Crypto 09/06/21 11:28 by David Kariuki

Most Australian Millennials Have Given Up on Pricy Real Estate Investment for Crypto

Young Australians now prefer digital asset investments to real estate investments or stacking cash in banks. At the same time, four million Australians plan to buy digital currencies in the next 12 m...
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Crypto 02/12/20 07:17 by Ponvang Bulus

Australian Authorities Issue Financial Services License to Crypto.com

Local authorities in Australia have granted crypto services company Crypto.com an Australian Financial Service License (AFSL). The license permits the company to commence local issuance of the Crypto...
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Altcoins 28/08/20 13:15 by Samuel Wan

Copyright Infringement Case Takes a Twist As Ripple Holds The “PayID” Trademark

A consortium of Australian banks, led by the Reserve Bank of Australia, reportedly brought legal action against Ripple Labs for copyright infringement. The issue relates to PayID, a payment network op...
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Bitcoin 25/08/20 23:24 by Vincent Mislos

Australian Conman Peter Foster Arrested For Bitcoin Fraud

A noted master scammer and serial con artist Peter Foster has been arrested for multiple money laundering charges, including the theft of $1.73 million worth of bitcoins. Foster stole the said amo...
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Bitcoin 15/05/20 18:00 by Tony Spilotro

Australian Woman Accused of Laundering $5M in Bitcoin Through Unregistered Exchange

In a first for the country, an Australian woman has been charged with illegally operating an unregistered Bitcoin exchange. She further stands accused of using the cryptocurrency “exchange”...
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Altcoins 08/12/19 07:50 by Jamie Redman

Bitcoin Cash Represents 93% of November’s Crypto Spending in Australia

News.Bitcoin.com recently reported on web portal Bitcoinbch.com’s in-depth report, which detailed BCH outshining BTC retail spending in Australia by a wide margin during the month of September. ...
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Crypto 05/12/19 21:13 by JP Buntinx

Australian Police Seizes Over AU$1.5m in Cryptocurrencies From Drug-dealing Couple

Criminals continue to use cryptocurrencies to mask them activities. Despite the lack of privacy and anonymity, it seems unlikely that this trend will come to an end soon. In Australia, two culprits w...
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Altcoins 02/12/19 21:00 by Rick D.

Australian Users of Crypto Exchange Can Now Make Instant Deposits with Ripple ODL

Australian users of the crypto exchange Bitstamp will now be able to deposit US dollars to their account instantly using a Ripple-powered money transfer service called Flash FX. Transfers to the long-...
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Bitcoin 22/11/19 20:40 by Avi Mizrahi

Bitcoin.com Accelerates Cryptocurrency Adoption With Racer Endorsement

Luke Vanna and the Bitcoin.com car are competing for top honors in the Australian Toyota 86 Racing Series. Sports partnerships like this can introduce cryptocurrency to new audiences as well as attrac...
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Crypto 21/11/19 05:15 by Martin Young

Australian Crypto Ecosystem Expands as Binance Eyes Antipodean Shores

Malta based Binance is setting itself up for global domination in the crypto industry. Whatever market sentiment may be at the moment, the company has not been deterred as it reportedly eyes antipodea...
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Other 20/11/19 09:10 by Ali Raza

Second Largest Australian Bank Broke AML Laws More Than 23 Million Times

Westpac, Australia’s second-largest bank, violated money laundering laws 23 million times and could be fined AUD21 million (US$15.7 million) per breach. Westpac Banking Corp, the second-largest...
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Crypto 15/11/19 18:15 by Graham Smith

International Law Enforcement Conference Addresses Crypto and the ‘Criminal Economy’

The 2019 National Proceeds of Crime Conference (NPOCC) held in Brisbane, Australia from November 13-15 addressed “Globalisation and Digitisation of the Criminal Economy,” and featured 200+...
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