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Australian Exchange BTC.com.au Shuts Down Amid Market Volatility
The Australian-based crypto exchange BTC.com.au has announced it will be closing down by the end of this week, citing crashes in both the st...
Australia’s ‘Immutable X’ Launches $500 Million Fund to Accelerate Web3 Game Development
Immutable, the Sydney-based company behind the NFT-focused Ethereum scaling solution Immutable X, has announced the launch of its new US$500...
Melbourne Sees $100 Million Invested in Metaverse Research Centre
Thai metaverse startup Translucia Global Innovation has announced it will partner with Australian software and design studio Two Bulls to la...
Blockchain Could Help Aussie Government Recover $45 Million Annually, Report
A world-first Australian blockchain pilot could be the answer to Australia’s lost excise tax revenue issue. The collaboration between the ...
Australian Giant Novatti Set to Launch AUD Stablecoin with Stellar and Ripple
Leading Australian digital payments company Novatti has announced that it will be partnering with Ripple to bring its Australian dollar stab...
Australians Look to Virtual Real Estate Amid Overheated Real-Life Property Market
As prices in the real-life property market surge out of control, some Australians are settling for the next best thing – buying virtua...
Aussie Crypto Exchange Swyftx Merges With Superhero, Creating a $1.5 Billion Financial Powerhouse
Two of Australia’s most popular fintechs have announced an historic merger that will create the country’s first digital and traditional ...
3iQ Launches Australian Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs
Digital asset investment fund manager 3iQ has announced the launch of a Bitcoin and Ethereum feeder exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Australia,...
Aussie Consumers have Already Lost $200 Million to Investment Scams in 2022
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Scamwatch site has found that Aussies lost over A$205 million to investment scams bet...
Move-to-Earn Token GST Drops After STEPN Hit With DDoS Attacks
Australian move-to-earn fitness application STEPN has reported multiple distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the wake of a major ...
Gold Coast Mayor Open to Rates Being Paid in Crypto
In a clear signal to younger ratepayers, former businessman and current mayor of Australia’s City of Gold Coast, Tom Tate, has su...
Bear Market Sees Aussie Crypto ETF Volumes Dry Up
Australia’s long-awaited and much-debated exchange-traded products are finally in circulation and investors seem … less than impressed. ...