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Australia’s cryptocurrency industry banking woes will likely continue, with the government and major banks signaling no intention to back down against scams that “touch” crypto.During a panel at the Australian Blockchain Week on June 26, Sophie Gilder, managing director of blockchain and digital assets at Commonwealth Bank (CBA) shed light
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied The ASX’s Australian Investor Study 2023 report has revealed that 15% of investors in the country hold crypto. Next-generation investors (individuals between ages 18 to 24), wealth accumulators (ages 25 to 49), new investors, and intending
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"Our banking partner, Cuscal has updated its Merchant guidelines which contain new requirements for all digital currency exchanges that are supported by Cuscal," the "survey" reads. "If you do not currently comply with the new requirements, we are happy to consider a reasonable time frame for implementation. Please note, if
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Share Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Telegram Copy Link Link copied According to an 60 Minutes Australia report, a so-called “bounty email” surfaced that purportedly offers $50,000 bounty in bitcoin (BTC) for the “termination” of Vanessa Pavlou, mother of outspoken Chinese Communist Party (CCP) critic and human
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Commonwealth Bank (CBA), the largest bank in Australia, has said it will decline or temporarily hold certain payments to cryptocurrency exchanges, citing the risk of scammers. The move comes amid two major global exchanges facing a lawsuit from the United States securities regulator and is just a few weeks after
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Australia's stock market operator has decided to abandon its plans of rebuilding its software platform using blockchain technology, marking a significant rejection of the once-celebrated concept that gained prominence through its association with cryptocurrencies.The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) caused frustration among market participants in November when it decided to "pause"
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Australian-based cryptocurrency exchanges have lined up to quash contagion fears after the payments provider for Binance Australia was told to offboard the exchange, though some have warned risks still loom.On May 18, Binance Australia told users that Australian dollar services were suspended after its payments partner Zepto was told by
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Westpac, one of Australia’s ’Big Four’ banks, is launching its first trial of scam protection measures designed to combat fraudulent activities related to cryptocurrencies.The protection measures aim to mitigate losses from scams and reduce potential risks.According to the announcement, investment scams account for approximately 50% of all customer losses linked to
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Australians lost $148.3 million (AUD$221.3 million) from investment scams where cryptocurrency was used as the payment method in 2022 — a 162.4% increase from 2021.According to an April 17 scam activity report from the country’s consumer regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), 3,910 crypto scam incident reports were
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Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) has completed its use case in the pilot project run by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre using central bank digital currency (CBDC). ANZ partnered with Grollo Carbon Ventures (GCV) to trade carbon credits.ANZ tokenized Australian Carbon
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