Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 11 - 20 of 205 results for "Blockchain"

Binance Australia to pay $10m over deliberate customer misclassifications

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... Australia innovative, compliant, and trusted products, while helping advance the responsible growth of the country's blockchain and digital asset ecosystem," it said. In addition to the pecuniary penalty, the court ordered Binance to contribute to ...

State Street boosts digital asset access with new platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... designed to support tokenised product development across jurisdictions covering both private and public permissioned blockchain networks, State Street said. Investors can receive secure, scalable access and on-chain compliance controls through a seamless ...

Majority reject crypto investments in super fund: Swyftx

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... efficient," he explained. "It is simply a matter of time before the settlement rails; we all use are underpinned by blockchain technology because it is much faster and much cheaper. The annual stablecoin market is already bigger than the combined volume ...

Crypto providers to hold AFSL under proposed laws

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2025
... provides the clarity and confidence our $3+ billion sector has been calling for," Jiang said. "Institutional adoption of blockchain, stablecoins and asset tokenisation is accelerating globally. With clear rules in place, Australia is signalling to the ...

Binance names head of APAC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... VP at Crypto.com, will lead the group's Asia Pacific operations, bringing with him a strong track record in the blockchain industry and relevant regulation. While at Crypto.com, Seker led global product development and handled the legal and regulatory ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... strikes happened, and they lit up immediately," Tuckwell said. "Remarkably, the futures markets then took their lead from blockchain-traded gold. It's a sign of how these products are starting to shape global price discovery. We expect that role to expand-across ...

ASIC sues former director of crypto platform owing nearly $60m

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
Following the collapse of the cryptocurrency platform in 2019, former Blockchain Global director Liang Guo, also known as Allan Guo, is being sued by ASIC over multiple breaches of directors' duties. Guo was restrained from leaving the country following ...

Government plans to develop 'fit for purpose' digital asset regime

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... They said this initiative would help to build a more dynamic and competitive economy, noting that digital assets and blockchain present "big opportunities" for Australia's financial sector, payments systems, and capital markets. "We want to seize these ...

Luxury asset investment platform launches for high-net-worth investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... investment-grade asset appreciates and changes ownership. These transactions are securely tracked through proprietary blockchain technology. "Our goal at MUSE is to connect investors and buyers to the world's leading suppliers of measurable and bankable ...

SEC drops civil enforcement case against Coinbase

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... Emerging Technologies Unit will root out those seeking to misuse innovation to harm investors, including fraud involving blockchain technology and crypto assets," the SEC said. According to the SEC's complaint, since at least 2019, Coinbase has made ...