Australia News

Boomers down under are worried about volatility, but millennials are filling their crypto bags.

The ATO said it already knows who is invested in cryptocurrencies and expects cooperation.

Australian senator Andrew Bragg has urged regulators to develop clear and comprehensive regulations to encourage innovation and ensure global competitiveness.

Over 40% of respondents were unaware that Bitcoin had a limited supply.

Numerous institutional crypto product applications have been lodged as Australians buy more Bitcoin.

Australia’s senate committee on technology and finance wants lawmakers to establish a national blockchain land registry.

The new ASEAN Blockchain Consortium aims to engage with regulators to ensure compliance and raise industry awareness.

Experts are divided over ways to balance diversity in crypto, with Rupert Colchester of IBM noting that teams should be “built right” from the ground up.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission wants to support the local cryptocurrency industry despite receiving large numbers of reports about crypto scams.

Australia’s securities regulator wants crypto firms to work closely with it, but industry executives are unsure of their obligations.

Victoria Bitter has partnered with blockchain energy trading platform Power Ledger to allow customers to earn beer with surplus solar energy.

The Bitcoin market capitalization is once again sufficient to cover the M1 money supply of either Australia or Canada.

The Australian government has made two grants of up to $3 million available to blockchain teams targeting minerals certification and excise taxation solutions.

Iris Energy has upped its target for its second-IPO funding round.

Blockchain Australia has terminated Qoin’s membership of the association amid allegations that the crypto project is a pyramid scheme.