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Older investors, women flock to crypto

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
Young males no longer make up the majority of cryptocurrency investors, with older Australians and women investing large amounts, according to BTC Markets. BTC Markets' Investor Report FY20-21 showed almost one in four crypto investors are over the ...

Crypto platform hires former Spaceship growth lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
An Australian cryptocurrency micro-investment platform has bolstered its team, hiring from Spaceship. Bamboo appointed Anna Cheng, former AP growth at Spaceship, to join its team in an advisory capacity. Cheng was Spaceship's third employee, joining ...

Binance Australia appoints chief executive

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has appointed a chief executive for Australia. Leigh Travers, former DigitalX chief executive and director, has joined Binance in the lead role. DigitalX is an ASX listed blockchain technology company, where Travers had ...

Investment scams set to double

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2021
... in the first half of 2021, a figure that is expected to double by the end of the year with increased reports of cryptocurrency scams, imposter bond scams and Ponzi schemes, according to the ACCC. New data from Scamwatch revealed there has been a 53.4% ...

SelfWealth reports 135% revenue increase

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... desktop US refresh. It also plans to improve tax reporting and enter new global markets. SelfWealth will implement cryptocurrency trading in financial year 2022, if regulatory approvals can be met, which could be an Australian first. And it will focus ...

New retail investors go digital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... continuing to grow with more than 1.43 million unique individuals participating in online trading as interest in cryptocurrency grows, new research shows. The latest Investment Trends 2021 1H Australia Online Investing Report showed the number of online ...

Bitcoin fund hires from IFM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... Management, the Australian Financial Ombudsman Service and Australian Unity. He has experience in the world of cryptocurrency too, having been general counsel for Huobi Australia, a digital currency exchange. "We've always had the strong belief that ...

Bitcoin fund manager hires distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... has named the former managing director of a fund manager as its new distribution lead. Craig Hobart joined the cryptocurrency fund manager as head of distribution in June. He was previously the general manager of strategic relations at Rest between June ...

Crypto fund hires from Blue Sky

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
A new cryptocurrency fund has launched in Australia has appointed its chief investment officer from Blue Sky Alternatives. The Monochrome Bitcoin Fund, a unit trust aiming to provide institutional investors exposure to Bitcoin, launched last month. ...

SelfWealth to add crypto trading

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
SelfWealth is responding to the booming interest in cryptocurrency investing by adding a crypto exchange to its platform. SelfWealth chief executive Cath Whitaker said retail investors would be able to buy and sell popular cryptocurrencies in real-time ...