Fostering Diversity and Social Change in New Zealand

23 April 2024

It is another big week for blockchain as we watch the impact of the latest Bitcoin halving.

BlockchainNZ Pod E27 with Brooke Howard-Smith on AI & Web3 in the Creator Economy

21 April 2024

Brooke Howard-Smith is the founder of Otterfish that is at the heart of the creator economy and influencer marketing.

BlockchainNZ Pod E26 with Leo Clark on Filmmaking, Nouns, & Decentralised Social Media

19 March 2024

In this conversation Leo and I talk about the Nouns project and what the community is doing with NFTs and funding artists, we get into Farcaster and decentralised social media and touch on CC-zero (CC0) licensing and how it aligns with web3.

NZ missing real growth opportunities - BlockchainNZ

07 March 2024

In the wake of an inquiry into the future nature, impact and risks of cryptocurrencies by a select committee, industry body BlockchainNZ says New Zealand must seize the transformative opportunities blockchain technologies offer. “There is an urgent need for proactive measures to harness the transformative potential of blockchain technologies,” says BlockchainNZ’s executive director, Alison Mackie. … Continue reading "BlockchainNZ Pod E12 – Year in Review"

BlockchainNZ Pod E25 with Sam Kamani on Talent, Capital, and Markets in Web3

06 March 2024

Sam Kamani has lots of experience in tech, from being a founder, a VC, an advisor, and an author. We talk about 3 important aspects to entrepreneurship: talent, ability to raise capital, and access to market. In the back third we get into trends in Web 3 including decentralised physical infrastructure and ETFs. Find the … Continue reading "BlockchainNZ Pod E12 – Year in Review"

BlockchainNZ Pod E23 with Will Remor on Stablecoins

27 February 2024

Will Remor is a former quantitative risk analysist from traditional banking that got into stablecoins via the maker DAI project. He’s consulted on a number of finance, stablecoin, and defi protocols, including New Zealand’s newest stablecoin the NZDD, and has been involved with asset tokenization (or RWAs) from the early days. In this conversation Will … Continue reading "BlockchainNZ Pod E12 – Year in Review"

Blockchain Business & Economy

BlockchainNZ Pod E12 – Year in Review

James Bayly is the COO of SubQuery and onfinality which are basically data service providers focussing on non-EVM chains such as Polkadot and Cosmos.

11 December 2022

Blockchain Business & Economy

NZ tech startup forced to move to Australia where banks are more supportive

As time progresses, the rate at which technological developments are impacting our lives continues to accelerate. Through the use of blockchains, we are able to interact in ways that were previously unfathomable – without the requirement for trust in a third party.

09 May 2019

Blockchain Business & Economy

Will 2019 be the year blockchain flops, or flies?

Last year was a turning point for blockchain as we saw a formerly experimental philosophy evolve into tangible projects. So, will 2019 be the year blockchain becomes ubiquitous, or will some well-publicised failures spell the end of the road?

05 March 2019

Blockchain Business & Economy

NZ needs to jump on blockchain train

A central bank-issued cryptocurrency, thriving cryptocurrency exchanges and the ability for businesses to trade in GST-free cryptocurrency are needed if Aotearoa New Zealand is to enjoy the vast potential benefits from this technology, a new report finds. Most people have heard of Bitcoin after its spectacular rise and crash, but it is just one of … Continue reading

28 September 2018

Blockchain Business & Economy

Blockchain in the agri sector

Operators in the New Zealand agricultural sector are likely to have heard of blockchain, the technology that underpins Bitcoin, and will be starting to see the very real application for blockchain in supply chain management. As the interest in blockchain technology increases in numerous sectors, it is agri-business which is one of the sectors that … Continue reading

14 June 2018