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Crypto scams bite UK

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2019
Investors in the United Kingdom lost more than £27 million to cryptoasset and forex scams in the last year. The Financial Conduct Authority is urging UK citizens to be wary of investment scams carried out through "bogus" online trading platforms, after ...

ATO demands crypto data

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
The Australian Tax Office is reminding cryptocurrency owners and traders they are required to keep records and obtaining records of between half a million to a one million individuals involved in the cryptocurrency market. The ATO announced a new data ...

Beware blockchain: ANZ

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
The big bank is not impressed by the oft-praised technology that is blockchain. There has been a lot of hype about blockchain in recent times but now ANZ associate director, trade and supply chain, Maria Bellmas has warned the technology raises many ...

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 ...

J.P. Morgan introduces digital currency for instos

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
J.P. Morgan is launching its own digital currency to harness the benefits offered by blockchain. The largest bank in the US is getting ready to roll out JPM Coin, representative of a fiat currency and designed to make instantaneous payments between ...

Celebrities cop $1m crypto fine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
Boxing giant Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled have become the first people to be charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission for the unlawful promotion of initial coin offerings. Floyd Mayweather and DJ Khaled - real name Khaled ...

Asset management business models need a rethink: panel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
From conventional methods to manage investments to the role of blockchain in the future, an industry panel session debates what business models have the power to disrupt financial services. Appearing on a panel at the SIBOS conference in Sydney this ...

Young Aussies set lofty retirement goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
Australian millennials are aiming to retire comfortably at 50 with $5 million in their nest egg, a new survey shows. Trading platform Stake surveyed 506 Australians and those aged between 18 and 34 said investing in US stocks will help make their goals ...

Former Australian cricket captain in crypto fail

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
The cryptocurrency venture once supported by a former Australian cricket captain has folded. Brisbane-based start-up Global Tech was in the midst of an Initial Coin Offering which it says has now ceased in accordance with ASIC requirements. The cryptocurrency ...