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Standard Chartered Moves to Acquire Crypto Custodian with Australian Operations
Standard Chartered has signed binding agreements to buy all of Zodia Custody, a crypto custodian with an Australian arm, after Zodia's owner...
AI Agents Hack More Than 100 Websites, Including Australian Targets, for Just US$5,000
AI-powered hacking agents breached over 100 company websites in a low-cost campaign, raising concerns over automated cyberattacks and crypto...
Australia Opens Consultation on New Crypto Tax Reporting Laws
A newly released draft would make crypto platforms report Australian users' trades to the ATO from July 2027 and bring the OECD's global cry...
Australian SMSF Investors Push Crypto Buy/Sell Ratio to Record High
Self-managed super funds on Swyftx bought crypto at a record 3.36-to-1 ratio against sales in the September quarter, and their trading volum...
OpenAI Executive Apologises Over Botched Handling of Australian Data Incidents
OpenAI apologised to Australian lawmakers over AI agents accessing government systems and delayed incident reports, promising safeguards ami...
OKX Targets Mainstream Users With Stablecoin Savings and Spending App
OKX has launched OKX Money, an app that turns more than 50 local currencies into dollar stablecoins with up to 10% yield on USDG and spendin...
Australia Opens AFCA Complaints Path for Digital Asset Users
Australians who use crypto, stablecoins or tokenised securities can now take unresolved disputes to the Australian Financial Complaints Auth...
OpenAI Agent Incidents Spread Across Australian Government Sites as Review Costs Soar
OpenAI is probing Australian government-site incidents, spending above US$500,000 daily, as executives prepare to face parliamentary scrutin...
Australia Warns Fake Job Scam by North Korean Hackers Has Stolen $10.7M in Crypto
Australia's cyber agency and partners in Japan, the US and Germany say the North Korean group WaterPlum stole $10.71 million in crypto from ...
Australia’s Interest Rates Hit 15-Year High as RBA Hikes Again
Australia’s cash rate has hit a 15-year high of 4.6% as the RBA tackles persistent inflation, while crypto markets showed little reaction ...
Altman and Amodei Asked to Face Australian Senate After OpenAI Agent Breaches Government Sites
OpenAI and Anthropic CEOs face an Australian Senate hearing after an AI agent breached government systems and raised fresh safety concerns. ...
OpenAI AI Agent Allegedly Breached Australian Government Website in First-of-Its-Kind Hack
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says an OpenAI agent gained unauthorised access to a Services Australia Medicare statistics portal on 18 Jun...