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The assistant governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia noted that pilot projects have highlighted several key areas where CBDCs could be of great use. origin »
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Australia will not be making any decision on a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for some years due to several unresolved issues.
2023-8-23 09:23 | |
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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.
2022-9-26 14:31 | |
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Digital money is drawing the attention of the public, regulators, and governments worldwide. Several central banks are already at different stages of exploring the role of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) in the monetary and payments systems.
2022-7-28 15:22 | |
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The endless possibilities and advantages of the cryptocurrency space have been a push for engagements. Several countries, brands, and individuals have plunged into the digital assets space to reap its massive profits.
2022-5-26 11:00 | |
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There is a sudden rise in sponsorship rates from cryptocurrency exchanges and protocol to sports teams and leagues, increasing moves into the Metaverse by several companies and operations. For example, Decentraland struck a partnership deal with Tennis Australia for hosting the Australian Open (AO).
2022-1-21 23:46 | |
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As the holiday season quickly approaches, the urge to give creative and inspiring gifts grows stronger than ever. After all, there are several typical gifts people have come to expect come Christmas: The post Survey finds, all Australia wants for Christmas this year, is crypto appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-11-26 16:38 | |
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The latest Bitcoin Markets Report showed greater investment in crypto assets in Australia in FY 2020-21. As per the report, Australians have been interested in the asset class due to several reasons, The post Report reveals 175% growth in crypto trades in Australia appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-9-27 12:30 | |
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In a recently published report, Australia’s Senate committee on Technology and Finance laid down several recommendations for the government on the question of smart contracts, data standards, and thThe post Why Australia's central bank isn't buying the public policy case for CBDC launch appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-4-30 13:30 | |
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What Happened? The darknet operation involved law enforcement agencies from Germany, Australia, Denmark, Moldova, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and was supported by Europol. DarkMarket allegedly allowed users to trade several illicit items, including drugs, counterfeit money, stolen credit and debit card details, and computer malware.
2021-1-13 23:14 | |
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The crypto industry has been significantly quiet when it comes to security breaches this year. However, several scattered occurrences show that security remains a top issue for the space. The latest platform to have suffered a breach is BTC Markets, Australia's largest exchange.
2020-12-2 18:08 | |
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Australia’s central bank is not buying into the growing call among several countries to float their own central bank digital currency (CBDC). With China already bootstrapping adoption of its digital yuan to millions of citizens, other countries are moving ahead to test their own experimental CBDCs.
2020-10-14 18:30 | |
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Ripple Labs Inc. is being sued in an Australian court for allegedly infringing a trademark belonging to several local banks. A lawsuit filed by the New Payments Platform Australia (NPPA), a joint venture between the Reserve Bank of Australia and 13 domestic banks, claims that Ripple copied its PayID brand.
2020-8-29 09:00 | |
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The cryptocurrency sector worldwide saw several historic regulatory events last week. In this roundup, we cover a landmark bitcoin ruling by a French court, South Korea’s first crypto bill, an Australian court’s ruling, Germany’s announcement, and a recent FATF meeting where more than 800 delegates discussed crypto regulations.
2020-3-10 05:00 | |
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Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange Binance is at the head of an array of developments in its ecosystem. Despite several upgrades to the platform itself, however, the Changpeng Zhao-led exchange is keThe post Binance's CZ hints at Binance Australia as expansion spree continues appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-11-21 14:30 | |
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The criminal division of the U. S. Internal Revenue System (IRS) recently announced that it was able to identify dozens of people who were using cryptocurrencies to evade taxes or to commit crimes without getting caught.
2019-11-9 07:10 | |
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The law enforcement of Australia has recently charged five people for a cryptocurrency-related scam that involved $2. 7 million AUD ($1. 8 million USD). The investigation, which was made by the cybercrime division of the country, discovered that the criminals fooled over 100 investors.
2019-8-9 22:37 | |
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Libra, the cryptocurrency project headed by Facebook and the Libra Association, is getting heat from several privacy and data protection regulators around the world. According to recent reports made by The Block Crypto, regulators from countries such as the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and the European Union are all concerned about Libra and […]
2019-8-7 22:35 | |
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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 | |
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By CCN Markets: One of Australia’s biggest banks this week announced they will be closing down the account of far-right activist Blair Cottrell on the 25th of July. Described by several media groups as a ‘neo-Nazi’, Cottrell posted proof of the closure via his Gab account.
2019-6-21 13:45 | |
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Despite talk of India leading the tech revolution and the ‘Digital India’ campaign, the present government remains hesitant about embracing cryptospace. Consequentially, several crypto-businesses have either tasted the dust or found shelter in crypto-friendly countries such as Australia.
2019-6-5 16:00 | |
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The question needs to be asked. After all, these are enough evidence to believe that certain changes might be taking place in the near future. Australia does have a special appreciation for both cryptos and for casinos.
2019-5-31 14:11 | |
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Scams have always been one of the prominent issues crippling the cryptocurrency space, with several regulatory bodies around the world issuing statements on how to identify these scams. Now, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission [ACCC] has released a report detailing scams affecting the Australian community, a report that also includes cryptocurrency scams.
