17 May 2022
Market Lunacy: Terra’s algorithmic stablecoin breaks; $50B USD destroyed With the broader crypto market down 32% in the week-to-date from last Friday ($570B USD), there is one specific catalyst that has commentators using phrases like ‘crypto’s Lehman moment’. Just over a week ago UST, aka a stablecoin, plunged well below its $1 peg and by early … Continue reading "NZ tech startup forced to move to Australia where banks are more supportive"
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16 May 2022
Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment are pleased to share with you a copy of their draft Long Term Insights Briefing on the Future of Business for Aotearoa New Zealand. The draft Briefing presents two trends that they think will influence wellbeing and productivity in the future – purpose-led business and use of blockchain technology. … Continue reading "NZ tech startup forced to move to Australia where banks are more supportive"
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12 May 2022
Welcome to the very first episode of the Blockchain New Zealand Podcast. I’m Jeff Nijsse and today I’m talking to Jonty Kelt, Founder of Fantail Ventures.
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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. For investors, cryptocurrencie
May 9, 2019
Dear Readers, There is a lot happening over the next month with over 480 Techweek19 events (including numerous blockchain events), a Select Committee briefing and submissions to government, among other things. I’ll be back in touch next month with all the latest blockchain n
May 9, 2019
Dear Readers, What a roller coaster of a ride the last 12 months have been in the blockchain world. We have seen the ICO money grab craziness and many of the not-so-sensible projects disappear. We’ve also seen many local and international companies having to scale down teams, and ongoing probl
April 9, 2019
Auckland – Kiwis could be future leaders in the billion-dollar global blockchain market across government and industry, BlockchainNZ executive director Mark Pascall says. Blockchain is at its heart a decentralised distributed ledger – which is a way of replicating and sharing data
March 11, 2019
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. Neither says Centrality CEO and Founder Aaron
March 5, 2019
Many believe that using Blockchain technology to create self-sovereign identity solutions is the future. Can decentralising identity management empower the individual by returning control over their own identity to them, the user? Is it more secure than relying on centralised identity
February 20, 2019
The new BlockchainNZ After a lot of behind the scenes work we’re excited to be officially re-launching BlockchainNZ (previously known as the Blockchain Association of New Zealand) under the Tech Alliance family. New name, brand, website and social media channels (
February 15, 2019
I’m really excited about the potential of Blockchain Financial Markets to deliver real value to people, their families and their communities. For me, this is the magic of finance (refer Blog №1). I’m also aware that we need to approach this in the right way or we may inadvertently cause
January 29, 2019
GSX Group, tZERO, SharesPost, and Techemy among founding members of the Verified Token Framework to provide interoperable security token guidelines A consortium of some of the most influential blockchain industry leaders have announced the launch of a common framework to facilitate market intero
December 5, 2018
Every time we swipe our bank card, upload a photo to Facebook, watch a video on YouTube, use a loyalty discount, hand over a prescription, read an article online, we’re giving ourselves away. In 2018, a detailed, digital record of our lives is a valuable commodity. Companies, governments,
October 17, 2018