Chain Reaction - 11th March 2024
Big week of international and local events - as well as the price action
Another major week for Aussies at home and overseas here so let’s get straight to what happened.
Community Highlights
Great to see friends in Japan flying the Aussie flag over there https://twitter.com/stevevallas/status/1764536419702517957?t=kE5_Zhmwd4v96muHC51z7Q&s=19
And here from Amy-Rose https://www.linkedin.com/posts/amy-rose_jff2024-fintech-blockchain-activity-7170603767158042628-X2z2?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
And our very own Arturo Rodriguez of NotCentralised over there too https://twitter.com/notcentralised/status/1766744387793617268
Highlights from our Melbourne meetup here https://twitter.com/AusDeFi/status/1765331686924099914
And from Kevin https://twitter.com/LifeSizeKevin/status/1765505348847256027
And our newest Sponsor, Bitget in on the action too https://twitter.com/BitgetOceania/status/1765512317121237404
We had International Women's Day celebrations across the country and here’s a catch up at the Australian Computer Society down in Melbourne https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7170893339016327168/
We also have our latest meetups coming up in Perth https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tracey-plowman-b58671158_sunrise-insights-aus-defi-march-breakfast-activity-7172467229395988480-LciU?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Sydney has a meetup back again on the 20th featuring our friends at Bitget https://www.meetup.com/australian-defi-association/events/299587686/
Then Brisbane on the 26th and will feature our friends at Coinstash https://www.meetup.com/aus-defi-association-brisbane/events/299668142/
Highlights
Congrats to Jamie Coutts formerly of Bloomberg fame on joining the Real Vision team as their Chief Crypto Analyst https://twitter.com/Jamie1Coutts/status/1765181201260966011?t=XzgiIf_ZvxAEeEkNOwTULA&s=19
Jamie covers the price action and markets so worth checking out his work if you don’t already know - and also great to see other friends in the papers too in this AFR piece featuring Jonathan from Kraken, Ben from Binance and Mark from NotCentralised https://www.afr.com/markets/currencies/crypto-mania-and-speculation-drives-bitcoin-higher-20240305-p5fa3q
Great to see Aussies representing at the global Commonwealth level in this piece featuring Loretta Joseph helping to push the move towards accessible legal services https://fb.watch/qGcpSDVyrX/?mibextid=v7YzmG
Great insights here from the team at Stirling and Rose on the Block Earner and Hala cases that made the rounds in web3 recently. Worth a read https://stirlingandrose.com/2024/03/04/yes-australian-financial-services-law-and-licensing-requirements-apply-to-crypto-assets/
Don't tax curiousity! That's the quote from our friends at Sula from the Blockchain Australia policy forum https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sylapower_cryptotax-cryptowealth-activity-7170707069648486400-FuOC?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
In another sign off the bull market the Deutsche Boerse, the German stock exchange is allowing crypto spot trading for institutional investors https://www-coindesk-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.coindesk.com/business/2024/03/05/deutsche-boerse-starts-crypto-trading-platform-for-institutional-clients/amp/
Pretty damn good explanation of bitcoint and crypto in general https://www.linkedin.com/posts/linasbeliunas_this-is-the-greatest-bitcoin-explanation-activity-7170871057115963393-nBYB?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
See you next week folks for another round of highlights
About Aus DeFi Association
The Australian DeFi Association (Aus DeFi) is a non-profit community organization dedicated to increasing education and awareness of blockchain technology, specifically decentralized finance (DeFi) and web3-based projects. Their goal is to empower the Australian community with the knowledge and tools to participate in the decentralized economy, and to promote the adoption and growth of blockchain technology in Australia. They strive to provide a more grassroots approach to promoting blockchain technology compared to other industry-focused organizations in Australia, and to provide a platform for community members to learn about and engage with this emerging technology.
You can watch our recorded meetups and interviews here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ausdefiassociation3956/videos
Sponsors
This newsletter is brought to you by our sponsors at NotCentralised who use their AI tool, SIKE, to bring together the highlights each week. For more on SIKE and the world of business-friendly AI, see here.
We also thank all of our sponsors who help us run and organise and keep this association going. We could not do it without them so check out their details here.