Chain Reaction - 7th October 2024
Perth events, Immutable’s further growth and the real Satoshi
If you’re reading this and in Perth, come join us for an event this evening over at Spacecubed. We have our friends at Alpha Node Global, HeLa Labs and more https://lu.ma/zxfw8ej4
Also, if you’re heading to SXSW on October 15th, please come join our talk on Tokenising Redemption (full title is actually Tokenising Redemption: Confronting the Internet’s Original Sin” delves into the transformative power of blockchain and tokenisation to address the foundational flaws of the early Internet). Joining me will be Amy Rose Goodey of DECA, Kate Cooper of Zodia and Rob Allen of Australian Payments Plus (AP+). https://schedule.sxswsydney.com/sessions/a8810b8f-6415-41a9-8e69-f96f8c9755b9
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Then later in November, I’ll be on a panel with Karen Cohen, Dolly Brtan, Danielle Marie and Rachael Jones as we discuss “Blockchain fundamentals to unlock career pathways” at the ACS in Sydney. More info here: https://www.acs.org.au/cpd-education/event-detail.html?eventId=701Om00000FKGUc
Great recap of the recent weeks that were for the folks at Hashlock - from Token2049 to GameFi unleashed and more. Check it out here folk https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jockhaslam_token2049-solanabreakpoint-singapore-activity-7246403461297152000-dn-r?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
What do ANZ, ChainLink and the Monetary Authority of Singapore have in common? Read more here https://www.linkedin.com/posts/yuvrajsingh1_tokenisation-tokenization-cbdc-activity-7246694622842789888-nyBo?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Congratulations to our friends at Immutable on 3 million passport wallets sign ups since launching only 6 months ago. Check out the post here from Brendan Ma, Chief of Staff over there https://www.linkedin.com/posts/itsbrendanma_weve-hit-3-million-signups-for-immutable-activity-7247772436555833346-57cF?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
And here’s Monochrome’s Jeff Yew covering the AFR event from last week. They were the main sponsor and got to highlight some new features making it easier to bring people on board with portfolio transfers https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7245955698281381888/
Great share here by Perth community member Jacek including an article on the differences of web2 to web3 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jacekkorneluk_web3-is-already-in-use-but-most-people-never-activity-7247065977199230979-mhje?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android
Is Len Sassaman the real identity behind Satoshi Nakamoto? Polymarket Bettors say so https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/10/04/polymarket-bettors-say-hbo-documentary-will-name-len-sassaman-as-satoshi-nakamoto/
Blackrock here on why it's good to be long on Bitcoin https://www.investordaily.com.au/markets/55892-investment-giant-flags-bitcoin-as-unique-diversifier?utm_source=InvestorDaily&utm_campaign=30_09_2024&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Daily&utm_emailID=3789e3c1d1aa12b94f552054d2f38159300d01736f4d2155400c6f690979fb36
If you’re into stablecoins, we’ll leave you with this piece from CoinDesk on Tether and it’s $120b empire.
That's it for this week folks! See you next week, folks, for another round of highlights!
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