Welcome to the May edition of Blockchain News with Dexter Cousins and Chloe White.
Chloe dials in from Croatia and shares some of the projects she's been working on across CBDC's, Digital Assets and Tokenisation.
Dexter and Chloe discuss:
03:00 - The role AI plays in Blockchain
11:00 - Regulation for Blockchain and AI
14:30 - Hong Kong is a Crypto friendly Hub - fact or fiction?
16:45 - The banking collapse and De-Dollarization
26:00 - Tokenisation and Fractional investing
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-65452940
https://cointelegraph.com/news/circle-ceo-warns-of-active-and-accelerating-de-dollarization
https://cryptonews.com/news/visa-to-develop-brazilian-blockchain-powered-cbdc-project.htm
https://cointelegraph.com/news/hong-kong-s-crypto-rules-set-a-high-bar-for-good-reason-says-sfc-advisor
https://www.blockchaintechnology-news.com/2023/04/cofund-tokenises-luxury-bali-hotel-using-tokeny/
Chloe was Australia’s inaugural National Blockchain Roadmap Lead and former advisor to the Australian Government on crypto-asset innovation. She is now playing a key role in policy development and regulation globally through her advisory business, Genesis Block.
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