Hi Reader,

From the ATB team, we wish you all a Merry Christmas & a happy new year!!! 🎅🎄

Welcome to the All Things Blockchain Community Hub - your one-stop shop for staying connected with the crypto and Web3 community. Here, you’ll find everything from upcoming event announcements and recordings of past meetups to key insights from guest speakers and opportunities to learn, connect, and grow in the space. Whether you're new to blockchain or a seasoned pro, this newsletter keeps you plugged into the conversations and connections that matter.

Meet our 2026 Community Partners

Platinum

​Binance Australia is a leading digital currency exchange platform that enables Australian users to easily buy and trade a leading range of cryptocurrencies, leveraging cutting-edge technology from Binance.com's advanced trading platform.

​Granton is a Gold Coast-based boutique consultancy that helps startups of all sizes find and apply for R&D tax incentives, startup grants, and accelerators. Since inception, Granton has assisted companies access more than 5 million dollars in funding (government and private).

Kraken is on a mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion.

​Stand with Crypto Australia aims to inspire and connect web3 communities across Australia, fostering dialogue between innovators, policymakers, and the broader crypto industry.

Gold

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​Kinetiq supercharges liquid staking on Hyperliquid, autonomously scoring validators and directing $HYPE to top performers, boosting yields, security, and innovation across the ecosystem.

​Ming Dao Law provides clear and practical legal solutions for financial services, fintech, and digital asset businesses. Our team combines deep regulatory expertise with commercial insight, helping clients navigate risk and regulation with confidence.
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​Syla is Australia’s crypto tax software, created by a team of Australian tax professionals, exclusively for Australian crypto investors where you can easily generate an ATO tax report that is optimised to save you tax.
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​DMCG Global is a specialist recruitment agency in the Digital, Marketing, Creative and Technology sectors. Our recruitment Partners have, on average, over a dozen years' experience in their chosen field of expertise.

Silver

​Digital Surge is Australia's trusted homegrown crypto exchange, offering 400+ assets, instant PayID deposits, 365-day local support, and top-tier security making crypto simple, secure and accessible for all Australians.

​Ethical Finance bridges TradFi and ethical investment to build a more inclusive and just financial future. Through the Ijara CDC model, tenants lease-to-own homes without interest, promoting transparency, sustainability, and fairness.

​Jittie is a next-generation CryFi platform helping Gen-Z invest in crypto the smart way. With our unique Lock Now, Pay Later system, users can secure today’s crypto price with only a 20% upfront payment and complete the rest over time. Registered with AUSTRAC, Jittie combines compliance, education, and simple UX to make crypto ownership accessible, safe, and stress-free for young investors.

​Blacksheep helps you move money. Whether it is moving into stablecoins, large cap crypto tokens, FX swaps, and paying others across the world - all from your wallet or your bank account. Adding 20+ currencies.

​Cadena Legal is a specialist law firm delivering innovative and cutting-edge tax and legal advice.

​Nexa is a fast, scalable, and decentralized Layer-1 blockchain built for real-world adoption. Fairly launched and community-driven, Nexa is designed to empower everyone.

​​​Earnscape connects mobile games with players and keeps gamers playing with web3 rewards and gamified incentives where mobile gamers can earn rewards playing literally every game on their phone.

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ATB Upcoming Events

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December 2 : ​Smart Ways to Earn and Spend Your Crypto​

Join us in your festive gear as we come together for our final event of the year - we'll have prizes for best dressed Christmas attire!

Discover how to make your money work smarter in the digital era. Benjamin Killen, Co-founder of Finsightful. will share modern strategies for generating passive income from simple earn products and sophisticated wealth management tools. Learn how to bridge the gap between traditional finance and DeFi, and explore practical ways to use your crypto for everyday spending.

We'll also be joined by David Bird Aka "ASX Trader", Founder of Mastering the Markets | Certified Financial Technician - CFTe | Financial Analyst & Educator | Investing & Trading Mentor | Keynote Speaker | News Corp columnist.

Click to Register for the Event

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December 4: Learn & Earn: Web3 Unlocked | Bali Edition​

​Discover the power of Web3 in a fun, hands-on environment with no prior experience required!

