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Former Blockchain Global director confined to Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
ASIC has obtained an interim order from the Federal Court to restrict former Blockchain Global director Liang Guo, also known as Allan Guo, from leaving Australia. The corporate regulator is currently investigating Guo and two other Blockchain Global ...

Massive crypto Ponzi scheme unravels

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... co-founder Sam Lee, who has Australian citizenship and resides in the United Arab Emirates, and Brenda Chunga, also known as Bitcoin Beautee, were slapped with criminal charges by the US District Court in Maryland. Co-conspirator Rodney Burton, also ...

Bitcoin ETFs reach US$4.6bn in trading volume on launch day

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2024
On their debut day, spot bitcoin ETFs recorded a total trading volume of over US$4.6 billion, after being approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Following approval to convert its US$28 billion primary bitcoin trust into a spot ETF ...

Bitcoin ETFs given green light by US regulator

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JAN 2024
Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have been approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a landmark moment for the legitimisation of the world's largest cryptocurrency. The SEC approved 11 Bitcoin ETF application from major institutional ...

BlackRock plans to launch Ethereum ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... while NASDAQ has proposed to list and trade its shares. In June, the $9 trillion asset manager similarly registered a Bitcoin trust, which was closely followed by a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for a groundbreaking Bitcoin ...

Monochrome files for first Bitcoin ETF in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
Monochrome Asset Management, via its responsible entity Vasco Trustees, has lodged an updated application for its Bitcoin ETF with the ASX. The Monochrome Bitcoin ETF (IBTC) will be an exchange-traded fund that will offer retail investors direct and ...

BlackRock Bitcoin ETF: A landmark institutional event?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 JUN 2023
... Commission (SEC) has been touted by Magnet Capital co-founder Egor Sidelska as the most significant institutional event in Bitcoin history. Sidelska said the BlackRock ETF filing is a definitive stamp of approval by Wall Street that Bitcoin is "institutionally ...

BlackRock files for bitcoin ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUN 2023
BlackRock's iShares has filed paperwork with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to develop a spot bitcoin ETF. The iShares Bitcoin Trust will seek to mirror the performance of bitcoin's price before the payment of expenses and liabilities. ...

ETF industry continues growth: Betashares

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 17 APR 2023
... exposures." According to Israelstam, global growth exposures came "back into vogue" in March, leading to strong gains in Bitcoin and crypto products. The same goes for technology exposures more generally, while gold mining products also rallied strongly. ...

Fraudsters jailed over international crypto scam

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... said. "These offenders used the internet from the comfort of their own homes to obtain tens of millions of pounds worth of Bitcoin which did not belong to them. Cyber-enabled crime presents an increasing threat to international economic stability, as ...