Letter from the Editor, 📈 Mark Monfort of NotCentralised: Wow, what a busy week (again). If you missed it, we had Blockchain APAC Policy Week with Ripple and many other great friends and sponsors in town, Blockchain Australia and its delegation of blockchain advocates at Parliament in Canberra (which was an honour for me to join and represent NC and Aus DeFi) and then we had our own Aus DeFi event on Wednesday and another in Perth on Thursday. It tired me out so much I missed out on what I heard was a great ETH Sydney event on Friday. With all that's going on it's a great time to be in this space and thinking about the future of payments, supply chains and more. This week we're in Brisbane with our friends at Coinstash, Swyftx and other friends up there and the messaging and advocacy continues so have a great week folks!
News
First up, it was great to head down to Canberra to visit Parliament house and have a lunch along with other blockchain Australia members and contributors to deliver our digital asset regulation recommendations. We met with various senators and it was great to have our voices heard. Here's some shots from the event https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7175731658552184832-L2mQ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_androidÂ
A great post here showing her support from Minister Dai Le here too https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dailemp_blockchain-innovation-ai-activity-7175799285265920001-N03T?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_androidÂ
We also ran out Meetup this week in Sydney with our newest sponsor Bitget and had a great turnout including international guests too. Check out the full replay here:Â
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Also, during the week it was great to see the industry come together Policy Week by Blockchain APAC. Here are some shots from the first night https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chantrahang_crypto-digitalassets-activity-7175611940705034241-cLUh?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_androidÂ
And from Andrew Porter https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andrewiporter_blockchain-cryptocurrency-digitalassets-ugcPost-7175664569934077952-9Kec?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_androidÂ
And some talks from the Ripple event along with other guests like Effie from Novatti here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/edimitropoulos_digitalcurrencies-blockchain-fintech-activity-7176188048626302976-ZoLa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_androidÂ
Rahul from Ripple with his recap too https://www.linkedin.com/posts/radvani_unmanelyourpanel-ugcPost-7176162466605711363-6aKa?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktopÂ
Over to Melbourne and it was great to see the launch of the Australian National NFT Gallery this past week too - check it out https://twitter.com/anng_nft/status/1769592528788144337
Great video here from Ticker in combination with BTC Markets and their guest today was Joni Pirovich of BADASL https://loom.ly/XPaI074Â
Great to see the Immutable and OKX partnership https://www.linkedin.com/posts/immutable-1_immutable-okx-with-okx-we-are-unveiling-activity-7176740924801122305-1Q6R?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_androidÂ
Some great crypto narratives here from Bankless too as we remember there was other news going on out there
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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 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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