Australia

Australia

Finance

FTX Australia Calls In the Administrators: Report

The move was made after FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried did not attend a board meeting.

Sam Bankman-Fried (Pindar Van Arman/CoinDesk)

Finance

Cosmos Asset Management Intends to Delist Crypto ETFs in Australia

Cosmos' bitcoin ETF was Australia's first such fund when it listed on Cboe in April.

Closed store sign (Tim Mossholder/Unsplash)

Policy

What the Mention of Crypto in Australia's Budget Means

“This may be the first time cryptocurrency has been mentioned in the federal budget papers," said Michael Bacina, a partner at law firm Piper Alderman.

Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)

Policy

Australian Markets Regulator Sues Promoter of Crypto Token Qoin

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission says BPS Financial, the company behind the token, ran misleading advertisements.

Bitcoin Corporate Treasury Adoption (Shutterstock)

Policy

Collapsed Australian Crypto Exchange ACX Allegedly Used Customer Funds to Run Business

The accusation was made by the company's liquidators in court.

Australian dollars (Squirrel photos/Pixabay)

Videos

Finders Keepers?

We may all want to be crypto millionaires, but what if you accidentally become one? The story of an Australian couple who was mistakenly refunded millions by Crypto.com and other news shaping the cryptocurrency world in this episode of "The Daily Forkast."

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Policy

Australian Regulator Suspends Holon's Crypto Funds Managed by Gemini

All three funds are managed by the crypto exchange Gemini.

Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)

Finance

Coinbase Expands Services in Australia, Calling Country a ‘Priority Market for Us’

The crypto exchange is adding a way for retail customers to easily transfer Australian dollars to their Coinbase accounts, among other improvements.

The Sydney Opera House in Australia (Stanbalik/Pixabay)

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Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: Monash University

Australia's largest university features a blockchain research center that has built several protocols, landing the school at the No. 29 spot. This story is part of CoinDesk's Education Week.

The Green Chemical Futures Building at Clayton Campus at Monash University  (Wikimedia)

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Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: University of Sydney

Strong blockchain scholarship and active events elevate Australia's oldest university to the No. 21 spot. This story is part of CoinDesk's Education Week.

Sydney University (Getty Images)