Been 2 weeks away for this writer as I was in Manila, Philippines up until yesterday and spent some time in Singapore for a Token 2049 and Hong Kong prior to that. It's great to be back and we've got a few things to update you on.
First up we have events coming up including over in Adelaide and Perth. Sydney takes a short break this month as we are heading over to do an event as part of SXSW.
Perth event here on September 28th https://www.meetup.com/australian-defi-association-perth/events/295862484/
Adelaide here https://www.meetup.com/aus-defi-association-adelaide/events/296198137/
Keep an eye out on it Sydney page for out SXSW one to be on October 18th. Meetup page here https://www.meetup.com/australian-defi-association/
Back to the last few weeks and you can get a bit of a recap from me below. There's so much going on around Asia that hopefully we can see replicated here in Australia.
News
NFTs are not immune from prosecution it seems https://www.bitsofblocks.io/post/don-t-get-high-on-your-nft-supply-stoner-cats-called-securities-by-sec
Bits of Blocks also covered the FTX sale of assets so great to get their perspectives https://www.bitsofblocks.io/post/grand-sale-grand-sale-ftx-to-liquidate-crypto-holdings
ASIC sue Bit Trade, the group behind Kraken Australia https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stevevallas_asic-sues-crypto-exchange-alleging-design-activity-7110393821472989184-5IZr?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Crypto hacks continue here with Balancers front end hacked due to an exploit at the domain provider. This is not a weakness of the protocol mind you but still worth noting https://twitter.com/OlimpioCrypto/status/1705356385389875355?t=bSffPB-4fOjy2avxdKo8uQ&s=19
More Google infrastructure coming for blockchain especially on Polygon https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/09/22/google-cloud-pushes-deeper-into-blockchain-data-adding-11-networks-including-polygon/
More JPEX woes here from the Hong Kong regulator https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-66874170.amp
More chains moving to Ethereum and other news here from Bankless
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