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ASIC sets off the crypto fire alarm, Canberra will have to respond
Delegates to this week’s Summit pleaded for clarity about how digital assets are defined under corporate laws.
- James Eyers
CBA crypto experiments held up in regulatory bottlenecks
Unanswered questions from a myriad of regulators are stifling Australia’s largest bank from advancing cryptocurrency and digital asset projects.
- Max Mason
Crypto dream is being ‘killed’ by policy paralysis
Crypto entrepreneurs say the government’s failure to produce digital asset legislation and aggressive enforcement by the regulator is forcing product development underground and new businesses to be launched overseas.
- James Eyers, John Kehoe and Joshua Peach
Go long and let others take the risk: crypto fundies’ top strategies
Some of Australia’s best performing digital asset managers have told investors to ignore the noise when mulling a bet on cryptocurrencies.
- Lucy Dean and Joshua Peach
PM announces ‘exposure draft’ of grocery code
Anthony Albanese says major supermarket’s conduct is “completely unacceptable” if ACCC’s allegations are found true; Labor MP says he sees an opportunity in blockchain at AFR Crypto Summit. Follow live updates.
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- Lucy Slade
September
Bitcoin bros could swing US election: Scaramucci
The former communications director for the Trump presidency said 2 million voters could swing on the candidates’ differing digital asset policies.
- Joshua Peach
ASIC wants crypto start-ups to hold financial services licences
The corporate regulator will appear at the AFR Crypto and Digital Assets Summit on Monday with a warning to developers in the polarising sector.
- James Eyers and Max Mason
Bitcoin is going mainstream. Can Australia join the party?
Twenty-thousand crypto believers descended on Singapore this week – and the companies they represented may surprise you.
- James Eyers
RBA warms to its own digital currency – but only for other banks
The central bank says it could save billions of dollars by making transactions faster. But it has decided digital cash for the public is far riskier.
- James Eyers
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Bank profits are the price of trust, and bitcoin proves it
One way to think about part of the profits that banks make is that it’s the cost of providing trust. But first you need to understand how blockchains work.
- Richard Holden
Crypto owners are more likely to have psychopathic traits, study says
Digital asset holders exhibit higher levels of “dark” personality attributes, such as narcissism, Machiavellianism and sadism, according to an academic paper.
- Teresa Xie
August
Younger people overtake Boomers as biggest investment scam victims
More than half of investment scam victims last financial year were aged under 50, while a similar portion of the losses were in cryptocurrency, according to the AFP.
- Ronald Mizen
Bibles, crypto, clubs: Trump’s new revenue streams
Donald Trump’s latest financial disclosure lists more than $1.5 million in crypto holdings as he courts the industry.
- Shane Goldmacher, Russ Buettner and Maggie Haberman
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AFP discovers 2000 compromised Australian cryptocurrency wallets
Hundreds of compromised accounts were discovered on crypto exchanges as part of a multi-nation effort dubbed Operation Spincaster.
- Ronald Mizen
July
Australians welcome Trump’s pro-crypto stand
Crypto traders say Donald Trump’s pledges to end the “persecution” of the industry and sack SEC chairman Gary Gensler are a good start.
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- Staff reporters
Trump vows to sack top financial regulator in crypto backing
The presidential candidate has told bitcoin enthusiasts he would ensure regulatory rules were written by people ‘who love’ cryptocurrencies if elected.
- Teresa Xie, Stephanie Lai and Alicia Diaz
Inside the $26b journey of this Young Rich Lister’s crypto game
The Warwick brothers’ blockchain-based game Illuvium has finally launched, marking a new chapter in the wild ride of their billion-dollar company.
- Yolanda Redrup
US regulators approve ether ETF in latest crypto milestone
The SEC has signed off on a spot ETF that invests directly in the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency. The digital asset has already jumped 50 per cent this year.
- Emily Graffeo
How a motley crew of investors won back $14b in bitcoin
For more than a decade, creditors of collapsed crypto exchange Mt Gox pushed back on Japan’s bankruptcy laws. Their efforts have paid off, big time, in bitcoin.
- Jessica Sier
Struggling bitcoin miners seek deals with AI companies
They now hope to benefit from a surge in demand for powerful but scarce chips which are used in both crypto mining and AI processing.
- Nikou Asgari and Tim Bradshaw
The Aussie funds that beat bitcoin and big tech
It was often savvy bets at the smaller end of the market that shot the top-performing fund managers to the top of the leader table in the last financial year.
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- Joshua Peach
Reshaping finance
Probing the changing outlook for cryptocurrency investing, decentralised assets, blockchain technology and Web 3.0 at the Financial Review’s Crypto & Digital Assets Summit 2024.
Aussie who says he invented bitcoin faces UK crime probe
Australian inventor Craig Wright has claimed for a decade that he created bitcoin but now faces perjury allegations in a UK criminal court.
- Sam Tobin
Haven rush, ‘Trump trades’ on investor minds after shooting
Investors will likely rush into assets like the US dollar, gold and bitcoin after the assassination attempt of the former US president.
- Ruth Carson
Short sellers target Aussie bitcoin miner Iren
Iren’s stunning share price rally has been derailed by a short seller’s report that said the bitcoin miner overstated its AI potential.
- Tess Bennett
