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Fraudster dyed hair, grew beard to evade regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... jailed over a hedge fund collapse dyed his hair and grew a beard in an attempt to go unrecognised as he launched a new bitcoin scheme. The US Securities and Exchange Commission charged Boaz Manor last week with raising over US $30 million from hundreds ...

China backs blockchain, Bitcoin soars

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
Bitcoin increased its market cap by $55 billion after Chinese President Xi Jinping said China must "seize the opportunity" for blockchain technology. "We must take blockchain as an important breakthrough for independent innovation of core technologies ...

Beware blockchain: ANZ

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
... last year that the Commonwealth Bank was ramping up its blockchain projects. Blockchain is a system in which a record of bitcoin or other cryptocurrency transactions are maintained across multiple computers through a peer-to-peer network. The technology ...

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 ...