Big week ahead with the AFR Crypto Summit today and our very own Chapter Lead, Nick Bishop on stage with other well-known local crypto leaders. Check it out
Apart from that, there’s a whole bunch of crypto/AI and other events going on as its SXSW (South by Southwest) Sydney this week. Here’s a few we know of including our very own meetup this Wednesday!
News
Given today is the AFR Crypto Summit, great to highlight something from the AFR here (and thanks to Steve Vallas for pointing this out over the weekend). To quote the author, James Eyers, “But 15 years since bitcoin was created, it is dawning on banks that its innovations can be deployed to help push mainstream financial markets towards near-instant and free settlement, potentially removing intermediaries such as registries and clearing houses”. It is certainly an interesting read so check it here https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/how-crypto-is-forcing-banks-funds-towards-new-digital-asset-markets-20231013-p5ec0c
Do you know what the margins are at the app layer for the Ethereum ecosystem? Michael Nadeau dives into that in this post https://www.linkedin.com/posts/michael-austin-nadeau_if-youre-investing-within-the-ethereum-tech-activity-7117500749797838848-j__p?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop b
More about our On Chain future with the SmartCon conference by Chainlink last week
Great to see this collaboration between Immutable and AWS https://www.linkedin.com/posts/itsbrendanma_amazon-web-services-expands-roster-by-adding-activity-7117650422403657728-Yj3_?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Interesting and thoughtful piece on Solana vs Ethereum being like IOS vs Android https://www.placeholder.vc/blog/2023/10/10/ethereum-and-solana
Very interesting to see some court transcripts showing Caroline Ellison thoughts on questions asked during testimony for the Sam Bankman-Fried trial https://twitter.com/innercitypress/status/1712163054689935820
Speaking of the trial, here’s the Bankless end of week take on it here
Great discussion here of what's going on with Hedera ecosystem in the latest HBAR Weekly
Other SXSW Web3 Events
Monday 16th October
All day - AFR Crypto Summit https://live.afr.com/cryptosummit/
Mon 16th 12pm WUNDERMAN THOMPSON: THE FUTURE IS OPEN https://schedule.sxswsydney.com/sessions/f4d7cb4a-70b7-5df0-9090-1e59f40af245
Mon 16th 2pm SMART MEDIA TECH PRESENTS: HOW WE DON’T F*CK UP THE NEXT INTERNET: BUILDING A RESPONSIBLE INTERNET https://schedule.sxswsydney.com/sessions/8197615f-7a50-5c8c-adc7-136d4b91691b
Tues 17th October
3pm - What the fungible is happening in the world of Web3.0 https://events.humanitix.com/from-web3-gaming-to-koala-nfts-how-blockchain-continues-to-blaze-the-trail
530pm - Is The Future Decentralised? https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/is-the-future-decentralised-tickets-731060069347
Tue 17th - 12pm HOW WEB3 WILL TRANSFORM ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INVESTMENT FOR GOOD https://schedule.sxswsydney.com/sessions/ade6bd3d-a503-574a-a5b2-242d66a84316
Tue 17th - 2pm WEB3 BUILT FOR WOMEN, BY WOMEN https://schedule.sxswsydney.com/sessions/39124b80-5124-56f5-a4cd-21c02ed88606
Tue 17th - 3pm WHAT THE FUNGIBLE IS HAPPENING IN THE WORLD OF WEB 3.0? https://schedule.sxswsydney.com/sessions/56c00fda-7953-57c4-b186-c3f7503ff3ac
Wed 18th October
3pm - BASE Meetup by Coinbase https://schedule.sxswsydney.com/sessions/4b68d87d-2d50-5613-a7b9-8aa2d1bdb8c1
530pm - Aus DeFi Association Meetup - October 2023 (during SXSW) https://www.meetup.com/australian-defi-association/events/296327644/
Wed 18th - 12pm NFTS: SIZZLE OR FIZZLE https://schedule.sxswsydney.com/sessions/8f70d5d2-f8eb-5a78-8c84-f3f6bdea8d14
Wed 18th - 1pm WEB3 IN 2023: COMPOSABILITY, INTEROPERABILITY & WHY IT ALL MATTERS https://schedule.sxswsydney.com/sessions/32d0fb3a-a2dc-532c-b8ce-0225333f70cb
Wed 18th - 4pm WEB3 FOR ARTISTS AND CREATORS https://schedule.sxswsydney.com/sessions/e816b453-7ee5-5389-822e-5c096f37b32b
Thu 19th October
WEB3 FOR ARTISTS AND CREATORS https://schedule.sxswsydney.com/sessions/e816b453-7ee5-5389-822e-5c096f37b32b
Thu 19th - 10am THE FUTURE OF FAN/ARTIST INTERACTION: LESSONS FROM WEB3 https://schedule.sxswsydney.com/sessions/486e3f02-cada-5214-86dd-bfc7990f414a
330pm Ventures and Vino - https://www.techsydney.com.au/events/event/14994/ventures-and-vino-nsw-house-sxsw-sydney
Tune in next week for another episode of Chain Reaction
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
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