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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 ...

Crypto assets rewrite estate planning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... Corporate Lawyers special counsel Brian Hor says. Former financial planner and partner of cryptocurrency brokerage firm Bitcoin Trader, Warrick Pleash, says a catch-22 is that without instructions as to the location of the crypto and its digital key ...

SMSF trustees warned on non-compliant crypto

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... homework before investing in cryptocurrency as they risk inadvertently breaching crucial compliance regulations. According to Bitcoin Trader partner Warrick Pleash, there are trustees investing in cryptocurrency on behalf of their SMSF as an individual ...

Crypto hype drives new partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... brokerage firm to help investors achieve greater portfolio diversification. A new partnership between Xpress Super and Bitcoin Trader will provide SMSF investors with access to five of the top cryptocurrencies in the market: bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin ...

SMSFs and instos driving crypto exchange growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
... now choosing to enter the market. "Factors like the new regulation by AUSTRAC, emerging ETFs and crypto hedge funds, new bitcoin futures, and the growing mainstream acceptance of bitcoin as an asset have given institutional and SMSF investors a level ...

Bitcoin bubble will burst in 2018: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JAN 2018
The latest Financial Standard spot poll result sees an end to the bitcoin bubble in 2018. About 40% of respondents are betting the days of the bitcoin phenomenon are numbered, while 29% predict Australia will lift interest rates by 25 percentage points. ...

IOSCO issues caution over ICOs

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... technology. They're usually sold to investors by auction or through subscription in return for a cryptocurrency such as bitcoin or ether. IOSCO points out the transaction can also be in exchange for government-backed or official fiat currency such as ...

Aussie crypto fund opens to wholesale investors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... Arians and expert analyst Tim Johnston, alongside Wall Street finance veteran Henrik Andersson and chief executive of bitcoin.com.au Rupert Hackett. An Apollo statement said: "With two decades of crypto experience between them as well as subject matter ...