2019-11-12 13:45 |
Australian police arrested a man operating a cryptocurrency ATM that allegedly facilitated “unregistered cryptocurrency transactions”
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2019-11-12 13:45 |
Australian police arrested a man operating a cryptocurrency ATM that allegedly facilitated “unregistered cryptocurrency transactions”
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Australian Detectives known as the ‘E-Crime Squad’ have arrested a man for providing unregistered cryptocurrency services. Authorities charged the man for breaking anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws.
2019-11-12 13:20 | |
Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has offered a stark warning claiming that terrorists are using crypto-currencies to fund their deadly missions, according to a report by SBS on November 7, 2019.
2019-11-7 13:26 | |
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), the nation’s primary securities exchange, is putting preparations in top gear to integrate distributed ledger technology (DLT) into its operations and replace the existing Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS) with the revolutionary technology.
2019-11-1 00:00 | |
Australia’s leading cryptocurrency exchange, CoinSpot, has for the first time ever listed a gold-and-silver-backed digital asset and stablecoin, known as ‘Gold & Silver Standard’. In an Australian first, both Gold (AUS) and Silver (AGS) are now listed to buy and sell instantly, 24 hours-a-day via CoinSpot, providing the investment community an easily accessible stablecoin with […] CryptoNinjas: CoinSpot lists Australia’s first gold-and-silver-backed cryptocurrency
2019-10-23 16:34 | |
Australian authorities have become unwitting benefactors of Bitcoin’s impressive bull run in recent years. The Australia Federal Police’s latest Annual Report highlights a bust which netted them a cool 2000% profit.
2019-10-23 15:30 | |
Craig S Wright, an Australian computer scientist who claims that he created billions of dollars worth of payment protocol Bitcoin, accused Satoshi Nakamoto of plagiarizing his paper. The Bitcoin SV founder stressed that he is the original author of Bitcoin’s whitepaper during CC Forum in London.
2019-10-16 17:00 | |
Roger Ver’s Bitcoin Cash seems to be stepping up in the race to accelerate mass adoption after the coin recently surpassed Bitcoin in retail spending in Australia. This was found after Bitcoin BCH, an online platform, released a report which tracked the total cryptocurrency usage in Australia for the month of September.
2019-10-14 15:30 | |
The BCH-centric web portal Bitcoinbch. com published an in-depth report that shows the aggregate of cryptocurrency expenditure for Australian retail businesses. According to the 10-page document, BCH transactions in the country exceed BTC transactions by a wide margin and BCH is the top digital currency in Australia.
2019-10-14 20:36 | |
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has announced that a 21-year-old mother has been arrested following an investigation into an online syndicate accused of stealing and laundering millions of dollars worth of funds from superannuation and share-trading accounts through the use of cryptocurrency.
2019-9-18 17:30 | |
Jasmine Vella-Arpaci, who was part of the major identity fraud ring, faces up to 53 charges after stealing millions of dollars
2019-9-17 10:16 | |
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the country’s financial regulator and watchdog, is gearing up for the rapid growth of crypto-asset markets. Speaking to CCN, an ASIC spokesperson indicated that the regulator has identified “significant increases” in cryptocurrency trade volume recently, prompting the regulator to prepare for further expansion in the markets.
2019-9-13 11:53 | |
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), the country's financial regulator and watchdog, is gearing up for the rapid growth of crypto-asset markets. Speaking to CCN, an ASIC spokesperson indicated that the regulator has identified “significant increases” in cryptocurrency trade volume recently, prompting the regulator to prepare for further expansion in the markets.
2019-9-14 11:53 | |
In a blog post on September 9, 2019, Power Ledger (POWR), an Australian energy trading software company and distributed ledger technology (DLT) project, announced that it has begun the first trial of its blockchain-based peer-to-peer (P2P) technology in rural areas, to enable commercial buildings to monetize their excess solar energy.
2019-9-11 11:00 | |
Security Matters, a distributed ledger technology (DLT) project headquartered in Israel and listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has filed a patent application in the United States for a blockchain solution for tracking the entire cannabis supply chain, reports ZDNet on September 3, 2019.
2019-9-4 01:00 | |
Digital X, a token sale advisory and blockchain development firm in Australia, has announced abysmal performance for fiscal year 2019, as reported by Micky, September 1, 2019. The bear market in cryptocurrency brought down a lot of companies, most of which have been able to initiate a bounce back up after the resurgence of Bitcoin.
