Australia

Regulatory proposals, exchange oversight, mining, and institutional interest in Australia’s crypto sector.

Mastercard creates tech to tokenize CBDCs on multiple blockchains

Mastercard has developed a solution that allows tokenization of CBDCs on multiple blockchains and can control which wallets are allowed to receive the wrapped tokens.

2 years ago

Exchanges

Australian regulator sues Kraken provider Bit Trade for $13M in user losses

ASIC said Bit Trade did not comply with the design and distribution obligations tied to its margin trading product.

2 years ago

NFTs

Yuga Labs of Bored Apes fame draws away from OpenSea over royalty fee policy

Yuga said it will end support for OpenSea's marketplace contract, Seaport.

2 years ago

Legal

Australia ASIC sues eToro alleging lax oversight of crypto derivatives, causing consumer losses

Financial watchdog ASIC clamps down on eToro over broad CFD target markets

2 years ago

Regulation

ASIC cancels FTX Australia’s license amid escalating crypto regulation

Australian regulators have lately increased efforts to regulate the cryptocurrency industry.

2 years ago

Exchanges

National Australia Bank blocks millions in crypto transactions citing scam concerns

NAB said it has introduced new measures aimed at better protecting its customers from scams.

2 years ago

Exchanges

Binance Australia searched in probe of former derivatives activities

The company originally discontinued its derivatives platform in April.

3 years ago

Stablecoins

Australian payments firm Novatti expands its AUDD stablecoin to XRP Ledger

Users will be able to access AUDD via XRPL-enabled wallets and use the stablecoin to make payments or trade other XRPL-based tokens.

3 years ago

Exchanges

Another Australian bank places limits on payments to crypto exchanges

Commonwealth Bank follows Westpac in restricting payments to crypto exchanges.

3 years ago

Exchanges

Binance Australia blames AUD liquidity drop for Bitcoin discount

Bitcoin and other digital assets are trading at a significant discount on Binance Australia as the exchange experiences AUD liquidity issues.

3 years ago

Exchanges

Binance axes 8 Australian Dollar trading pairs

Binance announces the removal of several AUD trading pairs amid trouble on multiple fronts including the withdrawal of PayID ramping services.

3 years ago

Exchanges

Australia’s oldest bank bans payments to Binance

Westpac, one of Australia's big four banks, will block payments to crypto exchanges it deems as "high-risk" in order to reduce scam losses.

3 years ago

Australia

Mastercard creates tech to tokenize CBDCs on multiple blockchains

Australian regulator sues Kraken provider Bit Trade for $13M in user losses

Yuga Labs of Bored Apes fame draws away from OpenSea over royalty fee policy

Australia ASIC sues eToro alleging lax oversight of crypto derivatives, causing consumer losses

ASIC cancels FTX Australia’s license amid escalating crypto regulation

National Australia Bank blocks millions in crypto transactions citing scam concerns

Binance Australia searched in probe of former derivatives activities

Australian payments firm Novatti expands its AUDD stablecoin to XRP Ledger

Another Australian bank places limits on payments to crypto exchanges

Binance Australia blames AUD liquidity drop for Bitcoin discount

Binance axes 8 Australian Dollar trading pairs

Australia’s oldest bank bans payments to Binance

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Crypto winter causes Australian exchange to freeze operations permanently

Digital casino Stake.com facing $400M lawsuit filed by former partner

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Mastercard creates tech to tokenize CBDCs on multiple blockchains

Australian regulator sues Kraken provider Bit Trade for $13M in user losses

Yuga Labs of Bored Apes fame draws away from OpenSea over royalty fee policy

Australia ASIC sues eToro alleging lax oversight of crypto derivatives, causing consumer losses

ASIC cancels FTX Australia’s license amid escalating crypto regulation

National Australia Bank blocks millions in crypto transactions citing scam concerns

Binance Australia searched in probe of former derivatives activities

Australian payments firm Novatti expands its AUDD stablecoin to XRP Ledger

Another Australian bank places limits on payments to crypto exchanges

Binance Australia blames AUD liquidity drop for Bitcoin discount

Binance axes 8 Australian Dollar trading pairs

Australia’s oldest bank bans payments to Binance

Crypto winter causes Australian exchange to freeze operations permanently

Digital casino Stake.com facing $400M lawsuit filed by former partner

World Economic Forum weighs in on CBDC adoption and DLT use cases

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