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Betashares launches Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... manager Bitwise. Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said investors globally are increasingly incorporating digital assets as part of a diversified portfolio, adding that the ETF issuer is pleased to extend the same opportunity "in the familiar form ...

Cbus hits $100bn in member assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... to recycle their respective portfolios. In addition, Chatfield pointed to the global and significant demand for digital assets, those aligned with the energy transition and transportation assets, which he said should remain high. "There will continue ...

ASIC sues Binance over customer protection failures

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... with the conditions of its licence, and ensure that its employees were adequately trained and competent. "Many digital assets and related products are financial products under the current law," Court said. "We are consulting with the sector to improve ...

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... portfolio manager Steve Flegg made public that the fund had "took the plunge" into crypto, with its exposure to digital assets now accounting for 0.05% of its total assets under management - $57 billion. Flegg said crypto had "become too big, and its ...

Crypto operator to fork out millions after court ruling

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
... customers." Bit Trade offered a "margin extension" product, which allowed payments to be made and repaid in either digital assets like bitcoin or national currencies, without a target market determination (TMD). The Federal Court, however, found that ...

Investors plan to continue private markets love affair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... expected to soar as well, with bfinance projecting a 200% increase in investor interest. Meantime, adoption of digital assets and cryptocurrencies remains low, with only 9% investing in them. In 2022 the figure was 8%, and 21% expected, at that time ...

Monochrome launches Ethereum ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... investors to outsource the storage and security of their Ethereum investment to third-party providers with expertise in digital assets. The fund's crypto-asset custodians are Gemini Trust and BitGo Trust, and its administrator is State Street Australia. ...

ASIC wins case against crypto exchange Kraken

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... Bit Trade's "margin extension" product, which allowed for margin extensions to be made and repaid in either digital assets like Bitcoin or national currencies such as US dollars, has been available on the Kraken exchange for several years without ...

State Street partners with Taurus to expand digital asset services

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... tokenisation and digital custody services to State Street's existing fund administration and accounting capabilities for digital assets. Under the collaboration, State Street will leverage Taurus' products to create and manage tokenised assets throughout ...

Global X names head of portfolio management

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... October. Wolak will oversee the company's ETF product line-up across equities, fixed income, commodities, and digital assets, which represents over $7.6 billion in assets under management. Wolak will lead a team of investment professionals, overseeing ...