A Chinese student studying in Australia is allegedly being held at ransom with the kidnappers demanding Bitcoin worth over a million Australian dollars before they
By CCN.com: Rockstar Games, the studio which published such smash hits as Grand Theft Auto V and the Red Dead Redemption series has seen yet
By CCN.com: One of Australia’s biggest banks this week announced they will be closing down the account of far-right activist Blair Cottrell on the 25th
By CCN.com: The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) made a serious spelling mistake that was printed on approximately 400 million $50 currency notes, of which
By CCN.com: Bitcoin is a lousy tool to launder million and billions worth of cash. But the same cannot be said about a mere $6,989,
By CCN.com: It will now be harder for Australians to under-declare or over-declare the taxes they owe on their crypto holdings or transactions. This follows
By CCN.com: While 2018 was a tough year for cryptocurrency enthusiasts with the persistent bearish market conditions, it was a bumper period for scammers in
Freedom. Such a harmless word. Yet billions of people have died to defend those bloodstained syllables over the centuries. In the wake of the horrifying
A study conducted by Finder.co.au in Australia saw experts in the financial market forecasting the year-end Bitcoin price in the $7,500 to $9,000 range. As
Australian truck and transport insurance company National Transport Insurance (NTI) has revealed that it is partnering with BeefLedger, an Australian blockchain platform on a pilot
A trial conducted by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and the Data61 unit of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has proven that
A recent article by Colin Kruger in the Sydney Morning Herald profiles the story of Michael Clarke, a renowned cricket captain, and a failed ICO
Australian beach town Agnes Water is billing itself the country’s first ‘digital currency town’ in an effort to attract international digital-savvy travelers to boost its
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has said it will implement a blockchain-based post-trade system from as early as Q4 2020, replacing the current Clearing House
NSW’s Hunter Valley region is where wine is embedded into the culture, and now it may be transforming into a cryptocurrency mining hub, too. Australia’s
Australia’s financial intelligence agency and watchdog has reminded domestic cryptocurrency exchanges of their new regulatory obligations that include registration, effective today. In an announcement today,
The University of Melbourne, a public Australian university, has become the first academic institution in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region to issue recipient-owned academic credentials on
The Power Ledger ICO concluded on Friday, raising more than $34 million AUD for the solar startup’s peer-to-peer (P2P) energy marketplace. The Perth-based company was
In a published paper to discuss the country’s digital strategy, the Australian government has picked blockchain technology, among others, as a transformational innovation toward enabling
The Australian government has delivered on its longstanding promise to remove the double taxation of transactions involving cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. For years, digital currency adopters
Bitcoin exchanges in Australia will now be regulated under the purview of AUSTRAC, the country’s financial intelligence agency as the government reforms existing anti-money laundering
A startup in Australia has launched a blockchain-based manuscript protection platform that will protect creative artists from having their ideas stolen before they sign their
Bitcoin and digital exchange Coinbase has expanded its services to Australia, enabling customers in the country-continent to buy bitcoin and ether with payment cards. In
In an effort to understand and explore the possibilities presented by the innovation of bitcoin and its underlying blockchain technology, the Australian Federal Treasury will
Australian businesses are turning their backs on bitcoin following the move by Australian banks last month to close bitcoin exchanges’ accounts, according to Reuters. Australian
A recent series of busts has shaken the world of darknet weapons commerce. A six-month joint investigation between law enforcement in Australia and the United
Bitcoin has been quite the hot property in Australia over the past eighteen months, and it has caught the attention of the nation’s financial regulators,
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) released a report today outlining action taken when businesses deal with digital currency such as Bitcoin in response
Sir Richard Branson has been in the news quite a bit lately, for all of the wrong reasons. His Virgin Galactic company suffered a major
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