​Join us for an engaging afternoon designed to help you understand the future of the internet, connect with like-minded people, and have a little fun along the way. This isn’t your average tech talk; we're gamifying the event with interactive challenges and real-time learning.

​What to Expect:
• Easy-to-follow intro to Web3, crypto, and blockchain
• Practical examples of how people are earning in Web3 today
• A fast-paced networking + knowledge game

​Whether you’re Web3-curious, building a business, or just here for the vibes and prizes this event is for you. Come learn, play, and unlock the next step in your digital journey. 🚀

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Win Free Tickets to Consensus Hong Kong

We’re giving away Consensus Pro Passes (valued at $549 USD each) at our upcoming event being hosted in Brisbane on Dec 2nd.

How can you win?

1. Register for Smart Ways to Earn and Spend Your Crypto​
2. Show up and join the party.
3. Network with the Web3 legends in the room.

That’s it! Yes, it’s that simple to enter to win!! ✨
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Hosted by CoinDesk, Consensus is the world’s longest-running and most influential event for blockchain, crypto, and Web3 innovation. It’s where deals are made, partnerships are formed, and the future of digital finance is shaped.
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We’ll see you in Hong Kong this February! Want to secure your spot now?
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Use code ATB15 to get a 15% discount on your Consensus tickets. 🥳

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ONLINE

📅 Dec 1: ​The Weaponisation of AI: The Industrialisation of Deception.

Gen AI in FinTech & EdTech is dedicated to discussing and sharing the latest trends, best practices, use cases, and regulatory considerations for Gen AI applications in FinTech and EdTech industries in Australia and globally.

📅 December 10: ​Applied AI Ethics MonthlyMixer - Where Innovation Meets Responsibility.

Join a global, open-format gathering for those building and questioning AI — from real-world use cases to critical conversations around ethics, bias, and transparency.

Every month, we create space for developers, researchers, and policymakers to connect in meaningful, unmoderated dialogue — with flexible chats, peer learning, and 1-on-1 video networking.

📅 December 10: ​Reflecting on Eight Years of Ethereum Engineering Group.

In this talk, Peter Robinson and others will reflect on the evolution of Ethereum and the Ethereum Engineering Group Meetup since its inception in late 2017

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BRISBANE

📅 December 1: ​Artificial Intelligence in Project Management.

Artificial Intelligence talks, in project management, discussing prompt engineering, RAG, practical use cases and ways to enhance the way to deliver projects. This is not an introduction - it assumes basic working knowledge of AIs in the workplace. Networking is encouraged and offers this event as a way to get noticed by project management recruiters.

📅 Dec 3: UXMAS 2025!

Although we usually post based around blockchain and crypto events, this event has tickets for $10, and all proceeds go to Open Haven, a Brisbane-based charity providing support for women rebuilding their lives after domestic violence.

📅 December 8: From Consensus to Cognition: Building Smarter Systems with Graphs and Agents.

What do distributed systems and Agentic AI have in common? Both struggle to make sense of chaos — whether it’s servers trying to agree on a number or AI agents reasoning over vast, unstructured knowledge.

Join for an evening where systems engineering meets intelligent reasoning.

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SYDNEY

📅 December 1: ​The Weaponisation of AI: The Industrialisation of Deception.

AI has become the most powerful force multiplier in human history. It’s boosting innovation, accelerating research, and reshaping entire economies. But there’s another side to it - AI has also been weaponised. The same tools that help us create are now being used to deceive at scale. Scammers are using generative AI to industrialise fraud, automate deception, and build global operations that run like legitimate businesses. In this session, Ollie unpacks how AI has enabled this shift, why scams have become an industry, and what it takes to flip the script, using AI itself to dismantle the scam economy.

📅 December 7: ​Bitcoin Catch-Up: Details TBA.

This month the catchup will convene the week after the Bitcoin Bush Bash! This event will be suitable for both newbies and long term Bitcoiners alike! Exact details to be decided shortly.