2019-9-2 15:00 | |
A 24-year-old woman in Sydney was found guilty of stealing 100,000 XRP—worth $300,000 at the time of the theft—in January of last year, reported The Sydney Morning Herald. The perpetrator, Katherine Nguyen, is the first Australian found guilty of a crime involving cryptocurrency theft in the country.
2019-8-28 08:44 | |
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) and its financial technology (fintech) partner, Digital Asset have joined forces with VMware, a cloud infrastructure provider, to fast track the process of developing a distributed ledger technology (DLT) based solution that would replace the current Clearing House Electronic Subregister System (CHESS), reports ZDNet August 25, 2019.
2019-8-27 23:00 | |
In a shocking turn of events that quickly turned into Australia’s first criminal investigation for the theft of cryptocurrency, Katherine Nguyen stole $450,000 worth of XRP by gaining access to the email ID of a man with the same surname as her.
2019-8-27 21:00 | |
During the crypto markets bull run of 2017, a number of firms latched onto the blockchain bandwagon in a bid to take advantage of the burgeoning industry. While the move proved to be a forward-thinking maneuver at the time, as the stock prices of some DLT-related firms skyrocketed almost immediately, however, the hype phase isRead MoreRead More.
2019-8-26 09:00 | |
The cryptocurrency payments gateway, Living Room of Satoshi has been granted the very first Australian Financial Services License. Huge news! We've been granted an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) – the first Bitcoin company in Australia to do this! https://t.
2019-8-24 17:39 | |
Australia has been a pro-crypto country for quite some time and cryptocurrencies are treated as a legal commodity in the country; however, cryptocurrency exchanges register with the AUSTRAC, a government financial intelligence agency set up to monitor financial transactions.
2019-8-22 11:00 | |
In a tweet on August 20, 2019, Changpeng Zhao (CZ), CEO of Binance cryptocurrency exchange said we are all Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin’s creator. CZ’s remark was made months after he had outrightly stated that Craig Wright, an Australian computer scientist is not Satoshi.
2019-8-21 10:17 | |
In a bid to remind 18,000 retirees under Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs) of their legal duty to invest their retirement savings cautiously, the Australian Tax Office (ATO) has begun sending stern letters to some of these individuals whom have chosen to spend over 90 percent of their retirement savings in a single asset classRead MoreRead More.
2019-8-18 01:00 | |
The Australian Tax office has sent out 18,000 warning letters to Self Managed Super Funds (SMSFs). The letters target those who have invested over 90% of retirement funds in a single asset class, such as property or cryptocurrency.
2019-8-16 16:00 | |
Global leaders from the Bitcoin Cash community will gather at the first Bitcoin Cash City Conference in Australia, being held in Townsville on September 4 & 5. Townsville has really embraced Bitcoin Cash, so hosting this conference in the cozy, coastal suburb was a natural next step.
2019-8-15 12:30 | |
Cryptocurrency investment scams in Australia cost victims a record $14. 76 million between January and July this year. That’s according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
2019-8-13 15:40 | |
Australian police have charged five people in connection with a protracted cold call cryptocurrency investment scam that tricked more than 100 victims into losing $2. 7 million. The scam, which operated from Australia‘s Gold Coast, was busted as part of ‘Operation Quebec Walnut.
2019-8-8 14:21 | |
Five people have been charged in Australia over a cold-call cryptocurrency investment fraud that allegedly duped investors for over $1.8 million.
2019-8-8 12:43 | |
The Texas Securities Commissioner has ordered AWS Mining, a mining firm operating in the state, to repay their investors any money they had put into mining contracts. In Texas, the state securities regulators went on a statewide crackdown of illegitimate cryptocurrency businesses that were soliciting investors from Texas.
2019-8-4 13:19 | |
An Austrian high-security company with experience in e-governance solutions for the Australian government has launched Chainlock, a new decentralized private key management solution that mostly aims to target the B2B market.
2019-7-29 17:00 | |
Mike and Karen Taylor, an elderly couple in Melbourne, Australia have revealed how they were duped 900,000 AUD ($633k) of their retirement savings. According to the duo, they had invested their life savings in a cryptocurrency trading website that looked legit but later turned out to be a scam in disguise.
2019-7-21 22:53 | |
An Australian couple lost AUD $900,000 after “investing” in an elaborate cryptocurrency scam. Mike Taylor, 70, and his wife Karen told local station 7News that the losses represented the couple’s lifetime savings: “That was the whole of our superannuation – that’s now gone.
