Queen Elizabeth the secondwho died Thursday, aged 96, took an interest in a diary sent to her by Buckingham Palace British Blockchain Association (BBA).
What happened
The world’s first peer-reviewed, academic blockchain journal was presented to the Queen by the British Blockchain Association. According to a 2020 Financial Times report, the Queen was ecstatic after reading articles on “Gender Change Information, Blockchain, and GDPR” and “Prefigurative Post-Politics and Government Led Blockchain Projects.”
“Her Majesty was interested to know that the publication is the first open-access blockchain research journal available both in print and online,” replied Poppy Whitworth, from the Office of Her Majesty’s Private Secretary.
After the Queen’s reply crypto exchange Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao tweeted in 2022: “Wonder how many #Bitcoin she (Queen Elizabeth II) owns.”
Crypto interest among royal families
The British royal family has reportedly expressed a strong interest in investing in cryptocurrencies, according to multiple media reports.
Crown Prince Alois von und zu Liechtenstein admitted that his principality lacked the “internal expertise to do so”. [invest] direct” but called digital currencies such as e.g Bitcoin BTC/USD are “something to look into further in the future”.
in a (n interview Speaking to CNBC, Prince Alois expressed interest in the possible applications of blockchain, the ledger technology underlying Bitcoin, to improve national administrative processes.
“Blockchain will change many things. It could even contribute to more efficient administration of our state,” the Liechtenstein crown prince was quoted as saying.
Her Majesty’s NFTs
A ether ETH/USD NFT effort, QueenE Dao, began holding auctions for a single Ethereum NFT image of the Queen in early July. The plan was to release new procedurally produced works regularly during the Queen’s reign. It was apparently designed by Web3 creator Fabio Sevá and…
