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Adelaide to get cash-to-crypto trial

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
A global cryptocurrency exchange announced it is testing out a new way to buy bitcoin with cash, choosing Adelaide for the experiment. Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, announced the launch of Binance Lite Australia. The ...

Major US exchange to stop listing bitcoin

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2019
The US cryptocurrency exchange that released the first bitcoin futures contracts has had a change of heart. Cboe Global Markets will not list any new bitcoin futures for the first time since launching them in 2017. However, it did not rule out the possibility ...

Aussie fintech launches index-style crypto fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
... to CoinJar, the fund is Australia's first index-style cryptocurrency fund. Investors can choose to be exposed to just Bitcoin through the fund's Bitcoin Class, or can expand their exposure to also include Ethereum, Ripple and Litecoin. CoinJar head of ...

Cryptocurrencies on radar but not priority: RBA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
... anything to be worried about - primarily because usage remains low. "I have managed to find a Sydney cafe that accepted bitcoin for a coffee. But there are not many of them," Richards, who has kept a small bitcoin wallet since June 2014, said. The RBA ...

Aussie retail crypto fund flags broker partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
... future." "I know that sounds somewhat esoteric as an investment thesis, but look at it this way: if you invested $100,000 in bitcoin at the beginning of 2017, you'd have made earned $1.3 million by December 31. But if you divided that by 10 and invested ...

New manager raising $30m for crypto fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... 2013. The firm is aiming to demystify crypto as an asset class and steer the conversation away from being entirely about bitcoin. Speaking to Financial Standard, managing partner James Nguyen said his co-founder, Matthew Snowden, was writing about a ...

Cryptocurrency service providers now regulated: AUSTRAC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... to facilitate the sharing of financial intelligence and information relating to the use of digital currencies, such as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, with its industry and government partners." The laws are subject to a transition period until 14 ...

DigitalX launches crypto-heavy fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... adviser and parent-company DigitalX will hold a 73% interest, putting in $750,000 in seed capital drawn from its existing Bitcoin and Ethereum asset base. The fund can hold more than 20% in cash. However, all individual investments except Bitcoin will ...

Australia's first OTC trading desk for digital currencies opens

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
... execute large digital currency trades will have an over-the-counter trading desk to go to from next week. Sydney-based Bitcoin and digital currency exchange Independent Reserve will go live with Australia's first OTC digital currency trading desk on ...

Private wealth platform appoints ASX-listed corporate adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... already have an established global market for their technology," Travers said. DigitalX will be paid in a combination of bitcoin, ethereum and native (BKT) tokens for its services. Financial Standard recently spoke to Australian Unity Trustees national ...