Happy Boxing Day everyone (in Australia that is)! Hope you are snapping up a cool bargain if you’re at the sales or if you’re recovering from all the Xmas food then hopefully this recap will be something you can scroll through.
Over the weekend, on Xmas day to be specific, we announced our Aus DeFi NFT project. The 4 characters (Creator, Community Builder, Enthusiast, Degen) all represent the types of people who are part of the Aus DeFi community. There are also a couple of perks that NFT holders get including an Aus DeFi hoodie, access to specific channels in our Discord, early notification access to upcoming events and best of all, they get to access a 30min session from their choice of web3 advisors. More details here - https://tinyurl.com/AusDeFi-NFT-Heroes.
It was great to start off the week with a video feature in Decential Media (out of Singapore) to give a recap and what we’re looking forward to in web3 and it was great to contribute to that alongside some other well-known folks in the space like Anthony Sassano, Meltem Demirors and others
News
Let’s start off with a positive piece in this Bankless podcast with Vitalik and looking at what Ethereum in 2023 looks like
We had Aus DeFi member Guru Sundaram get in the news with this article in the Chainsaw, unpacking the year that was for 2022 - great summary here https://thechainsaw.com/business/opinion/crypto-contagion-2022-in-review/
Also from our community, we saw the folks at KWM (King & Wood Mallesons) have created this go to page for crypto regulation insights https://www.kwm.com/au/en/insights/topic/crypto.html
Highlights from Piper Alderman on the Australian Senate's Big Tech Inquiries Issues paper
https://www.bitsofblocks.io/post/hong-kong-approves-crypto-bill
And a year in review for 2022 as well from the group
https://www.bitsofblocks.io/post/2022-the-year-in-blockchain
Hong Kong just approved a new crypto bill covering virtual asset service providers
In other news of web3 making it easier to onboard users, UniSwap partnered with Moonpay https://cointelegraph.com/news/uniswap-to-allow-users-to-buy-cryptocurrency-using-debit-and-credit-cards
And off to the negative, first up with SBF right hand people Caroline Ellison and Gary Wang facing charges https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/21/23521967/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-crypto-fraud-caroline-ellison-gary-wang
More on Binance needing to weather the storm of recent allegations
Also Swyftx and Superhero, who had a merger announcement earlier this year, are now demerging as reported on Wednesday https://www.smartcompany.com.au/finance/swyftx-superhero-merger-cancelled-cryptocurrency/
Longer read here on blockchain adoption and what's needed in future
And a great piece here on the positives that can come from this crypto winter by Zeb Rice
https://www.forbes.com.au/news/experts/green-shoots-can-spring-from-crypto-winter/
Looking forward to predictions for 2023 and we have this from CoinDesk
And Bankless have this interview on 2023 outlook with Ryan Selkis of Messari
The full report is available here https://messari.io/crypto-theses-for-2023