Was a great week for those into BASE as they saw launch events in Melbourne and Sydney last week. First up on Wednesday was Coinbase teaming up with UpsideDAO in Melbourne and then over to Sydney on Thursday with NotCentralised and ourselves to run another developer activation event. We saw great talks happen across both venues with Arturo of NotCentralised showcasing the confidentiality software they're open-sourcing.
More highlights here on NotCentralised Twitter for photos https://twitter.com/notcentralised/status/1671806702986104832
And CaptDeFi with this short video recap (full video out soon too) - https://twitter.com/CaptDeFi/status/1671993474546298881
and Melbourne highlights here thanks to Greg Oakford https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7077530766561193984/
Also, great to see this newsletter from Perth community member Hannah Pham from Arbela. Be sure to subscribe and read their newsletter here https://sendingalpha.beehiiv.com/p/weekly-hunt-6
We’re looking forward to events this week too as part of Blockchain Week (https://blockchainweek.com.au/) with events in Sydney and Melbourne (where there are still tickets available here https://www.meetup.com/aus-defi-association-melbourne/events/294191912/).
On our podcast we got this first part of a 2-part series with Rob Morris https://twitter.com/AusDeFi/status/1672409879800328192 and you can watch directly here
Finally, before we go, check out this Cointelegraph piece covering Sydney and to be amazing Web3 innovations coming out of our harbour town. https://cointelegraph.com/magazine/crypto-city-guide-sydney-harbor-bridge-synthetix-finder/?s=09
More Aussie cities next we hope!
Have a great week!
News
We missed sharing it last week so no time like the present but Uniswap version 4 came out with great coverage from the Bankless crew and The Defiant. See more below and learn about the modular Uniswap and how it affects DeFi and how they approach community input on features
Interesting news out of China with the release of $28 million worth of Ethereum assets. Positive sounding but given the government in China and their history with crypto, right to maintain healthy skepticism
In DeFi news, great to see Portal Gate getting $1.1m in funding with liquidity coming from folks we know like Greythorn. See more here https://www.finsmes.com/2023/06/portal-gate-closes-1-1m-funding.html
Further on our highlight last week about Australia falling behind in the regulation realm when it comes to crypto. See more here https://cointelegraph.com/news/australia-crypto-regulations-lag-emerging-markets-think-tank and also see Loretta Joseph’s and Ronald Tucker’s thoughts on it here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/loretta-joseph-853a5b142_australias-crypto-laws-risk-being-outpaced-activity-7077854353566367744-VsDB?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
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