2019-4-30 04:00 | |
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Alex Saunders, who lives in Australia and is a normal and everyday citizen, is taking big steps to try and shift the government’s perception and position on cryptocurrency. Particularly, he will present his stance on cryptocurrency to the Australian Treasury.
2019-3-22 00:58 | |
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Freedom. Such a harmless word. Yet billions of people have died to defend those bloodstained syllables over the centuries. In the wake of the horrifying Christchurch shootings in New Zealand, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison implored the G20 to discuss ‘crackdowns’ on the ‘ungoverned internet’.
2019-3-20 11:58 | |
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Ripple’s price has jumped 12% on the news that the cryptocurrency is soon to be available on Coinbase Pro. XRP deposits must reach “sufficient” levels before trading officially begins, but the US crypto exchange is allowing deposits as of 10 am PT this morning.
2019-2-26 22:22 | |
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According to data scientist Matt Ahlborg, LocalBitcoins trading data concludes that Venezuela did more peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading in 2018 than Canada, India, and Australia combined. Venezuelan trading topped $235 million.
2019-2-9 11:16 | |
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CoinSpeaker Bitcoin Will Gain More Than 80% Throughout 2019, New Study Explains Why Despite the persistent crypto winter, a panel of financial markets analysts in Australia predicted that Bitcoin will rise by over 80% throughout 2018 fueled by several short-term catalysts.
2019-2-5 15:05 | |
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Where 2017’s dizzying price highs embedded “hodl” into the public consciousness, 2018 was the year that “buidl" became a trend in the crypto-industry — and Bitcoin was no exception.
2018-12-5 23:23 | |
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Popular cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is launching Zcash (ZEC) trading on its professional trading platform Coinbase Pro. The announcement made via Coinbase’s blog page states that inbound transfers of the currency will begin at 10 p.
2018-11-30 02:08 | |
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Utility billing and payment services provider Novatti is launching a new Australian dollar (AUD)-backed stablecoin known as the Novatti AUD Utility Token on the Stellar Network.
2018-10-25 20:58 | |
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A couple in the city of Sydney Australia has allegedly converted a fraud proceed of $300,000 to cryptocurrencies. According to the police who arrested the couple and seized computers, laptops, storage devices, mobile phones, and documents, more than $300,000 were converted to cryptocurrency and sent to several offshore crypto wallets.
2018-9-28 00:53 | |
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Researchers in Australia announced on Wednesday a successful trial run of next generation blockchain that can reach cross-border speeds of 30,000 transactions per second. Operating on Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) cloud infrastructure, the test potentially paves the way for global enterprise-scale applications of the technology.
2018-9-28 23:00 | |
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Researchers in Australia announced on Wednesday a successful trial run of next generation blockchain that can reach cross-border speeds of 30,000 transactions per second. Operating on Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) cloud infrastructure, the test potentially paves the way for global enterprise-scale applications of the technology.
2018-9-28 23:00 | |
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The drop in the value of cryptocurrencies since the beginning of the year has not deterred cryptocurrency enthusiasts and real estate owners from desiring the sales of their properties in the new virtual currencies.
2018-9-27 19:01 | |
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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) confirmed the shutdown of several ICOs on the ground of fraudulent marketing strategies or other illegal practices. As identified by ASIC, a large number of fraudulent companies are looking to ICOs as the perfect way to trick people into crowdfunding projects.
2018-9-25 20:49 | |
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The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has flexed on cryptocurrency fraudsters. It has just released details of disciplinary action taken against misleading initial coin offerings (ICOs) operating in Australia.
2018-9-21 17:31 | |
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China has welcomed several Australian blockchain-based companies as potential business partners.
2018-9-11 13:08 | |
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Australia has been at the forefront of blockchain development and cryptocurrency acceptance this year. With several deals inked between major banks and corporations and an increasing adoption of digital currencies nationwide it is growing into a crypto powerhouse.
2018-9-5 17:00 | |
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The Queensland government in Australia is backing a cryptocurrency point-of-sale system that officials believe will help boost tourism throughout the area. Thus far, they have given over $8 million in Australian dollars ($6 million USD) to roughly 70 different companies that will work to inspire innovation and create new ideas within the region’s travel space.
2018-8-2 00:27 | |
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The Chamber of Digital Commerce’s Token Alliance is producing a new group of guidelines built to help the cryptocurrency and initial coin offering (ICO) markets grow responsibly.
2018-7-30 18:38 | |
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The world of cryptocurrency is in a constant state of flux. As a result, the process of sorting through untold amounts of background information and data can be a laborious, time-consuming endeavor.
2018-7-30 16:47 | |
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National Australia Bank (NAB) blocked over A$270 million (around $184 million) in customer payments that raised scam concerns during the last four months, according to a July 17 statement. NAB blocking payments to ‘high-risk’ cryptocurrency exchanges NAB stated it stopped an undisclosed amount of transactions to crypto platforms where scams were prevalent between March and […] The post National Australia Bank blocks millions in crypto transactions citing scam concerns appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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