Australia News
ANZ Bank Exploring Hedera DeFi Services For Its 8.5 Million Customers
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), one of Australia’s ‘Big Four’ banks, is tapping into the growing demand for...
Crypto Exchange FTX Officially Launches in Australia
FTX, one of the world’s fastest-growing crypto exchanges, is rapidly expanding its presence globally, having now established a local s...
Pro-Crypto Senator Bragg Says DAOs Threaten Australia’s Tax Base
Decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) needed to be “recognised and regulated as a matter of urgency”, according to Australia...
Australian ‘2022 Digital Services Act’ Published for Crypto Custody Providers
The Australian Treasury has released a consultation paper outlining its proposed regulatory approach to crypto markets with a view to potent...
Commonwealth Bank Says It Intends to Heavily Invest in More Crypto-Related Services
A digital assets specialist at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia has confirmed the bank’s intentions to invest more into crypto facil...
Win a Brand New Tesla Model 3 Car with Binance Australia
Australian crypto exchange Binance Australia is giving away a brand new Tesla Model 3 Performance valued at A$84,900 to one lucky user from ...
Australian Consumer Watchdog Sues Meta Over Crypto Scam Ads
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has announced it will be suing Meta over the company’s failure to block crypto s...
Australian Indigenous Yolngu Artists Are Entering the NFT Space
Indigenous Australian artists are digitising their work as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to create a new stream of income and share their art o...
Survey Finds 32% Would Quit Their Job to Play NFT Games Full-Time
A new survey conducted by Balthazar, an Australian NFT gaming company, has found that one in three people would be willing to quit their job...
Australia’s ‘Block Earner’ Raises $6.5 Million to Bring DeFi to the Masses
As part of its plan to bring DeFi to the masses, Sydney-based blockchain-powered fintech company Block Earner has made some key hires as it ...
Australian Insurers Include ‘Crypto-Asset Exclusions’ in their AFSL Policies
Australian insurance providers have begun including specific crypto-asset exclusions in their professional indemnity coverage for financial ...
How Crypto Helped a 23-Year-Old Aussie Climb the Property Ladder
A 2021 survey conducted by international cryptocurrency exchange Kraken found that 40 percent of Australian millennials preferred investing ...