The regulatory clampdown against the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange keeps pressuring the company to stop providing some of its services. The latest to close down are futures, options, and leveraged tokens for Australians. Binance announced earlier on September 21st the latest change in its service offerings affecting Australian users only. As of September 24th at...Read More
According to a recent research, 17% of Aussies have some cryptocurrency holdings. Bitcoin is still the most popular digital asset while Ethereum and Dogecoin ranked respectively second and third. What is The Crypto Trend in Australia? Finder’s Consumer Sentiment Tracker – a nationally representative survey of 1,000 Australians conducted by Qualtrics – revealed that one...Read More
The central banks of Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and South Africa will reportedly launch a trial program to test cross-border payments employing different CBDCs. Their mission: to determine whether the move would enable more accessible transactions. The Multinational Partnership Central bank digital currencies appear to be an attractive financial instrument for numerous countries across the globe...Read More
The number of cryptocurrency-related companies aiming to go public continues to increase, with the latest example being Iris Energy Pty. The firm, focused on green Bitcoin mining, has filed with US regulators for a direct listing on Nasdaq this year. Based in Sydney, Australia, Iris Energy is a Bitcoin mining firm that “owns and operates...Read More
CoinJar, a leading Australian cryptocurrency exchange, has recently partnered with the payment processing giant Mastercard to launch a new prepaid card to make digital asset services accessible to mainstream users. CoinJar Launches Crypto Card In an official blog post published on Tuesday, the exchange disclosed that the new CoinJar card will allow users to make...Read More
The buy-now-pay-later company Zip Co revealed its plans to launch cryptocurrency trading services in the US and Australia within the next year. It’s not yet clear which assets will be supported. Zip Dives into Crypto According to a Reuters report, the Aussie financial technology company Zip Co is looking to provide its American and Australian...Read More
The global payments giant Visa has approved the issuance of a physical debit card that will allow Australians to spend their bitcoins at local stores and leisure venues. The inovation will enable customers to make direct purchases with crypto instead of converting digital assets to fiat money. First BTC Spending Card in Australia According to...Read More
Rhonda – an Australian nurse – lost all her savings after being lured into a fake bitcoin investment. The fraudulent scheme stole hundreds of thousands from the devastated Sydney woman just months before her retirement. Dreams of Retirement Were Dashed An Australian nurse revealed in a recent interview for 2GB radio how a cryptocurrency scam...Read More
The Australian Financial Services Minister – Jane Hume – warned cryptocurrency investors to beware of the risks in the market. She sounded a note of caution to the public after the prices of most digital assets collapsed significantly yesterday. However, Hume outlined their future importance. ‘They Are Volatile And High-Risk Assets’ Following the recent bloodbath,...Read More
Amid the renewed anti-Bitcoin remarks ascribed to mainstream finance stakeholders, reports have emerged showing banks in Australia working in cahoots with violent South American cocaine cartels. Despite aspersions to the contrary, the crypto market continues to account for an insignificant proportion of global financial crimes. Australian Banks Funelling Dirty Money for Drug Cartels According to...Read More
The legal battle comes as the Aussie man allegedly suffered significant losses in his crypto business after the banks, Westpac and ANZ, shut down his accounts, local media reported Monday. According to the proceedings filed at the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Allan Flynn alleged that the banks’ action was illegal as they closed his accounts...Read More
After a threat of a lawsuit for displaying Bitcoin scams, The Guardian Australia launched an investigation to determine the nature of the increasing number of similar fraudulent activities. It concluded that there’s a group of fraudsters operating a massive global enterprise based in Moscow, Russia. Global BTC Scam Organization Revealed CryptoPotato reported in early October...Read More
The Australian cryptocurrency exchange, BTC Markets, has inadvertently exposed more than 270,000 emails of its customers. The company apologized for the inconvenience and reassured that all other data, including users’ funds, is safe. BTC Markets Exposes Customers’ Emails A user going by the Twitter handle Stevosxrp.crypto took it to Jack Dorsey’s social media giant and...Read More
Cory Bernardi, an Australian politician, recently said that he became a bitcoin faithful in the last few years and he believes BTC demand is getting stronger. Bitcoin continues to find its way to the heart of mainstream politics across the world as former Australian Senator Cory Bernardi reveals today in a tweet that he has...Read More
Andrew Bragg, an Australian Liberal Senator, has suggested that blockchain technology can be utilized to simplify the already complicated world of financial regulatory compliance. During a recent speech, he outlined DLT’s merits if employed correctly and said that “the future is technology by blockchain.” Blockchain To Aid Financial Regulator Compliance The 36-year-old former accountant at...Read More
