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06.01 / 09:47

Art Health MPs French MPs approve vaccine pass law after initial government rebuke

French MPs on Thursday morning approved a bill to transform the COVID-19 health pass into a vaccine pass.

05.01 / 14:25

Legal Bitcoin ‘Faketoshi’ May Need to Pay More Damages – or Face a Retrial – in New Episode of Kleiman vs. Wright

The Australian computer scientist Craig Wright – a man who is known to the crypto community as “Faketoshi” due to unproven claims that he's Satoshi Nakamoto – may have to return to court this year.

05.01 / 03:01

Digital Bitcoin NOT It’s not just US banks — these lenders around the globe are also sampling crypto

Mainstream banks outside the US are sampling cryptocurrencies, offering customers ways to invest and store bitcoin and other digital assets.

04.01 / 14:51

Digital Bitcoin NOT It’s not just US banks — these lenders around the globe are also sampling crypto

Mainstream banks outside the US are sampling cryptocurrencies, offering customers ways to invest and store bitcoin and other digital assets.

31.12 / 20:07

Art 'Welcome 2022!': Sydney sees in New Year with dazzling fireworks display

"Good riddance to 2021. Let 2022 bring fresh hope."

29.12 / 15:09

cryptocurrency regulation stocks PUMP Regulators Learning from Crypto to Take on Pump and Dumps in Stocks

A newly released presentation has revealed how the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has learned about pump and dump activities in the crypto market, and how the same schemes have spilled over to the stock market.

29.12 / 07:11

regulation Pump and Dump ASIC ASIC reveals how it infiltrated crypto ‘pump and dump’ Telegram groups

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has revealed the details of how it took down crypto “pump and dump” Telegram groups back in October.

24.12 / 23:19

BTC Binance CEO Bitcoin Binance Australia CEO expects ‘lot more interest, demand, volatility’ in 2022

It truly is the season of joy as Bitcoiners awoke to a ‘Santa Claus’ rally that saw the cryptocurrency finally going north of $50,000, after facing resistance for around two weeks. As the bullish year nears its end on a presumably happy note for BTC investors, many industry proponents appear positive on their outlook for the next year.

20.12 / 11:39

Facebook Platform Fighting Clout.Art Restores Artist's Stolen Instagram Handle @metaverse Using a Special NFT

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16.12 / 13:53

cryptocurrency regulation Central Bank regulatory Aussie Regulatory Body Backs Government’s Plan to Regulate Crypto

In a bid to develop new regulations for cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, Australia’s regulators - acting through their joint body, the Council of Financial Regulators (CFR) - have released a statement in which they embrace the government’s plan to implement a payments and crypto-asset reform.

15.12 / 20:21

cryptocurrency regulation PwC Tax Looking for a Country with Clearest Crypto Tax Policies? Check This List

The European microstate of Liechtenstein came in as the country with the clearest crypto tax policies for 2021, while Germany, coming in as number four, saw one of the best improvements since last year, a new report from consulting giant PwC has found.

11.12 / 20:15

Blockchain Ethereum NFT Project builds NFT ecosystem and game to raise awareness of platypus extinction

NFT (nonfungible token) games are an exciting new form of entertainment, but one project goes one step further by leveraging the fast-growing trend in a useful way.

10.12 / 17:33

FIVE As China’s Economy Falters, the Rest of World Looks Resilient

Chinese history plays out in cycles, or so goes the well-worn cliché. Whether or not that is true, it is undeniable that five years after the last major downturn, the specter of another Chinese property crash—and associated financial turbulence—is once again tormenting global markets.

09.12 / 16:47

cryptocurrency Digital Currency Australia proposes new laws to regulate crypto, BNPL

Australia will create a licencing framework for cryptocurrency exchanges and consider launching a retail central bank digital currency as part of the biggest overhaul of its A$650 billion-a-day ($463 billion) payments industry in a quarter of a century.

09.12 / 16:43

UPS Digital Racing wholesale India to explore wholesale, retail CBDCs, ‘will release pilot, whichever is ready first’

China’s digital yuan CBDC is seeing formidable rates of adoption. Meanwhile, Australia reported on the “successful completion” of its research for the Project Atom CBDC. Adding to that, Project Jura saw the Banque de France and the Swiss National Bank finishing up a cross-border wholesale CBDC transfer trial, which was also “successful.”

09.12 / 12:17

Ethereum Digital Progressive Action Reserve Australia Reserve Bank, partners announce ‘successful completion’ of CBDC research project

China’s rapid-fire progress with its digital yuan CBDC, spurred rival nations into action. However, it turns out that some of them – like Banque de France – have been carrying out research projects or even CBDC pilots for months. Now, the latest to join this group was Australia.

09.12 / 06:01

Adoption regulation DLT Reserve Australian Australian Reserve Bank’s ‘Project Atom’ CBDC research finds numerous benefits

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) published a report into its two-year research project into wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) that emphasized the benefits of digitizing and autonomizing manual, paper-based banking processes using distributed ledger technology (DLT).

08.12 / 18:09

Ethereum Survey Bitcoin reform More Aussie Crypto Traders Profiting, Country Moving to Largest Reform of Payments Systems

Nearly 90% of crypto owners in Australia have either profited from trading in 2021, or broke even, with the number of women in the crypto-owning group doubling compared to 2020, according to a recent survey released by Aussie crypto exchange Independent Reserve.

08.12 / 14:23

UPS Ethereum Digital Bitcoin Australia in CBDC talks as Treasurer claims crypto ‘shake up’ is coming

Things are rapidly changing for cryptocurrencies in the land down under. A survey by Crypto.com recently found that out of over 2,000 Australia-based participants, 65% believe that crypto is more than just an investment, while 26% have put crypto-related gifts – including Bitcoin and Ethereum – on their Christmas shopping lists.

08.12 / 12:29

cryptocurrency Provident Digital Australia Proposes New Laws To Regulate Crypto, BNPL

The use of cryptocurrency has exploded in Australia during the pandemic.

08.12 / 07:19

Government Blockchain Senate Australian Australian government gives nod to 6 world leading crypto reforms

The Australian government is seriously consider the rollout of central bank digital currency (CBDC) and has backed numerous forward-looking regulatory crypto-proposals as part of a new “payments and crypto reform plan.”

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