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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
Australians have lost over $70 million to investment scams 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 ...

Unlicensed crypto platforms robbing investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
Investors are making significant losses after investing in complex crypto-assets provided by unlicensed platforms, according to ASIC. The corporate regulator said investors trading in financial products such as options and futures are losing large amounts ...

SelfWealth reports 135% revenue increase

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
In its full year results, trading platform SelfWealth reported revenue increased 135% driven by a 105% increase in active traders on the platform. The company also reported operating cash flow of $1.1 million, up from negative cash flow of $147,000 ...

New retail investors go digital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
The popularity of retail investing is 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 ...

Bitcoin fund hires from IFM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
Monochrome Asset Management has appointed Derek Vladimir Henningsen, as head of legal and compliance. He was most recently at IFM Investors as head of fund and mandate compliance. Henningsen has also worked at Bell Asset Management, the Australian Financial ...

Australia's first Filecoin fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2021
Holon Global Investments has launched the Holon Wholesale Filecoin Fund, allowing investors exposure to a different kind of digital asset. The fund is seeking to raise $25 million over three months and will not charge a management fee. Filecoin was ...

Bitcoin fund manager hires distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
Monochrome Asset Management 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 ...

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. ...