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ETF Securities to win Australian crypto ETF race

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAY 2022
... market cap has dwindled to US$500 billion from its US$1.1 trillion peak in October 2021. Over the last five days, the digital asset has also experienced a 15% price decline and is down 51% from its all-time highs.

Senator Bragg defends domestic crypto ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2022
In a letter to ASIC, Liberal senator Andrew Bragg has welcomed foreign crypto ETF competition but not before domestic products have become widely available. Bragg asked the regulator to confirm it will not provide an uneven playing field for foreign ...

ANZ stablecoin amplifies changing operating models

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... recently minted its first stablecoin, ANZ has already found several key elements of success. The bank discovered digital asset service components were composable and enterprise-ready which helped the company circumnavigate costly centralised infrastructure. ...

Mantis adds Zerocap crypto fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... digital gold alternative and a hunting ground for alpha. Our view is that partnering with the right team in the digital asset space is critical. "The onshore custody and security infrastructure Zerocap have built is extremely impressive and we have personally ...

ANZ becomes first Australian bank to develop stablecoin

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAR 2022
ANZ has made history with the first ever Australian bank-issued stablecoin payment, pegged to the Australian dollar, through a public permissionless blockchain transaction. The stablecoin transaction was successfully completed for Victor Smorgon Group ...

Pendal executive to join crypto firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
... was established in October 2021, will become the chief investment officer at Trovio. Gor will lead Trovio's digital asset funds from the third quarter of 2022. After spending 12 years as the head of bond, income and defensive strategies, Financial ...

State Street develops digital custody capability

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... division, has entered into a licensing agreement with Copper.co (Copper), a London-based provider of institutional digital asset custody and trading infrastructure. The partnership will see State Street leverage Copper's technology to develop the ...

Biden signs executive order on digital assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... took to LinkedIn to say Treasury is actively working to get policy settings in place to foster innovation in the digital asset space in the Australian market.

Millions of trees needed to offset NFTs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
Despite being digital assets and intangible in nature, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), have a significant environmental impact. A new calculator launched by NFT Club revealed it would take almost four million trees to offset the carbon emissions of the ...

New digital asset fund launched

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
Balmoral Digital has launched a new digital assets fund for wholesale and sophisticated investors. The new fund is managed by Balmoral Digital founders and portfolio managers Angus Crennan and Jesse Smythe and offers an alternative for investors as ...