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What the council has convened, joined, backed, and announced: in the order it happened, under the name we carried at the time.

The retired WBBC mark beside the adopted WDBC mark. The hexagon, the chevrons and the navy and gold carry across; the gold moves from a fill inside the hexagon to the disc behind it.

Wisconsin Blockchain Business Council becomes Wisconsin Digital Business Council

Effective August 2026 the council broadens its remit across digital assets, AI, quantum, data centres and consumer protection.

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  1. Thirty-nine linked nodes on navy, one picked out in gold for Wisconsin

    Coalition

    Thirty-nine state bankers associations are building their own blockchain, and Wisconsin’s is one of them

    The BankChain Alliance was announced on 25 August 2026, targeting a 2027 launch. The Wisconsin Bankers Association is among the 39, while a Legislative Council study committee here works on the 2027 language.

  2. A shelf of bill volumes on navy, several in gold

    Coalition

    The Digital Chamber has published a model-legislation library for the states

    Six model bills, each with drafting guidance, from the state arm of the largest blockchain trade association in the country, and a look at how state text actually travels between capitols.

  3. A panel on stage at the DC Blockchain Summit 2026, beneath a large screen reading Blockchain Summit 2026 with The Digital Chamber's logo.

    Coalition

    Where Wisconsin sits in the national network

    A Community Partner of The Digital Chamber and a member of the North American Blockchain Association, because most of what decides Wisconsin digital policy is not written in Wisconsin.

  4. A group photograph of speakers and organizers standing together at the close of the forum.

    ForumWBBC era

    Wisconsin’s Digital Asset Policy Forum: May 28 in Wausau

    WBBC convened candidates, legislators, and industry leaders in Wausau on 28 May 2026 to put digital-asset policy positions on the record ahead of the August primary. Free and open to the public.

  5. The Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, viewed head-on up the granite steps. The bronze statue Forward stands at the foot of the columns, her arm raised, beneath the dome and its gilded Wisconsin figure.

    LegislationWBBC era

    Three bills we backed, and what happened to them

    AB 892 passed the Assembly. AB 471 died in committee. SB 951 drew no opposition at all. What each bill said, who was in the room, and how far it got.

  6. A panel on stage at the DC Blockchain Summit 2026, beneath a large screen reading Blockchain Summit 2026 with The Digital Chamber's logo.

    CoalitionWBBC era

    Wisconsin at the DC Blockchain Summit

    WBBC was a Community Partner for The Digital Chamber's DC Blockchain Summit in Washington, 17–18 March 2026, through the Chamber's State Network Microgrants Program.

  7. The Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, viewed head-on up the granite steps. The bronze statue Forward stands at the foot of the columns, her arm raised, beneath the dome and its gilded Wisconsin figure.

    LegislationWBBC era

    One hearing, three bills, three different answers

    On 25 February 2026 the Senate Committee on Utilities, Technology and Tourism took up all three digital-asset bills in one sitting. The consumer-protection bill got 5–0. The staking bill got 3–2. The office-building bill never got a vote at all.

  8. Witnesses testifying before the Assembly Committee on Science, Technology and AI on Assembly Bill 892, 4 February 2026. Wisconsin Eye broadcast still.

    LegislationWBBC era

    AB 892: the staking hearing

    Seven witnesses for, two against, including the state's own Department of Financial Institutions. The full record of the 4 February 2026 hearing, the Senate companion's hearing three weeks later, and the two committee votes that were not enough.

  9. Four members of the WBBC delegation standing together at the North American Blockchain Summit, in front of a large oil painting of a spreading oak tree. One wears a conference lanyard and badge.

    CoalitionWBBC era

    Wisconsin at the North American Blockchain Summit

    WBBC attended NABS, hosted by the Texas Blockchain Council, in November 2025, and the frameworks argued there showed up in Wisconsin bills months later.

  10. Members of the Assembly Committee on Financial Institutions at the hearing on AB 471, 1 October 2025. Wisconsin Eye broadcast still.

    LegislationWBBC era

    AB 471 goes before committee

    The Crypto Clarity and Innovation Act got its public hearing on 1 October 2025. WBBC testified in support. So did the bill's author, a Milwaukee artist, and Stand With Crypto; AARP Wisconsin and all 72 county sheriffs asked for an amendment.

  11. The Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, viewed head-on up the granite steps. The bronze statue Forward stands at the foot of the columns, her arm raised, beneath the dome and its gilded Wisconsin figure.

    CoalitionWBBC era

    Signed on in support of the CLARITY Act

    WBBC joined the Stand With Crypto Wisconsin chapter in writing to Senator Ron Johnson in support of H.R. 3633. The House passed it 294–134; a year later it still has not cleared the Senate.

  12. A panel on stage at the DC Blockchain Summit 2026, beneath a large screen reading Blockchain Summit 2026 with The Digital Chamber's logo.

    CoalitionWBBC era

    Wisconsin represented at GBBC Blockchain Central DC

    WBBC carried Wisconsin’s creator economy and builder community into the Global Blockchain Business Council’s flagship Washington convening.

  13. The main hall of the Milwaukee County Historical Society set for the forum, chandeliers lit and illuminated ART MKE letters above the balcony.

    ForumWBBC era

    Wisconsin Digital Policy Forum, Milwaukee

    An evening at the Milwaukee County Historical Society built around the WIN Bill, pairing a founder showcase with a policy panel featuring Senator Dora Drake.