The Reserve Bank of Australia has partnered with two major local banks and ConsenSys to explore the potential use of Ethereum-based wholesale central bank digital currency. The announcement from Australia’s central bank named the other partners – Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, and the financial services company Perpetual. The research group will develop a “proof-of-concept...Read More
Australian multi-millionaire and electronics entrepreneur Dick Smith has threatened to sue The Guardian Australia. Smith has alleged that the trustworthy media outlet has hosted fraudulent ads with fake interviews of him promoting a phony Bitcoin scheme. Aussie Entrepreneur Threatens The Guardian Impersonation scams are among the most perilous threats within the cryptocurrency community. Typically, the...Read More
A former employee of CSIRO – the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, has avoided prison after being caught using a supercomputer at work for mining cryptocurrencies. Jonathan Khoo, 34, worked as a contractor at the federal government’s scientific research agency. Generating $6,897 Worth Of Ethereum and Monero As per a recent news report, between January...Read More
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has banned an Australian national from working in the financial sector. According to the watchdog, John Louis Anthony Bigatton operated as the Director of Australia Promotions for the notorious cryptocurrency scam – BitConnect. Aussie National Banned For BitConnect Participation As CryptoPotato reported last year, the Australian corporate regulator...Read More
The Australian government is taking significant steps in adopting blockchain in its daily operations. Earlier today, the country released its “National Blockchain Roadmap” to improve the nation’s productivity in different sectors. Australia Published Blockchain Roadmap Less than a year ago, the federal executive Government of Australia (the Morrison Government), announced that it will develop a...Read More
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has reportedly submitted a framework to oversee digital wallets holding large amounts of value. If approved, it would also include Facebook’s controversial stablecoin, Libra, and its digital wallet – Calibra. APRA To Oversee Calibra? Upon its announcement, Facebook’s Libra quickly attracted the attention of watchdogs. The social media mogul...Read More
While several countries and entities are starting to consider launching their own central bank digital currencies (CBDC), Australia might be on the opposite side. The nation’s Reserve bank seems to think that there’s no current need for such a product among customers, as the payment system now is stable enough. No CBDC in Australia The...Read More
Binance has announced the launch of a fundraiser to help remedy the damage caused by the Australian bushfires. Binance to the Rescue The project is led by the Binance Charity Foundation, the philanthropic subsidiary of the exchange giant. Binance is donating $1 million worth of its BNB tokens as an initial boost to the project....Read More
A Bitcoin donation address has been opened to supply aid for the Australian bushfires raging this dry season. The BTC address offers a borderless way to make contributions for relief immediately. Bitcoin Address Reveals Ongoing Donation Activity The #AustraliaBurning hashtag spread to the crypto community, with a Bitcoin donation address being open for contributions. At...Read More
When it comes to creating a peer-to-peer electronic cash system, accepting zero confirmation transactions becomes critically important. When a model’s main aim is to “just hodl” or push an isolated store of value narrative, important concerns like double spending can take a back seat, potentially opening a network to serious attack. A recent video demonstrating...Read More
Are authorities in Australia starting to turn bearish on cryptocurrency as we enter a new year? The nation’s AML Agency ‘AUSTRAC’ has now revoked three of its previously issued licenses to cryptocurrency exchanges for alleged criminal ties. AML Agency Cancels 3 Cryptocurrency Licenses According to Australian news site itnews, the Australian AML Agency AUSTRAC has...Read More
With stricter new regulations on the horizon for the crypto space around the world, Australians have found that it’s actually their traditional financial institutions that have been breaching well-established anti-money laundering rules and other industry standards this year. Westpac, one of the country’s largest banks, is now under investigation for millions of purported violations of...Read More
News.Bitcoin.com recently reported on web portal Bitcoinbch.com’s in-depth report, which detailed BCH outshining BTC retail spending in Australia by a wide margin during the month of September. The next month, BCH captured 90% of October’s crypto spending in the country. Now the website has published its November report that discloses all the crypto-based expenditures at...Read More
The Bitcoin Cash City conference in North Queensland has just wrapped up, and participants are now unwinding after two consecutive days of presentations, product demos, free gifts, and plenty of food. Tomorrow, September 6, there will be a special workshop for developers, and then the conference proper will end and it’s on to next year’s...Read More
Arguably set to become the world’s biggest Bitcoin Cash conference yet, Bitcoin Cash City kicked off today in sunny Townsville, North Queensland. The city is not only colorful, friendly, and home to some very beautiful coastline, it’s also shock-full of opportunities to use Bitcoin Cash for everyday living. As such, it’s well-suited to promoting a...Read More
