Web3 goes Mainstream

Many people in the crypto/NFT world have the mistaken belief that transactions involving crypto, NFT and blockchain are somehow anonymous. In fact nothing could be further from the truth, it is comparatively easy to track transactions on the blockchain - because it is public. We talk to Mark Bailey and Joshua Ho from the Crypto Forensics Team at Hall Chadwick as they tell us tales that make an epi...

An Insider’s Guide to Successful NFT Projects We talk to one of the leading engineers in the Web3 space, Roy Hui about how to ensure a successful NFT project - whether you are an individual artist or in the Marketing Department of a large organisation. Roy is the Founder of Pellar and has been involved in some of the most successful NFT drops of recent times including for the Australian Tennis Ope...

Cryptocurrency has often been seen as an unregulated environment but, as its use cases move more mainstream, it is clear that there are significant regulatory issues when dealing with crypto. Together with our tax and accounting experts, we will examine the relevant issues when: An organisation buys crypto as part of corporate treasury, ie. to keep it on the balance sheet. Companies like Tesla, Bl...

In this episode, “Beyond Bitcoin: DeFi & NFTs - The Australian Perspective”, Nick discussed DeFi and NFTs with Jonathan Miller, Managing Director (Aus) for global crypto exchange, Kraken. Decentralised finance (or DeFi) refers to decentralised applications working via smart contracts on a blockchain. The apps provide crypto-based financial services such as lending, insurance and digital asset...

In this episode, “Beyond Bitcoin: Why DeFi & NFTs are potential game changers for financial markets and maybe every other industry”, Nick discussed DeFi and NFTs with Egor Sidelska, Director of crypto hedge fund, Magnet Capital. Decentralised finance (or DeFi) refers to decentralised applications working via smart contracts on a blockchain. The apps provide crypto-based financial services such...

KPMG Canada has been very active in the Web3 space, not only advising clients but also on its own behalf, buying NFTs and cryptocurrencies. Most notably, the partnership bought Bitcoin and Ether to hold on the KPMG balance sheet as part of corporate treasury diversification strategy. They followed this up by paying almost $50,000 to buy an NFT,  Woman #2681  to be exact.  We speak to the Managing...

The NFT market went from US$13 Million in 2020 to US$41 Billion in 2021. It is truly exploding and, while there are some more extreme activities around pricey rock JPEGs and eye-wateringly expensive digital art, there are many examples of normal companies successfully embracing NFT technology to enhance the customer relationship. Innovative winemaker Penfolds has had two very successful NFT &ldquo...

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) allow ownership of digital assets like never before. This market grew from US$13M to US$25 Billion in the last 12 months. Companies like Walmart, Selfridges, Macys, Samsung, The Gap, Nike, Ralph Lauren, Gucci, Tommy Hilfiger, Taco Bell, Burger King and Coca-Cola have all minted NFTs – with more projects being announced almost daily. Just reading about millions of d...

Lisa Teh has had a most unusual career trajectory from tax lawyer to successful marketing entrepreneur and a listing in the 40 Under 40 Most Influential Asian-Australians. Her most recent venture is Mooning, a marketing agency designed to help companies move from Web2 to Web3. Lisa gives her insights into what makes a successful NFT or metaverse project and which companies are doing...

The 2022 Australian Open ran one of the country’s most successful metaverse and NFT projects to date. The AO created a full user experience in the metaverse platform, Decentraland and minted 6776 designer NFT "art balls". The project is regarded as a great success both by the Web3 community as well as the AO itself. The Decentraland experience welcomed over 170,000 unique visitors during the...

The Metaverse has moved beyond science fiction movies like Ready Player One to become an important reality. Fortune magazine recently said that the Metaverse might just be the most important tech trend since the iPhone. It is so important that Facebook changed the name of its parent company to Meta and spent more than $10 billion on its Metaverse projects in 2021. Our interview with Sebastien Borg...