Australia bourse delays blockchain settlement launch amid coronavirus crisis
The new system, which was earmarked to go live in April 2021, has now been deferred to an unspecified later date.
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Aussie taxman makes it clear – report digital currency or be audited
350,000 Australian taxpayers have been served notices that they face audits over their digital currency activity.
Australian court allows crypto to be used as security—although they don’t share same properties
A New South Wales court has allowed a cryptocurrency exchange account to be used as security for legal costs.
Australian football club walks away from takeover talks with controversial crypto firm
Perth Glory FC has pulled out of talks with the controversial London Football Exchange which had offered to buy an 80% share of the Australian football club.
Australian exchanges change their tune on Bitcoin SV
Australian exchanges are finally starting to understand their own business interests needed for survival long-term and have started to get their act together.
Australian crypto exchange enters ‘progressive’ Singapore market
Australian Independent Reserve crypto exchange has expanded into the Singaporean market in a move that it says was informed by the positive regulations.
Facebook Libra faces fresh opposition in Australia, Switzerland
Facebook’s troubled Libra stablecoin is no closer to launching, after running into fresh opposition from regulators worldwide.
Craig Wright Responds to Affirm Press Dropping Book
The book was due to hit the shelves on January 28, but its Melbourne-based publisher confirmed to CoinGeek that the publication was postponed indefinitely.
Blockchain for supply chain: Australia sees promise
Australia’s Department of Industry, Innovation and Science has a keen interest in utilising blockchain technology for use cases like food origin and traceability.
Bitcoin SV charity drive to help fight Australian bush fires
BSV/DEVS and Eli Afram have put out a call to action, asking the Bitcoin SV community to help Australia in its time of need.
BTC doesn’t meet Australia central bank’s criteria to be classified as money
The head of Reserve Bank of Australia’s payments policy has not left any optimism on the chances of BTC being adopted in the real world.
Australia Senate discusses cash ban and its impact to cryptocurrencies
The Senate is concerned that forcing all Australian people away from cash may push unlawful criminal activity into alternative methods like cryptocurrencies.