14 November 2024
Kia ora, In September, BlockchainNZ submitted to Parliament’s Finance and Expenditure Committee Inquiry into Banking Competition, addressing the challenges Web3 businesses in New Zealand face in accessing and maintaining essential banking services. This week, BlockchainNZ Chair, Jeremy Muir, presented to the Committee, summarising our submission, and responding to their questions. We are also preparing a … Continue reading "Interesting updates in the blockchainnz world"
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02 October 2024
Welcome to the BlockchainNZ & Web3NZ Awards 2024. This is your chance to celebrate the outstanding contributions to Aotearoa’s blockchain and Web3 industries. This year, we’re honouring the innovators, leaders, and trailblazers who have made a real difference in our vibrant ecosystem. Whether you’re an individual or a business, we invite you to recognise those … Continue reading "Interesting updates in the blockchainnz world"
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25 September 2024
Kia ora, As we welcome the vibrant energy of spring, we embrace a season of renewal and fresh beginnings here at Blockchain NZ. Just as nature transforms around us, so too does our commitment to fostering innovation and collaboration within the blockchain community. It is my pleasure to welcome our newly elected Blockchain NZ Executive … Continue reading "Interesting updates in the blockchainnz world"
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24 September 2024
Spring has brought fresh beginnings at Blockchain NZ, and we’re excited to introduce the newly elected members of our Executive Council. Each of these industry leaders brings unique expertise and passion to the table, ready to drive the next wave of innovation and collaboration in Aotearoa’s blockchain community. Memoona Zareen – University of Auckland Memoona … Continue reading "Interesting updates in the blockchainnz world"
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Thank you to everyone who has nominated themselves or their colleagues for election to the BlockchainNZ Executive Council. Establishing an Executive Council will be a significant milestone in BlockchainNZ’s history, and we are very appreciative of your time and effort throughout this electio
June 30, 2020
BlockchainNZ has reviewed the IRD’s recent “GST policy issues – an officials’ issues paper” recently released with a call for submissions. We commend the IRD on a very thorough report. It covers many of the key issues required for consideration and we wished to applaud the IRD for taking
May 19, 2020
Kia ora, What a very different landscape this is since our last newsletter. With everyone at the beginning of lockdown for who knows how long, we are all very thankful that we can at least remain connected through technology. Markets and currencies are on a rollercoaster ride and the on
March 27, 2020
Welcome to the new decade; let’s see what Blockchain has in store and how it will continue to evolve and grow. We are kicking the year off with our first two events, in partnership with FinTechNZ What place does this new technology have in modern financial services? If you are planning
February 20, 2020
Kia ora, Welcome to our monthly update about what is happening in the New Zealand Blockchain world.Regulatory approaches to blockchainBlockchainNZ has been meeting with a number of New Zealand government agencies, including the Financial Markets Authority (FMA), Department of Internal Affairs (D
November 13, 2019
Welcome to our monthly update about what is happening in the New Zealand Blockchain world. Decoding Libra: Auckland eventFollowing a successful event in Wellington last month, we will be hosting an event in Auckland to decode Libra, Facebook’s new blockchain platform. There’s a l
October 30, 2019
Kia ora Readers Welcome to our new look monthly update about what is happening in the New Zealand blockchain world. RadioNZ has published a comprehensive summary of blockchain in New Zealand which asks is New Zealand dragging the blockchain? It’s worthwhile reading and sharing wit
August 14, 2019
Dear readers, Wow, what an exciting few weeks it has been. Many would argue that the Facebook Libra announcement was the biggest news in the crypto/blockchain world since the bitcoin whitepaper was released over 10 years ago. The entry of Facebook and some of the biggest companies in the world i
July 16, 2019
Wellington – The national blockchain group has appealed to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government to adopt a more dynamic attitude or it could prove costly to the New Zealand economy, given blockchain tech’s likely global impact. BlockchainNZ executive director Mark Pasca
July 2, 2019
The announcement of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency raises many questions about the impact this may have in the future, not only on financial services, but also on privacy and identity. While the answers to these questions are unknown, it is important that these issues are debated befor
July 1, 2019