Chain Reaction - 18th November 2024
Sydney comes alive with Aus Crypto Convention, The Blockies and more
Welcome back to another Chain Reaction and what a week we have ahead folks! The crypto community converges in Sydney for Australian Crypto Convention this coming weekend and events galore. Before all of that, lets get into the week that was and we will most definitely see you next weekend as Arturo Rodriguez 🤖 Chris Sinclair and 📈 Mark Monfort from the community will join others like Simon Amery Jason Findlay Tracey Plowman and others.
A reminder of the events coming up include
ACS (Australian Computer Society) event on blockchain regulation, industry insights and more where President 📈 Mark Monfort represents us along with Dolly Brtan Karen Cohen Rachael Jones Danielle Marie - see https://www.acs.org.au/cpd-education/event-detail.html?eventId=701Om00000FKGUc
The Blockies awards night by Digital Economy Council of Australia (DECA) -
A bunch of pre and post party events for Australian Crypto Convention - Nov 23-24, 2024 - ICC, Sydney and the events themselves. Shoot us a message if you need tickets and we'll see how we can help - side events are also on the main website here https://auscryptocon.com/
There are also a bunch of side events going on in the lead up and on the weekend so make sure to check these out too https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bTbl0udtjlImypwl5olleUEHoyolwZ2KkMgANnMp3Js/edit?gid=0#gid=0
News
Digital Economy Council of Australia (DECA) taking the bull by the horn here with this new survey on de-banking https://www.linkedin.com/posts/amy-rose_its-all-fun-and-games-until-someone-loses-activity-7262294312095219712-bW2l?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktopÂ
It's not often we get crypto being seen in the mainstream media so great to see our ground at Koinly and Independent Reserve quoted here https://www.news.com.au/finance/money/investing/gamechanging-catalyst-experts-claim-donald-trumps-election-win-will-send-bitcoin-to-1-million/news-story/0fc412fbca9ab0c72b2e6c08fca881a2Â
Insights into the new patent from Vincent Gramoli of Redbelly Network https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vincent-gramoli-206148a_i-thought-that-writing-systems-papers-teaches-activity-7261631654631223296-wYL5?utm_source=shamre&utm_medium=member_androidÂ
Major congrats to our friend Ben Simpson of Collective Shift whose sister Micah has made a WNBL (Women’s National Basketball League) roster with Bendigo. Amazing stuff right here https://x.com/bensimpsonau/status/1855457826468188513Â
We party after the Blockies next week https://www.linkedin.com/posts/digitaleconomycouncil_next-week-the-industry-will-come-together-activity-7261653907611791362-kafm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_androidÂ
Congratulations to Crypto.com for crossing the $10bn threshold in daily trading activity https://www.linkedin.com/posts/karlmohan_cryptocom-just-crossed-10b-in-daily-trading-activity-7261609669146681345-NfwN?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_androidÂ
Joseph Beverley here did a talk on how AI and blockchain converge https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joey-be_blockchainai-ai-blockchain-activity-7261727098405347328-VQpc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_androidÂ
Great to see Independent Reserve CEO Adrian Przelozny on Sky News talking BTC pricing https://www.linkedin.com/posts/independent-reserve_sky-news-business-now-interviews-ap-on-recent-ugcPost-7262259004028923904-_9IZ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktopÂ
Great to see our mates at Elbaite on August https://www.linkedin.com/posts/samira-tollo_trumppump-trumppump-dogecoin-activity-7262335271562563584--M4A?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_androidÂ
Is Ethereum having its own IBM moment? No, that's not a good thing https://www.ub.com/ubiquitous/nobody-gets-fired-for-building-on-ethÂ
We Stand with Crypto, just like our web3 family down in Melbourne https://www.linkedin.com/posts/upside-dao_stand-with-crypto-has-officially-launched-ugcPost-7262667555889152001-HSx4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktopÂ
That's it for this week. See you again soon.
About Aus DeFi Association
The Australian DeFi Association (Aus DeFi) is a non-profit community organisation dedicated to increasing education and awareness of blockchain technology, specifically decentralised finance (DeFi) and web3-based projects. Their goal is to empower the Australian community with the knowledge and tools to participate in the decentralised 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 organisations in Australia, and to provide a platform for community members to learn about and engage with this emerging technology.
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