📅 December 9: Blockchain Sydney x Gemini Australia 2025 EOY Bitmas Party!​

Blockchain Sydney's x Gemini Australia 2025 Bitmas Party! Including affiliated groups AI Sydney, Crypto Sydney, NFT Sydney, DeFi Sydney & Stellar Sydney.

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MELBOURNE

📅 December 3: ​KSUG.AI Australia #54 - Melbourne Meetup @AWS.

To help them plan, please register appropriate, to know how you’ll be joining whether it’s on-site or virtually.

📅 December 4: Melbourne Search & AI User Group #3.

📅 December 9: ​AI Meetup (December) - GenAI, LLMs and Agents.

Welcome to the AI meetup in Melbourne, in collaboration with AI Innovation Centre. Join for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and Agentic AI, hands-on experiences with code labs and workshops, and networking with speakers and fellow AI developers, builders, startup founders

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GLOBAL EVENTS

December 2-8: India Blockchain Week Conference
​Bengaluru, India

The India Blockchain Week (IBW) is India's premier series of blockchain and web3 events, held from December 1-7, 2025. It’s a weeklong celebration of decentralization in India, featuring global web3 gatherings by ETHIndia, Aptos, Polygon, Filecoin, Polkadot and more.

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December 2-3: Tokenize: LDN 2025
​London, England

Tokenize: LDN is organised by global events leader, IQPC Exhibitions. For over 50 years, IQPC has been at the forefront of cutting-edge business to business events around the World and across scores of sectors.

As global financial institutions accelerate their exploration of tokenized treasuries, funds, real estate, and credit, Tokenize: LDN 2025 brings together 5,000+ senior decision-makers from across banks, asset managers, investors, and blockchain platforms for two days of insight, connection, and collaboration.

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December 8-11: Abu Dhabi Finance Week
​Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi Finance Week (ADFW) is the MENA region’s premier business and investment summit, bringing together global leaders, market experts, policymakers, and investors from over 100 countries to drive impactful dialogue and collaboration.

Over four transformative days, ADFW 2025 promises yet another milestone gathering of global finance’s most influential voices across five established Flagship Forums and over 60 curated events designed to foster collaboration, unlock opportunity, and accelerate economic growth.

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December 10: Web3 Growth Guild Forum
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

​The Builder's Summit- Powered by Web3 Growth Guild. Where on-chain minds converge, connections compound, and growth narratives get rewritten.

Our ATB co-founder and EvolvH3R CEO Danielle Marie is speaking at the Web3 Growth Guild Forum at this event - make sure to register!

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December 8-9: Bitcoin MENA 2025​
​Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Bitcoin MENA is built to accelerate companies shaping the Bitcoin ecosystem offering a prime opportunity to connect with the region’s rapidly growing bitcoin community.

Building on its landmark 2024 debut, the premier Bitcoin gathering in the Middle East and North Africa returns to Abu Dhabi this December.

Bitcoin MENA 2025 reflects and accelerates Abu Dhabi’s growing influence as a global destination for digital asset dialogue, innovation, and a pivotal node in Bitcoin’s global expansion.

This year will see an expanded exhibition hall and an enhanced outdoor activation zone that will bring more companies, startups, immersive experiences to compliment world-class speakers, premium networking opportunities, and a curated calendar of elevated side events.

Strategically opening the day after the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix, offering all in attendance, an unparalleled intersection of sport, technology, and finance.

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December 10 - 11: Global Blockchain Show​
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates,

The Global Blockchain Show is a premier, high-profile event uniting the biggest names in the Web3 space. It is the definitive platform for showcasing next-generation decentralized technologies, connecting investors, and forging the future of the digital economy.

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December 11 - 13: Solana | Breakpoint 2025
​Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Breakpoint unites founders, developers, and creators around the world to connect and discuss the latest Web3 innovations, tools, and trends.

Breakpoint lands alongside Abu Dhabi Finance Week, Bitcoin MENA and Formula 1. The city will be buzzing with the biggest names in finance and tech. If you're building or backing what’s next, you have to be there. Book your tickets now!

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WHAT HAPPENED LAST MONTH

November 11: Behind the Build with Swyftx​

We hosted our online session, Behind the Build, brought to you by Swyftx. Attendees had a rare opportunity to peek behind the curtain of one of Australia’s leading crypto platforms.

