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RBA Governor Says Bitcoin Not Money and Has ‘No Role’ in Australian Economy, as Bitcoin Temporarily Dips Below $89k
Surely, with the euphoria that the post-US-election rally brought, everyone is now behind crypto, right? Well, the Governor of the Reserve B...
ANZ Joins Chainlink, Singapore’s MAS Project Guardian for Tokenised Real-World Assets
ANZ Bank has become the first Australian bank to join Project Guardian, a real-world asset tokenisation and blockchain interoperability expl...
Gary Gensler Says BNY Mellon Crypto Custody Approval Could Go Past BTC, ETH ETFs
BNY Mellon, a leading custody bank in the US, has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to hold crypto beyond ...
xForge vs Solana Seeker: Ethereum Enters the Blockchain Phone War
Ethereum’s new phone, xFone, is set to take on Solana’s blockchain-powered phone market with the upcoming launch of xForge. This...
Visa Introduces VTAP on Ethereum for Streamlined Asset Trading
Payment processor Visa has just launched the Visa Tokenized Asset Platform (VTAP), a solution that allows banks to issue fiat-backed tokens ...
Commonwealth Bank of Australia Interested in Crypto, but “Long Way to Go” in Australia
Aussie banks are often accused of being restrictive when it comes to the crypto markets – and from the customer’s side, they are right. ...
RBA Shifts Focus, Drops Retail CBDC, Prioritises Wholesale in New Roadmap
In a speech delivered yesterday to the Intersekt Fintech Conference in Melbourne, the Reserve Bank of Australia’s (RBA) Assistant Governor...
Bank Of Japan Could Raise Interest Rates, Sparking Further Crypto Market Fears
All eyes have been on the US Federal Reserve following Chair Jerome Powell’s pledge to lower interest rates sometime this month. This pres...
Celsius Sues Tether for US$3.5 Billion in Bitcoin Dispute, Alleges Misappropriation Amid Bankruptcy
The fallout from the 2022 collapse of Celsius continues, with the bankrupt lending platform now suing stablecoin issuer Tether in bankruptcy...
Donald Trump Jr. Plans DeFi Platform Launch, Aiming to Revolutionise US Banking System
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has stolen the attention of the crypto community, following several moves toward improving ma...
HSBC Australia Says Crypto’s Popularity with Scammers is Reason for Recent Block
As reported earlier, HSBC Australia has stopped customers from sending money to cryptocurrency exchanges. The sweeping change was made witho...
Breaking: HSBC Blocks All Transactions to Crypto Exchanges Commencing 24 July
HSBC has just announced sweeping changes, affecting anyone using the bank to engage with crypto services – and with very little notice. Fr...