The UK-US technology protocol is imminent! The UK industry is united in saying: Blockchain must be included.

The British government announced that U.S. President Trump will embark on a three-day state visit starting on 9/15 and sign a technology protocol, symbolizing an upgrade in cooperation between the UK and the U.S. in AI, semiconductors, and quantum computing. At the same time, people from the UK financial and encryption sectors are signing a petition urging the government to include Blockchain and digital assets as a core part of the agreement; otherwise, the UK will fall behind in the formulation of global financial standards.

Trump leads tech and financial giants to visit the UK to establish a technology strategic partnership.

According to Bloomberg, Trump is leading several heavyweight figures from the American technology and finance sectors during his three-day state visit to the UK, including NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator, and BlackRock CEO Larry Fink.

In addition to diplomatic meetings with the British Prime Minister and the royal family, this trip will focus on technology as the main theme, with both parties agreeing to target AI and quantum computing to establish a complementary cooperative relationship.

The industry has sent a letter calling for attention to the Blockchain field.

On the eve of the agreement between the two countries, 12 lobbying groups from the UK fintech and encryption industry, including the UK Cryptoasset Business Council (, UK Finance ), and TheCityUK, jointly sent a letter to UK Business Secretary Peter Kyle and Exchequer Economic Secretary Lucy Rigby.

The letter emphasizes that Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) must be listed as core components of the US-UK Technology Agreement, and specifically names "stablecoins" and "asset tokenization" as key areas of high strategic relevance between the two countries.

He stated directly that excluding digital assets would cause the UK to fall behind the Middle East and Asia in setting global financial standards.

The UK's regulation is lagging behind and urgently needs international cooperation.

Although the UK proposed the vision of a "Global Crypto Hub" in 2022 by former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, progress has been slow. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is still consulting on the new system, and the earliest it will start accepting applications for stablecoin and tokenized licenses will be next year.

In contrast, the EU, the United States, and some Asian and Middle Eastern countries have already taken the lead. UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the launch of cooperation on encryption regulation after discussions with US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in March this year. However, the industry warned in a joint letter that if the UK and the US do not push for regulation in sync, UK companies may face the dilemma of inconsistent regulations, making it more difficult to enter the market and weakening their own competitiveness.

The content of the blockchain protocol is unclear, and related details remain confidential.

In response, the UK government briefly stated that both the UK and the US are "trillion-dollar" technology powerhouses and have had close cooperation in areas such as AI, quantum computing, and cybersecurity. However, regarding whether blockchain would be included in the protocol, the government merely passed it off with "no comment on hypothetical announcements" and did not make a positive commitment.

( The UK FCA has implemented a "dual entity" regulatory scheme for Crypto Asset Trading Platforms (CATP) ).

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