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Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on ensuring the responsible development of digital assets, in a move that has seen the price of Bitcoin jump. Signed overnight, the executive order outlines the first whole-of-government strategy ...

Millions of trees needed to offset NFTs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
Despite being digital assets and intangible in nature, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), have a significant environmental impact. A new calculator launched by NFT Club revealed it would take almost four million trees to offset the carbon emissions of the ...

New digital asset fund launched

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
Balmoral Digital has launched a new digital assets fund for wholesale and sophisticated investors. The new fund is managed by Balmoral Digital founders and portfolio managers Angus Crennan and Jesse Smythe and offers an alternative for investors as ...

Member contributions lift super assets to $3.5tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... allocated to this asset class, rising steadily from $194 million in June 2019, when members first began investing in digital assets. Overseas managed investments and residential property assets worth $1.9 billion and $472 million respectively comprised ...

Assets under custody hit $4.7tn

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2022
... regulatory data reporting requirements, the evolving role of custodians in supporting institutional involvement in digital assets including cryptocurrencies, and the implementation of the ASX's DLT-based replacement for CHESS. "ACSA remains well ...

Insto investors tempted by crypto

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... looking favourably upon cryptocurrencies, citing strong capital growth and diversification benefits. Commissioned by digital assets hedge fund manager Nickel Digital Asset Management, the research claims 43% of investments have a significantly more positive ...

MSCI teams up with Menai Financial Group

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... develop innovative tools for institutional investors seeking to capitalize on the growth of blockchain technology and digital assets. The joint venture comes at a time when institutional investors are increasingly considering opportunities within the ...

State Street, Vanguard complete world first blockchain trade

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... project and look forward to future partnerships and further developing our digital capabilities for the crypto and digital assets environment." Vanguard head of investment management and finch strategies group Warren Pennington added that this is a significant ...

New digital asset fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... through to 30 June 2021. The Australian fund will focus on concentrated positions in liquid, super-high-growth digital assets (such as cryptographic coins and tokens) that trade on specialist digital asset exchanges. DACM co-founder and chief executive ...

BTC Markets adds to advisory board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 16 NOV 2021
The digital assets exchange appointed two new senior additions to its advisory board, hiring from ASX and Tyro. David Raper and Garry Duursma joined the advisory board following the release of the final report of the Parliamentary Committee on Australia ...