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Australia Ranks Last Out of 20 Countries in Digital Currency Ownership: UN Report
New data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) shows that only 3.4 percent of Australians own crypto, placing...
Aussie Exchange ‘Banxa’ Cuts 30% of Staff, Citing ‘Crypto Winter’
Australian crypto payments operator Banxa will lay off more than 30 percent of its global staff to reduce operating costs amid the ongoing b...
Shopify Releases New Crypto Features Including NFT-Gated Storefronts
E-commerce giant Shopify has announced it will introduce new crypto-centric features to its platform including allowing brands to give NFT h...
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...
PayPal Allows US Users to Withdraw BTC and ETH to External Wallets
PayPal has announced it will begin allowing US crypto holders to transfer their digital assets to external wallets. The rollout of the updat...
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...
Stripe and OpenNode Join Forces to Bring BTC Payments to Millions of Merchants
Stripe, one of the world’s largest payment processors, is partnering with OpenNode to allow instant fiat-to-bitcoin conversions for a ...
Crypto.com Partners with Shopify to Offer Zero Transaction Fees
Crypto.com has announced that Shopify merchants can now use the exchange to make and receive cryptocurrency payments in their stores. In a r...
Aussie Entrepreneur Banks $267 Million After Selling Crypto Start-up ‘Wyre’
Well-known US e-commerce platform Bolt has bought the crypto payment service Wyre in a billion-dollar deal, with the Aussie start-up’s...
90% of Central Banks are Exploring CBDCs: BIS Report
A survey by the Bank For International Settlements (BIS) has found that nine out of 10 of the central banks surveyed are exploring central b...
Gucci to Begin Accepting Bitcoin in Some Stores
Luxury high-end international fashion brand Gucci is set to accept various cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ether, and even Dogecoin in s...
VeChain (VET) Now Accepted as Payment in 2,000,000 Stores Worldwide
VeChain (VET) has partnered with payments provider Alchemy Pay (ACH) to allow VET holders to make crypto payments to over two million mercha...