Chain Reaction - 21st October 2024
ETHSydney week, SXSW and more
Great to see our friends Rob Allen, Kate Cooper and Amy Rose Goodey join our President on stage at SXSW Sydney and shout and champion for the benefits that blockchain tech brings to not just the web3 space but AI as well (andd other areas) https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7251814197934632965/
Speaking of events, we are backing the crew at ETH Sydney for their upcoming hackathon event this week. Feel free to sign up here https://2024.ethsydney.net/
Also this week we saw the folks at Helix and UNCB come together for a great night of crypto talks on Wednesday. Here's a post on it from Helix https://www.linkedin.com/posts/helix-collective_stone-cold-lager-non-alcoholics-in-thanks-activity-7252174832321081344-bf6i?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Great piece from Rob Waugh of Ubiquity (AUD stablecoin) on big borther watching your wallet https://www.ub.com/ubiquitous/blog-big-brother-is-watching-your-wallet
Congrats to Monochrome and crew for launching IETH on CBOE https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jeff-yew_today-the-monochrome-team-welcomes-the-monochrome-activity-7251741440156786688-Fhjp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Ripple launched their new stablecoin, RLUSD last week in Miami - more here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7251961600998273025-7_ym?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Great to see Jake Denny and his storied career on show on the Independent Reserve podcast https://www.linkedin.com/posts/independent-reserve_ep14-with-jake-denny-is-now-live-activity-7252434162429636608-vu9t?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Great to see this EY, SAP, Paypal, Coinbase stablecoin transaction showing the possibilities of stableocoins for our financial futures https://www.linkedin.com/posts/prashantkher_stablecoin-payments-digitalassets-activity-7249077537484476416-BVDp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
ETH ETF means new tax things but thankfully we have the Bits of Blocks blog to help cover it https://www.bitsofblocks.io/post/ato-updates-etf-guidance-as-eth-etf-launches
Check out the restaking dashboard here from Clement Oh and crew https://www.linkedin.com/posts/clementoh_after-months-of-hard-work-im-super-excited-activity-7252971921540042752-QH6J?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Great to see Maryna Kovalenko, founder of Syla the crypto tax app, here in the Top 100 innovators from The Australian https://www.linkedin.com/posts/maryna-kovalenko_top100innovators-cryptotax-innovation-ugcPost-7252897979404070912-M6u9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
That’s it for this week folks, see you soon.
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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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