What a week! We had a great couple of meetups in Sydney and Perth. In Sydney, I wrote up more about it here https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7201703871407153153/
And the full replay is here
Here’s some shots from Perth https://twitter.com/hbarRo7/status/1796121878588744191
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7201880271598612480/
We also have the full replay out from our Melbourne event
Also, I got to attend the Monochrome Asset Management ETF launch in Sydney and catch up with Jeff Yew, Bridget Nichols and team as well as all the supporting cast that helped make this possible from CBOE to Automic and many more. More shots here https://x.com/CaptDeFi/status/1797120583689552372
Great to see Upside running a great event with Ben Simpson from Collective Shift, Rachael Lucas of BTC Markets and Lisa Teh from Mooning https://x.com/0xUpside/status/1796340867462287809
Speaking of events, we saw many friends overseas at Consensus like Steve and Richelle from Blockchain APAC https://x.com/stevevallas/status/1796311760594682084
And here from Caroline at BTC Markets who was also over there https://www.linkedin.com/posts/carolinebowler_consensus-is-where-crypto-comes-together-activity-7202042563854229504-fHJF?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Jason Titman from Swyftx too https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jasontitman_crypto-digitalassets-banking-ugcPost-7202681886433845248-rQSx?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
And this is highlighted in this Chainlink talk also from the conference where more banks and Tradfi institutions were attending this year
And given we have Blockchain Week coming up next week, it was great to see the various posts of the speakers coming out too. We’ll be represented by Arturo Rodriguez too, talking about Stablecoins https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7198132873290264576/
As well as others like our new chapter lead Francis Ocampo on stage talking about decentralisation and regulation on day 3 (schedule for that is here along with links to other days events: https://blockchainweek.com.au/day-3/)
Here’s a few others.
Sean White and XDC Network https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7198465015031500800?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7198465015031500800%29
Amanda Austin from Helix Collective https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7200654199804628993?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7200654199804628993%29
Belle Lou at Unizon https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7201399703538655233?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7201399703538655233%29
And plenty more in store for next week.
News
Diving into the issues of national security that come from decentralised blockchains comes into question here on this episode of Bankless. Whilst folks in the retail space would likely want decentralised systems, on issues of national security it is a weakening factor that those not in government likely don't consider. So this is worth the watch
A higher level of scrutiny is coming to Hong Kong crypto companies as the Securities and Futures Commission over there annouces the grace period for trading platforms ends on 1 June. Angela Ang of TRM Labs explains more here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/angelaajl_hongkong-inspections-crypto-activity-7201388686511390720-kTQ4?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Issuers and the SEC are working towards the Ethereum ETF listings after the first major hurdles passed a week ago https://x.com/JSeyff/status/1795933440090452413?t=WJnaiwxwH_cigahBZuIP0A&s=19
Continuing on from earlier, Consensus was full of Chainlink content. In this one it’s about the growth of tokenisation happening on blockchain over the last few years. In this video Sergey talks about how they are partnering with Swift to build a tokenised world future.
Custody was on the topics that Chainlink covered at Consensus in this talk with Euroclear, a very important piece of mainstream financial infrastructure
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 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.
You can watch our recorded meetups and interviews here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ausdefiassociation3956/videos
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