It was great to be announced as a partner for the blockchain Australia policy forum coming up next month. We will be partnering with our friends at notcentralised to provide tech that will help analyse and translate all of the great talks into policy submissions as well as interactive rooms that those subscribing can do further analysis on.
He's the Blockchain Australia announcement https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7153521411611918336/
And he's a video from NotCentralised showcasing what SIKE can do
We'll be using this as part of what we deliver for our meet ups and podcasts throughout this year. So stay tuned!
Speaking of meetups, we’ll be hosting our first one as an online event on January 31st. We’ve put announcements in all our city meetup pages but here’s the one from Sydney you can sign up on https://www.meetup.com/australian-defi-association/events/298436488/
Not just a successful launch day but the follow up has been insane. $10b in 3 days and creation of an options market being looked at too
https://twitter.com/EricBalchunas/status/1747385703971860617?t=E8H5Khann1ABZOXoEoxlNA&s=19
And a week after the BTC ETF launch we have the various mainstream players out with their offering. You can see some in this response tweet
https://twitter.com/JSeyff/status/1746611833098616880?t=4ohvt6OTlEhqQITmwgvGCA&s=19
Great to see our friends at DigitalX in the news for their top performing crypto funds https://www.linkedin.com/posts/digitalxltd_bitcoin-digitalassets-crypto-activity-7154019951262027776-HdHu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Great to see the Bankless view on Layer 2s with an interview of folks from Paradigm and Conduit
Norton Rose Fulbright here on the rise of crypto litigation
Our friend Rivanorth released this biggest hacks of 2023 report
https://blog.rivanorth.com/2023-hack-report
Stay tuned for more updates and insights in the ever-evolving world of blockchain and crypto. Here's to an exciting and prosperous year ahead in the digital frontier!
Mark Monfort, Chain Reaction Editor, Australian DeFi Association / NotCentralised
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
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