Australia News
Australia Loosens the Reins on Stablecoins
ASIC has finalised new exemptions to ease licensing requirements for crypto businesses, aiming to boost innovation in digital assets and pay...
Australia Reaches Its ‘Kodak Moment’ as Stablecoins Poised to Redefine National Finance, Says Report
Australia’s economy is entering a pivotal period in which it must choose whether to embrace the inevitability of a fully-digital, web3-ena...
Aussie Bitcoin Lobby Slams ABC Over ‘One-Sided’ Hit Piece, Citing Policy Breaches
Australia's ABIB formally complained to the ABC over a column claiming Bitcoin has "no useful purpose." ABIB demands corrections, arguing th...
Australia Targets $24B Boost With Tough New Crypto Crackdown
Australia launched a Digital Assets Bill to regulate crypto exchanges like banks, requiring an AFSL. The government projects the framework w...
Top Crypto Savings Accounts in Australia
Crypto savings accounts are a popular type of investment product that allow anyone to deposit crypto and earn interest on them over time. In...
Mortgage On Chain Debuts as Australia’s First Crypto-Focused Mortgage Broker
Mortgage on Chain launched in Australia as the first dedicated broker to help crypto investors get conventional home loans. ...
Australia Enters the Global Crypto Spotlight as Adoption Surges
The Gemini 2025 report shows global crypto ownership is rising, driven by factors like US pro-crypto policy and Australia's high rate of new...
Australian Energy Assets Caught in $700 Million Crypto Dispute as Techteryx Wins Global Freeze
TrueUSD operator Techteryx secured a global freeze on $700M of Aria Commodities assets over claims the firm misused $456M in stablecoin rese...
Scammers Exploit Australia’s Cybercrime Hotline to Impersonate Police and Steal Crypto
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) warned about a new scam where fraudsters hijack the official ReportCyber portal to file fake cybercrime ...
Australia Sanctions North Korean Crypto Hackers Behind $1.9B Theft
The Australian government has sanctioned four North Korean cyber units, including Lazarus Group, over what it says is an A$1.9 billion crypt...
BlackRock Expands Bitcoin Bet with Australia’s First iShares Bitcoin ETF
BlackRock is set to launch the iShares Bitcoin ETF (IBIT) on the Australian Securities Exchange in mid-November 2025. This marks the asset m...
AFP ‘Crypto Safe Cracker’ Unlocks US$5.9 Million Wallet in Landmark Digital Forensics Breakthrough
An Australian Federal Police (AFP) data scientist has cracked a digital wallet containing US$5.9 million (AU$9.0 million) in cryptocurrency ...