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ASIC sues former director of crypto platform owing nearly $60m

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
Following the collapse of the cryptocurrency platform in 2019, former Blockchain Global director Liang Guo, also known as Allan Guo, is being sued by ASIC over multiple breaches of directors' duties. Guo was restrained from leaving the country following ...

ETF industry growth streak continues, shatters net inflow records

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... Council. The next highest net new asset gains came from the MicroSectors FANG+ 3X Leveraged ETN (US$193.2 million), Grayscale Bitcoin Mini Trust ETF (US$152.3 million), and iShares Bitcoin ETFP (US$122 million). Overall, the global ETF industry ended ...

Vanguard ETFs claim first, second, and third place for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... grown by $63.96 billion. The best performing products month were mostly crypto related exposures, with the Monochrome Bitcoin ETF returning 13.32%, followed by the the Betashares Crypto Innovators ETF (11.86%), the Betashares Bitcoin ETF (11.15%), the ...

Trump Media to launch ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... "first-of-its-kind" basket of cryptocurrencies incorporating Cronos, its native token, alongside other crypto assets like Bitcoin. The non-digital component is expected to include securities with a "Made in America focus," spanning sectors such as energy. ...

Future Group, family offices back US$100m AI-focused fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... 2022 and the Inevitable Gaming Fund in April 2024, which has already recorded 180% growth since its launch, outpacing Bitcoin's performance over the same period, King River Capital said. The firm has over $1.2 billion assets under management. It also ...

'Incompetent' adviser permanently banned by ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... financial adviser" as he ought to have been alerted to potential 'red flags', including the payment to subsequent fees to a Bitcoin wallet of an alleged banking institution. ASIC said the ability to identify and distinguish such warnings is necessary ...

MLC wary of but not opposed to bitcoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
MLC chief investment officer Dan Farmer said MLC is open to the possibility of investing in bitcoin in the future, but now is not the right time. "Like many institutional investors, we remain in the 'not now', rather than 'not ever' to bitcoin camp," ...

Betashares launches Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
Betashares has rolled out Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs on the ASX today, saying the launches are part of a "global turning point" in the crypto investment landscape. The new funds - Betashares Bitcoin ETF (ASX: QBTC) and the Betashares Ethereum ETF (ASX ...

Dimon 'cautiously pessimistic' on US economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... write it off. "We are going to have some kind of digital currency at some point. I'm not against crypto. You know, Bitcoin itself has no intrinsic value. It's used heavily by sex traffickers, money launderers, ransomware," he said. "I just don't ...

Industry breaks records for assets, flows, and product launches

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... exposures," crypto and technology-focused ETFs were the industry's top performing products. The Global X 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (EBTC) was the best performer (146%), followed by the Global X FANG+ ETF (65.7%), and the Munro Climate Changers Leaders ...
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