Creating APAC as the hub of web3 innovation

22 March 2023

On 28 February, many of the BlockchainNZ team attended the FinTech Hui Taumata, hosted by FinTechNZ, our sister association under the NZTech Group. It was a pleasure to moderate a fireside chat with Sorel Carr, BCNZ executive council member and head of fintech business at BNZ, and Jerome Faury, CEO and co-founder of Immersve, on the future of money … Continue reading "Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs): the future of business? – Wellington"

Q&A with Shane Brunette, CEO of CryptoTaxCalculator

21 March 2023

Crypto or blockchain? Crypto Tell us about your organisation in 20 words or less CryptoTaxCalculator was built for crypto natives to accurately calculate the tax obligations on their complex DeFi and NFT trading activity. What’s your blockchain origin story? I began my career in sales with a background in behavioural economics and psychology. Upon exploring … Continue reading "Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs): the future of business? – Wellington"

BlockchainNZ Pod E14 with Paul Salisbury on Crypto Estate Planning

07 March 2023

Paul Salisbury has been around the crypto scene in New Zealand for over a decade. He’s been a founding member of BlockchainNZ and BlockchainLabs, and now has a new venture into crypto estate planning with Everlasting to help folks manage their crypto because one day you’re not going to be around to sign a message … Continue reading "Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs): the future of business? – Wellington"

The potential of Web3 + the future of money

23 February 2023

Kia ora, Last November, our Law and Regulations Working Group hosted a roundtable with Hon. Judith Collins to discuss the National Party’s upcoming digital strategy and how Web3 could be a critical path towards an economically prosperous Aotearoa. During this session we discussed the current regulatory frameworks, compliance laws and taxation issues within New Zealand and other … Continue reading "Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs): the future of business? – Wellington"

Q&A with BlockchainNZ member Scott Lawrie, Owner of Scott Lawrie Gallery

23 February 2023

Crypto or blockchain? Blockchain Tell us about your organisation in 20 words or less SLG is a contemporary art gallery (bricks and mortar). Fountain.art is our dedicated platform for curated digital art. Tell us about a “typical” day for you I stress from 8am to 11pm daily! Seriously, no two days are ever the same … Continue reading "Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs): the future of business? – Wellington"

BlockchainNZ Pod E13 with Sorel Carr on FinTech

22 February 2023

Sorel Carr is the Head of FinTech Business at BNZ (Bank of New Zealand). Sorel comes from a decade in corporate banking and has been down the blockchain rabit hole looking to inject new emerging tech such as defi into the more traditional banking world. In this conversation we discuss the centralised networks banks are … Continue reading "Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs): the future of business? – Wellington"

Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs): the future of business? – Wellington

DAOs have the potential to create global operating systems for collective intelligence. This can enable new companies, funds and markets to make fast and innovative decisions at scale. DAOs can have sophisticated governance, reputation, token management and voting systems encoded as immutable blockchain smart contracts. Since the now infamous ‘The DAO’ collapsed in 2016 there … Continue reading

19 March 2019

Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs): the future of business? – Auckland

18 March 2019