Chain Reaction - 3rd February 2025
Meetup Week, JellyC, Redbelly, Liquidise and more in the news
Starting out it’s been great to see the awesome work from Aussie projects like this one where Jelly, the crypto asset manager, partnered with Liquidise to tokenise $700m on Redbelly Network https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jellyc_perks-at-forefront-of-new-banking-battleground-activity-7289749028227964928-elFl?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Speaking of JellyC, we were at the memorial service of their co-founder Ashley Cooper. The team shared the last write up he did this week and it was an honour to receive.
As I said in my Founder’s Journey I had the privilege of joining his friends and family to celebrate his life and legacy and that Ash was someone who never did things by halves. He was a great connector of people, and the kind of person who gave to a cause bigger than himself.
Now over to events and we had an awesome return to Twitter spaces on Tuesday https://x.com/AusDeFi/status/1881922896135893282
Make sure to also join us tomorrow for our meetup online on the 4th Feb (Tuesday). We’ll have national and international guests sharing things with us. https://lu.ma/os2wucky
Speaking of meetings, we saw some great ones all around the country last week.
Great to see our friends up in Brisbane at the Stand with Crypto event up there https://www.linkedin.com/posts/renee-francis-7480a233_wow-brisbane-you-showed-up-last-night-activity-7290477194089218048-YpzK?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Some more photos from Hashlock here too https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jockhaslam_standwithcrypto-web3australia-cryptopolicy-ugcPost-7290961129097302018-tkOu?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
And out west we saw the folks at the RWA regional hub in WA with their catch up https://www.linkedin.com/posts/karoline-kolman-28ab5582_last-nights-crypto-meetup-to-start-up-2025-ugcPost-7291284952728420352-ZFIA?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
In hiring news we have some congratulations in order for our friend Jazz Osvald, formerly at law firm, KWM, who is now moving to Digital Policy Unit at Commonwealth Treasury. A win for the industry that’s for sure https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jazz-osvald-39883713b_after-4-years-at-king-wood-mallesons-i-activity-7290635611382661121-68MR?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Market recap here from Ben and the folks at Alpha Node Global https://alphanode.global/insights/weekly-crypto-market-recap-4/
In regulation news, we saw the Coalition getting in on the crypto party and making crypto an election issue on the front page of the AFR. You can see Steve Vallas post on this here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stevevallas_there-is-a-great-deal-we-could-have-done-activity-7290836175483768833-QaMp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Warning here from Robin hood about the US losing its technology edge in finance if it doesn't allow the tokenization of securities https://cryptoslate.com/robinhood-ceo-warns-us-risks-losing-financial-edge-without-tokenization-clarity/
Will leave you with these market predictions here from one of my favourite podcasts, The Compound covering crypto predictions for 2025
That's it for this week folks, see you next time!
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The Australian DeFi Association (Aus DeFi) is a non-profit community organisation dedicated to increasing education and awareness of blockchain technology, specifically decentralised finance (DeFi) and web3-based projects. Their goal is to empower the Australian community with the knowledge and tools to participate in the decentralised 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 organisations in Australia, and to provide a platform for community members to learn about and engage with this emerging technology.
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