Australia

Australia

Policy

Australian Payments Firm Sues Ripple for Use of PayID Trademark

NPPA, a major Australian financial services firm, is suing Ripple Labs over allegations of trademark infringement.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse

Policy

Australian Conman Extradited Over Alleged Fraud Involving $1.2M in Bitcoin

An Australian serial conman has been extradited to New South Wales to face fraud charges involving over $1 million in bitcoin.

Sydney, Australia

Policy

Australian Woman Jailed for Theft of More Than 100,000 XRP

The 25-year-old received a sentence of more than two years for the 2018 theft of XRP worth around $300,000 at the time.

Sydney, Australia

Markets

Blockchain-Based Trademark App Can Boost Australian Economy, Says Minister

On the news Australia’s rugby league is using a blockchain-based app to stop counterfeit goods, a government minister said the app could help grow the national economy.

Australia's national rugby team (Andrew Tallon/Wikimedia Commons)

Markets

Binance Australia Is Actually Run by an Entity Linked to TravelbyBit

CoinDesk has discovered Binance Australia is operated by InvestbyBit, a company that shares directors with tourist crypto payments provider, TravelbyBit.

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao

Policy

Australian Crypto Exchanges Partner With Koinly to Simplify Tax Reporting for Users

With tax reports for crypto transactions being complex and time-consuming to prepare, Koinly said its service automates the process in just minutes.

australia tax

Policy

Australian State Treasury Proposes 'Flexible' Regulatory Reform for Blockchain

The New South Wales Treasury is exploring regulatory reform for blockchain technology citing the need to promote innovation.

The Sydney opera house

Finance

Binance’s Fiat-Gateway Partner Banxa Expanding to US

Banxa plans to leverage custody and settlement infrastructure from exchange platform Zero Hash.

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Finance

Australian Payment Card Company to Trial Micropayments Using Hedera Hashgraph

Eftpos Australia is using Hedera Hashgraph to trial a micropayments system that could rival traditional online methods.

Sydney (Jamie Davies/Unsplash)

Policy

Google, Twitter and Facebook Face $600M Lawsuit Over Crypto Ad Bans

The corporate giants could soon face the wrath of cryptocurrency business owners in a lawsuit over the banning of crypto advertising in 2018.

The sign at Google's Sydney office. (Mitchell Luo/Unsplash)