houseofzk #Netherlands