2019-7-20 23:00 | |
A retired couple in Australia have reportedly lost $900,000 to an elaborate cryptocurrency scam. Mike and Karen Taylor were traveling around Australia in a camper van when they fell for the online scam.
2019-7-19 16:46 | |
Following a correction wave and some pullback, the world’s largest cryptocurrency is surging again. This has caused many to turn bullish about the coin again. However, award-winning Australian journalist and the owner of financial services company Switzer Financial Group, Peter Switzer, thinks otherwise, after he called for a ban on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
2019-7-10 23:30 | |
An Australian man has been charged after authorities linked him to a cryptocurrency account used to buy child exploitation material. An investigation, following a tip off from US authorities in December last year, traced the account back to a 27-year-old man from Sydney.
2019-7-9 12:09 | |
Noted Australian finance commentator, Peter Switzer believes bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are too volatile to be useful. The founder of the Switzer Financial Group advised governments in a July 8, 2019, blog post quoted by Micky, to either ban or tightly regulate cryptocurrencies.
2019-7-9 09:00 | |
Many of the critics of cryptocurrency asset like Bitcoin and Ethereum argue that nobody spends them as they are intended to be, and even less accept it as payment making everyday tasks like shopping or traveling extremely challenging if only using cryptocurrency as a means to pay for goods and services.
2019-7-6 03:00 | |
The three largest banks in Australia, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. and, Westpac Banking Corp are partnering with Scentre, a Westfield mall owner, to test IBM’s new blockchain-based bank guarantee platform for processing retail financing, reports Reuters on July 4, 2019.
2019-7-5 05:00 | |
Mark “Bomber” Thompson, a former premiership coach in the Australian Football League (AFL), has admitted to abusing drugs and trading cryptocurrency. According to Thompson, quitting professional football made him depressed, so he channeled all his energy into high-risk crypto speculation, reports SMH on June 26, 2019.
2019-6-28 13:00 | |
Geon Network, today is launching the first phase of its IEO program with Nauticus, an Australian government regulated cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain ecosystem, with active users in over 84 countries.
2019-6-25 09:59 | |
Over the years, Australia has been one of the top countries in the world to consistently promote the idea of cryptocurrency and Bitcoin. Adoption is a key factor for the general growth of virtual assets, with Australia playing a crucial role towards the wider adoption of crypto-assets.
2019-6-24 11:00 | |
As cryptocurrency makes a sheepish entry into the mainstream, every individual, industry, and nation is finally forced to choose sides between the status quo and the disruption. Numerous entities have also put forth their interests in the ecosystem through various gestures including partnerships, payment acceptance and trademark registrations.
2019-6-21 13:15 | |
The world is still processing the specifics of Facebook‘s Libra digital currency, but even the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has realized it’s set to rub cryptocurrency purists the wrong way.
2019-6-20 12:38 | |
By CCN Markets: Facebook’s foray into cryptocurrencies with Libra has met with a ton of mixed reactions. While some are going gaga over the social media giant’s latest effort that’s supposed to enable cross-border payments at the tap of a button, the traditionalists are taking a dim view.
2019-6-21 10:21 | |
Oxfam has joined hands with an Australian tech start-up, Sempo, and a blockchain technology company, ConsenSys, to provide aid to disaster victims in Vanuatu. However, in something out of the customary, Oxfam will be providing this aid in cryptocurrency, and not in cash.
2019-6-18 21:00 | |
Adoption is a major dilemma in the cryptocurrency space, with virtual assets continuously working towards legitimate approval for worldwide implementation. Bitcoin [BTC], which is evidently the most preferred one in the ecosystem due its high price valuation and popularity, has recently been trying to receive an ETF approval.
2019-6-12 14:30 | |
By CCN: An international tax evasion authority comprising five major global economic powers is taking cryptocurrency seriously. A year ago, five world powers created the Joint Chiefs of Global Tax Enforcement, or J5, with a particular interest in cryptocurrencies.
2019-6-6 21:30 | |
Australian regulator has made yet another update to its guidelines for ICOs and cryptocurrency trading, which impacts industry advisers and miners
2019-6-4 18:18 | |
By CCN: Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright, the self-proclaimed inventor of bitcoin, has anointed himself the new sheriff of Crypto Town. And his first task is to hunt down “fake” Satoshis to prove once and for all that he’s the real deal.
2019-6-1 02:40 | |