If you missed it early last week we put out another edition of the Emerging Tech Pulse news wrap up, this time in the NotCentralised offices. Expect another one this week too.
We also got to get out a new episode for the Rants & Raves series with James Myint from Stirling & Rose. They are a legal firm doing things in the AI and web3 space so we spoke about a few opinions from both areas.
Also, it was great to see projects of the web3 community mentioned by by Senator Paul Fletcher not only in his address to Australian Parliament earlier in June but also at the Tech Summit yesterday where he mentioned NotCentralised and other innovators doing good in the tech scene. Proud moment over here and a bit more on this in my LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7087908403959762944-FLpe?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
The RBA CBDC pilot projects also wrapped up with this post from Digital Finance CRC. The pilot tested the technology use cases of various ways in which CBDCs could potentially bes used https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dilipraosydney_australian-cbdcpilot-activity-7087952805851791360-mGWm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Also this week we have the Digital Asset Conference on run by BLockchain APAC. We’ll see you there if you’re going to the events (more here: https://digitalassetconference.com.au/)
If you can’t join, then at least come see us at the evening get together on Wednesday as we run our Sydney Aus DeFi Association chapter meetup. Link is here if you missed it: https://www.meetup.com/australian-defi-association/events/294679036/
We’ll also be over in Perth on the 28th doing an event with our awesome crew of Kat Dunn and Bamboo there too and we’ll be bringing Erez from Stables over with us. Link here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/collaborating-across-continents-aus-defi-association-meetup-tickets-668635054447
News
It's been a while since we've mentioned hacks but they do keep happening (albeit at lower levels compared to overall volume as per Chainalaysis reports). The latest is Ethscriptions which lets you write non-financial data to the blockchain. More here https://decrypt.co/148824/ethscriptions-exploit-smart-contract-over-200-stolen
NAB (National Australia Bank) have joined the ranks of other banks citing scams as their reason for blocking access to exchanges like Binance. More here https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-national-australia-bank-joins-crypto-exchange-boycott-cites-scams
Great to see this piece in CoinTelegraph from our very own Alyse Su, talking about how the apple vision pro will shift how developers look at metaverse. More to the story here https://cointelegraph-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/cointelegraph.com/news/apple-vision-pro-mixed-reality-redefine-experiences-metaverse/amp
Tune in next week for another episode of Chain Reaction
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
Sponsors
We also thank all of our sponsors who help us run and organise and keep this association going. We could not do it without them so check out their details here