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ANZ stablecoin amplifies changing operating models

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
ANZ has seized the opportunities afforded to it by global digital currency adoption and created the first Australian-bank-issued stablecoin with positive results. Having only recently minted its first stablecoin, ANZ has already found several key elements ...

Australia's first-ever Bitcoin ETF to launch next week

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... partnership with Purpose Investments. The joint venture aimed to allow the business to deliver new and innovative digital currency products to market. At the time Cosmos chief executive Dan Annan said: "Combined with our deep experience in the ETF and ...

BlackRock backs stablecoin issuer

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... partnership with Circle, which includes exploring capital market applications for USDC. As demand for dollar digital currency and related financial services continues to scale globally, the new funding will support Circle's continued strategic growth ...

Iress halts divestment of UK mortgage business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... (NPAT) is expected to grow 25-37% and 2022 underlying earnings per share in the range of 40cps to 44cps on a constant currency basis. With the inclusion of mortgages, NPAT base targets for 2025 have been upgraded from $120 million to $135 million. It ...

Cryptocurrency lender Helio charged for false credit licence claims

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... credit licence (ACL) when it did not. Helio Lending offered cryptocurrency-backed loans to consumers, using the digital currency as security over the loan. ASIC alleged that around 20 February 2019, Helio falsely represented on its website that it held ...

FSC offers guidance on divesting Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... investment process can achieve divestment. Russian assets include public market assets such as listed equities, hard currency and local currency Russian sovereign debt, and fixed income securities issued by Russian corporations. They also include private ...

VanEck anticipates AUD surge

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
... which could continue to climb. Yesterday the Aussie dollar hit 75 US cents, he said. It is anticipated that the local currency will hit 80 US cents within the next six months. "That could be good news for local companies and consumers battling rising ...

Hume, Bragg address Blockchain Week

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
... quadrupled to US$64 billion just two days later. "It is possible Russian entities are using cryptocurrency to exchange currency. We can't have a situation where a product which is used by millions of people can become a back door for sanctions." Bragg ...

Can Russia use crypto to get around sanctions?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... will not be as pertinent," Sojli said. "Then the Russian counterparty keeps the crypto until they can convert it to what currency they need or to pay for other transactions using crypto." Sojli added that there is not a simple solution to this issue ...

Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... planted to offset just one non-fungible token sale. The order also supports the development of a central bank digital currency, which the Federal Reserve is already consulting on. In late January the bank released a discussion paper weighing the pros ...