Thevamanogari Manivel was sentenced to 18 months of community corrections with six months of unpaid community work, while her husband will face a plea trial in October.
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The regulator alleged that Bit Trade, the provider for Kraken in Australia, did not make a target market determination before offering its margin trading product to Australian customers.
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ANZ’s banking executive Nigel Dobson says the bank sees “real value” in tokenizing real-world assets on-chain like the Aussie dollar.
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Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley's framework emphasizes that technology companies cannot rely on liability protections to shield them from legal actions.
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Block Earner has unveiled a new crypto-backed loan product for the Australian market, amid an ongoing tussle with a federal regulator over its shuttered Earn product.
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Australian Senator Andrew Bragg says a rejection of his crypto bill would drive investment away from the country, but a lawyer says the work that went into the bill will inform the government’s approach.
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Australian crypto exchange Swyftx said it had identified a rise in demand for crypto education during the bear market as the reason for its launch.
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Australia’s bill on digital asset market regulation has faced a series of delays, and now the Committee on Economics Legislation has recommended the bill not pass.
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Ben Rose is hopeful that Binance Australia’s banking woes will be relieved by positive regulation in the future.
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Responsibility for crypto scams does not only belong to the cryptocurrency industry, it also involves banks, telecoms and social media platforms, Australian exchanges say.
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Crypto-focused lawyer Jeremy McLaughlin said the United States digital asset industry may re-ignite as the country’s securities regulator racks up court losses.
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A global consumer survey from Salesforce shows a growing distrust toward firms that use AI, while an Australian survey found most believe it creates more problems than it solves.
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A new partnership between Independent Reserve and PayPal offers investors extra choice and “mitigates the risks” of Australian crypto banking blocks, says CEO Adrian Przelozny.
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has wrapped up its CBDC pilot program and outlined four key areas that could be improved by the introduction of central bank-issued digital currency.
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Melbourne-based crypto lender Helio Lending had previously pleaded guilty to falsely claiming it had an Australian credit license.
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