Bitcoin News
New Trend Sees More Aussie Companies Holding Bitcoin
Widespread crypto adoption may be one step closer to reality in Australia with more companies following a global trend in holding bitcoin on...
Australian-Based Company Now Owns 90% of Major US Bitcoin Mining Group
An Australian-based digital infrastructure provider and crypto mining firm, Mawson Infrastructure Group Inc, now holds the majority stake (9...
Exchanges Suspend BSV Deposits and Withdrawals Following 51% Network Attack
Exchanges are suspending Bitcoin SV (BSV) following double-spending attacks registered on the coin’s network. According to a blog post...
Man Who Lost 7,500 Bitcoin Has a New Plan to Recover His Fortune
In 2013, 35-year-old British IT engineer James Howells accidentally threw away a hard drive of an old computer containing 7,500 bitcoins. Ei...
TikTok Bans Users From Promoting Cryptos
Popular social media platform TikTok has banned its users from promoting financial products and services, including those related to cryptoc...
Kiwi Fund Manager Sees Aussie Super Funds Holding Crypto Within Five Years
If your entire business model is centred on managing other people’s money and growing capital for the long term, bitcoin is becoming i...
Tinder Date Goes Bad in Attempted Crypto Grab
A US man was drugged by a woman he met on Tinder who then attempted to steal his crypto. The man, who was a client of Casa, a company that o...
Aussie Finance Podcaster BIP Claims Bitcoin “Will Never Become a Store of Wealth”
In their most recent episode, BIP podcast hosts Paul Colgan and James Whelan of the VFS Group discussed crypto with Australian blockchain en...
Bitcoin Volcano Mining Could Earn El Salvador 20,000 Bitcoin a Year
El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender has undoubtedly been one of crypto’s top stories in 2021. Following the histor...
Aussie Tech Company Asta the Latest to Pay Employees in Bitcoin
Asta Solutions, a Melbourne-based technology consultancy, has become the latest company in Australia to offer employees the opportunity to b...
Australian Retail Companies Hit by Bitcoin Ransomware Attack
The massive supply-chain ransomware attack on software provider Kaseya last week also affected retail companies in Australia. The Australian...
Bitcoin Trading Volume Dries Out as US Celebrates Independence Day
There have been fewer trading activities for Bitcoin (BTC) over the past few days. On-chain data shows that spot trading volume had been dro...