It was a week full of great events for us starting out in Brisbane for a meetup at HopgoodGanim where we heard about them and what they do in the space as well as Cadena, Pier Two, Syla, SwyftX and NotCentralised. Here’s some highlights https://x.com/AusDeFi/status/1805763696209412445
And full video replay too
Then we were off to Perth to run an event there on Friday night over at Spacecubed. We again had some great conversations and presentations this time with Stirling & Rose, Cardano, Bamboo, Tezos layer 2’s and even scams on the topics for the night. Highlights here https://x.com/AusDeFi/status/1806844740207546624
Video replay coming out during the week so sign up to the YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/@ausdefiassociation/videos
For our next events, check out our Luma calendar here https://lu.ma/calendar/cal-u6k9m26CxlYW7lX
We have these as the next events on there so check them out if you're around
17th July - Melbourne - https://lu.ma/m5qknu2j
23rd July - Brisbane - https://lu.ma/hx40h01q
31st July - Sydney - https://lu.ma/4gbe964y
Other News
Great to see Tori West (an amazing web3 founder) get sponsored by BTC Markets in her push for the Paris Olympics. If you didn’t already know, Tori is an accomplished Heptathlete as well as working in the blockchain industry. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tori-west-6808aa123_olympic-toriwest-btcmarkets-activity-7210949790929416195-cxNM?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Great to see the band back together with Blockchain APAC catching up with Digital Economy Council of Australia (DECA) https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stevevallas_the-people-you-meet-at-upside-in-cremorne-activity-7210808416158564353-Wrca?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Congrats to the crew at Fireblocks and CloudTech Group on this new team up for the new stablecoin product Ubiquity https://www.linkedin.com/posts/fireblocks_fireblocks-is-proud-to-announce-that-we-are-activity-7211920347602771968-ACgw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
There’s a great story on it in this customer story on the Fireblocks website https://www.fireblocks.com/customers/cloudtech/
Also congrats on the 11 year anniversary of BTC Markets which saw celebrations in Melbourne last week https://www.linkedin.com/posts/btc-markets_btcmarkets-crypto-cryptocurrency-activity-7211994017570439168-8EGg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Also congrats to our friends and sponsors out west in Bamboo on winning a WeMoney award https://www.linkedin.com/posts/tracey-plowman-b58671158_wemoneycryptoawards2024-wemoneyawardprograms-activity-7212314022497460224-G3EU?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Prices crashed for BTC as $9bn of supply comes into the market with hacked exchange Mt Gox, finally providing returns for affected investors 10 years later https://cryptobriefing.com/mt-gox-bitcoin-repayments-july/
Is crypto property? According to the High Court of Australia, it is. See more in this post by Devlin Greatbatch Murphy https://www.linkedin.com/posts/devlingreatbatchmurphy_is-cryptocurrency-property-his-honour-activity-7210893936704327681-dwsC?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
And check this piece from Damian Lloyd of Cadena Legal which provides counter to this ruling https://www.linkedin.com/posts/damianmlloyd_crypto-assets-are-not-property-ato-objection-activity-7210898135546572800-BumL?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Labor doesn't care about crypto https://www.linkedin.com/posts/senator-andrew-bragg-3296b823_labor-doesnt-care-about-crypto-theyve-activity-7211508906743803905-tCOw?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Web3 gaming news here with Immutable and Netmarbles Marblex coming together to see the latters games migrate to the Aussie based gaming platform https://www.linkedin.com/posts/immutable-1_immutable-netmarbles-marblex-we-are-activity-7211460215269990400-GOL9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Looks like NGS is changing its name to Hiddup https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/legal-affairs/soft-launch-for-rebrand-of-crypto-company-eyed-by-authorities/news-story/8dc0d796b8d5b118caa8549618d0c029
We’ll leave you with this piece from overseas where community member and Transhuman Coin co-founder, Alyse Sue, was in LA for her competition but also got to meet Based Beff Jezos in real life. That’s pretty based! https://x.com/alysesue/status/1807170816259567750
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 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.
You can watch our recorded meetups and interviews here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ausdefiassociation3956/videos
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