GBBC Becomes Hedera Council’s First Strategic Partner: How Will It Help HBAR? AllinCrypto December 18, 2025
On December 16, the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) became the first official Strategic Partner of the Hedera Council.
As Hedera scales globally with new Strategic Partners initiatives for start-ups and worldwide firms, bringing GBBC into this new partner category shows a clear intent to deepen engagement with enterprises.
GBBC is the world’s largest nonprofit industry association for blockchain and digital assets, with more than 500 institutional members.
What the Partnership Means for GBBC
The Global Blockchain Business Council has built a reputation as a reliable, trusted voice between business leaders, regulators, and web3 innovators.
By joining the Hedera Council’s Strategic Partner program, GBBC can strengthen Hedera’s ability to operate between technology, policies, and enterprise adoption.
Shyam Nagarajan, Chief Partnerships Officer at Hashgraph:
“GBBC has built one of the most respected global networks for blockchain policy and standards. As our first Strategic Partner, they strengthen the Council’s ability to engage governments, enterprises, and industry bodies worldwide. This helps the Hedera ecosystem grow in a way that is trusted, responsible, and built for the long haul.
For GBBC, the partnership will provide them with a direct channel to engage Hedera’s governing institutions and enterprise members, allowing its policy work and more to be directly rooted in production-grade, real-world deployments from potential Hedera Council members like Dell, Google, Arrow Electronics, and more.
GBBC’s experience in shaping regulatory dialogue and coordinating cross-sector standards for networking may allow it to help Hedera Council members navigate oftentimes complex compliance environments.
It will also enable GBBC to showcase how responsible governance models like Hedera’s council-led structure can help support scalable web3 infrastructures.
What the Partnership Means for Hedera Hashgraph
For the Hedera ecosystem, GBBC brings global policy expertise that can benefit expansion efforts for the wider ecosystem.
GBBC’s involvement in initiatives such as the Global Standards Mapping Initiative and InterWork Alliance supports the development of interoperable frameworks, being potentially essential for enterprise and government initiatives wihtin web3.
GBBC’s global events and policy forums also open new doors for Hedera Council members, Strategic Partners, and Community Partners to engage directly with decision-makers within industries.
As the first Strategic Partner, GBBC sets the tone for Hedera’s broader partnership vision which is based on expanding participation while staying grounded in building real-world utility.
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