This Month
Do you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Daniel Arbon
Meet the Australian fundies making a motza from the return of Trump
Bitcoin at $US100,000, stockmarkets setting records as tech and banking soars. These local investors are grabbing every opportunity to make big returns.
- Joshua Peach
Bitcoin smashes through $US100,000 as traders eye ‘huge re-rating’
Investors believe the change in attitude towards cryptocurrencies still hasn’t been priced in, making Thursday’s milestone just the beginning.
- Updated
- Alex Gluyas
- Analysis
- Analysis
Bitcoin has hit $US100,000. Do we still care?
The cryptocurrency has burst through a historic milestone. But the bulls aren’t bragging, and the bears aren’t finger wagging. So what’s changed?
- Jonathan Shapiro
How South Korea’s whirlwind stint of martial law jolted markets
The shock announcement sent Samsung shares plunging and reached into ETFs, government bonds and even bitcoin.
- Carmen Reinicke, Maria Elena Vizcaino and Hooyeon Kim
ASIC moves to expand its oversight of crypto and digital assets
The corporate regulator’s new guidance outlines more than a dozen examples of how it intends to assess what is in – and out – of financial services laws.
- James Eyers
November
A bitcoin convention in Sydney rings crypto alarm bells
Bitcoin is up almost 130 per cent this year and the US election result put a rocket under crypto. But there are still plenty of ways to lose money in an (unregulated) bull market.
- James Eyers
Bitcoin’s wild ride towards $US100,000 – and why it matters
The flagship cryptocurrency has resumed its advance this week as investors took advantage of a sharp sell-off. Analysts say volatility is to be expected.
- Alex Gluyas
Bitcoin dividends? It’s possible, says Iren CEO
The chief executive of a Sydney-based, Nasdaq-listed bitcoin miner says the company could issue its shareholders cryptocurrency dividends.
- Tess Bennett
Labor’s super tax plan felled by an aversion to simplicity
Readers’ letters on the fate of the superannuation tax; bitcoin fallacies; Victoria’s gift to the nation: governance at Cbus; the electricity market; advice from F1 drivers; and a Labor MP’s extinction pledge.
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Buffett, bitcoin and a duct-taped banana: Welcome to our bubbly world
The surge in financial markets and cryptocurrencies since Donald Trump’s victory has raised concerns about pockets of speculation.
- James Thomson
Coalition attacks Treasury’s failure to produce crypto protection laws
More than a year has elapsed since Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones promised crypto regulation, leaving gaping holes as more Australians pile into bitcoin and digital coins.
- James Eyers
Crypto markets prepare for bitcoin’s $US100,000 milestone
The world’s No.1 cryptocurrency is within striking distance of history as America prepares for a digital asset-friendly Trump administration.
- Updated
- Alex Gluyas
Bitcoin bursts past $US94,000 for the first time
The cryptocurrency was turbocharged by news that Donald Trump’s company was in talks to buy a digital token trading firm.
- Medha Singh and Ankur Banerjee
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Bulls are calling the ‘golden age of crypto’. It’s not all about Trump
Donald Trump’s decisive election win has sent crypto markets surging. But pundits see a much bigger case for optimism around the sector.
- James Thomson
‘The chase is on’: Bitcoin tipped to hit $US100,000 within weeks
A record rally in the flagship cryptocurrency has ETF providers reporting huge inflows and exchanges enjoying frenetic activity.
- Updated
- Alex Gluyas
The crypto industry spent $197m on the US election
The cryptocurrency industry spent more than $A197 million to back political candidates in the US election who supported softer regulations on crypto. It paid off.
- Santul Nerkar
Trump trade sweeps across global markets on Republican victory
Bitcoin and US equities have surged and bonds have fallen as global investors scrambled to shore up their investments under a Donald Trump presidency.
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- Joshua Peach
Bitcoin tipped to hit $US100,000 as euphoria floods crypto
Traders are betting its rally through $US76,000 is just the beginning of a powerful bull market, sparked by looser regulation under the return of Donald Trump.
- Alex Gluyas
Money piles into bitcoin as Trump wins election
Bitcoin rallied to a record on the prospect of Donald Trump returning the White House. Elon Musk-backed dogecoin, meanwhile, soared more than 20 per cent.
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- Sarah Jones
