Well the continuation of #aussiesfollowaussies happened not just with our biggest ever Twitter Space on Monday (with 200+ joining in) but the momentum continued with other Twitter Spaces we joined too such as those from the folks at NFT Fest and P0sty.
You can see the replay from our Twitter Space here
Then there was also a lot of good insights from the NFT Fest folks - make sure to check it out if you havenโt already made plans for Melbourne in November.
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All of the above was just Monday!
We then joined Olga Bubnova from BGainComms on her space to do with marketing in web3 on Tuesday - see here
Then it was a podcast on design and UX/UI with the folks from Helix Collective for their IXDA Sydney podcast - more details hereย
It was an important week on regulation with our friend and colleague NumbersDeFi being on the RBA CBDC roundtable. He was able to share some great insights and see how willing the government is to learn from those in the industry. Definitely doing his community proud.
And it was followed up with a great meeting with Services NSW minister Victor Dominello.ย
The future is being written now so itโs very important to have representation at these events and he certainly shared the experience of those developing in this space.ย
News
Looking at the SEC going after a DAO is pretty interesting given the implications this can have for many other protocols so its worth checking this out from Bankless. It discusses how they are chasing those who with governance tokens and the legal liabilities they face.ย
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Google make the news with the ability to now search wallet addresses in the native Google search functionย
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6985810446591176704/
Great recap of the week from CoinBureau too. If you havenโt seen the channel itโs worth checking out, Guy is a whole vibe.
Interesting insights shown here from Vitto Rivabella (of Alchemy) on LinkedIn too on the acceleration of web3 development in recent years. This is a link to the post but there is a way to get the full report - read the comments - https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6986398479329767424/ย
For those interested in Maple Finance, the local grown DeFi lender, we had our very own Guru Sundaram right this in-depth piece on them here:
Also, we saw co-founder Arturo interview with new recruit, Shahirah Gardner on regs, getting started in this space and much more
Data
Sea of red again but macro issues including OPEC oil cuts (restricted supply) and no sign of rates being eased isnโt helping markets right now
After some recovery, weโre seeing DeFi total value locked sitting back down at $53 billion according to DeFi Llama
Yield rankings still show stETH (staked ETH) as having the most TVL followed by BTC being lent on JustLend and other ETH staked versions (all available on DeFi Llama).
More news next week so stay tuned.