Swyftx’s key Product Leaders Tommy Honan (Director of Product Innovation), Jemma Lang (Product Manager), and Ricardo Fama (Senior Product Manager) had a deep dive into the company’s core development philosophy. They shared how the Swyftx team builds features with security and speed at the forefront.

Roadmap Reveal: Participants got a first look at the major features and platform enhancements planned for the next 12 months, offering insight into the strategic direction guiding Swyftx’s evolution.

Built With You: The team also explained how users can submit ideas and directly influence future features. Attendees discovered how community feedback actively shapes Swyftx’s platform development.

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November 22: Krak on! Party vibes with Kraken & Friends​

For the ACC, we hosted a side event with our generous major sponsor, Kraken, and heard from their Australian Managing Director, Jonathon Miller, about what's on their radar.

Drinks, food, prizes and the whole shabang were given away!

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November 23: SH3 Connects Sydney Edition at AusCon2025​

In collaboration with EvolvH3R we hosted the famous SH3 Connects event during the Australian Crypto Convention bringing together women, allies, and innovators from across Web3, AI, and emerging tech. This is more than an event, it's a movement.

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November 26: She Connects Networking Online Meetup + Fireside Chat​

We Co-hosted another SH3 Connects online event through EvolvH3R which empowers women in the digital economy), hosted a fireside chat with guest speaker Alisha Geary , founder of Provvypay .

We had a fun, interactive networking session to connect and collaborate, and quick, actionable tips to boost your digital career.

For anyone wondering about future events like it, these are your space to connect, learn, and grow with a global community of inspiring women. Everyone passionate about supporting women in tech is welcomed to join for any future events!

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November 27: Before the Blockies: Unpacking the Australian Landscape​

Before the blockies, we hosted a talk and relaxed connection at HWLE Lawyers Melbourne CBD offices. Founders, professionals, and community members who are helping to shape Australia’s digital asset and blockchain landscape were all there.

We had an amazing lineup of speaker who shared their insight on the current landscape Mizu Ardra provided a high-level overview of where Australian regulation sits globally. Amy-Rose Goodey will spoke to the evolution of the DLT space and Digital Economy Council of Australia (DECA) vision. Lisa Wade (she/her) will close out by sharing the latest from Fableration.

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🌟 SPONSOR HIGHLIGHT

This month's spotlight is our platinum level long-time sponsor Binance!

Today, Binance is the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem, with a product suite that includes the largest digital asset exchange. Their mission is to be the infrastructure provider for crypto in tomorrow’s world.

It enables Australian users to easily buy and trade a leading range of cryptocurrencies, leveraging cutting-edge technology from their advanced trading platform.

​Binance also plays a critical role in the Australian digital asset ecosystem as a proud provider of liquidity to many peer cryptocurrency exchanges.

Despite the ever-changing crypto regulatory landscape, Binance holds authorizations and registrations in 19 jurisdictions globally as of August 2024. That’s the most for any crypto exchange in the world.

Some of their ecosystem sectors that make it such an amazing platform include:

Binance Research

Binance Research provides institutional-grade analysis, in-depth insights, and unbiased information to all participants in the digital asset industry.

Binance Academy

Binance Academy is an open-access learning hub, providing free blockchain and crypto education in over 10 languages.

Binance Charity

Binance Charity is a non-profit organization dedicated to building a future where Web3 technology is used as a force of good.

Binance NFT

Binance NFT is the official NFT marketplace of Binance, dedicated to building a community-focused platform that enhances user experience.

Binance Square

Binance Square is a single touchpoint for the latest trends in Web3, displaying a range of content from crypto experts, enthusiasts, and media sources as it goes live.

Check out their socials too:

📌 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BinanceAustralia​

📌 X: @Binance_AUS​

📌 Website: https://www.binance.com/en-AU

​Binance is revolutionising the way modern blockchains and crypto systems are traded and with a mission of freedom of access to users, and having the number 1 trading volume and customer assets worldwide of all crypto trading platforms, we are proud to be partnered with them!