Yesterday
Bitcoin is going mainstream. Can Australia join the party?
Twenty-thousand crypto believers descended on Singapore this week – and the companies they represented may surprise you.
- James Eyers
This Month
RBA warms to its own digital currency – but only for other banks
The central bank says it could save billions of dollars by making transactions faster. But it has decided digital cash for the public is far riskier.
- James Eyers
- Opinion
- Economics explained
Bank profits are the price of trust, and bitcoin proves it
One way to think about part of the profits that banks make is that it’s the cost of providing trust. But first you need to understand how blockchains work.
- Richard Holden
August
Younger people overtake Boomers as biggest investment scam victims
More than half of investment scam victims last financial year were aged under 50, while a similar portion of the losses were in cryptocurrency, according to the AFP.
- Ronald Mizen
July
Australians welcome Trump’s pro-crypto stand
Crypto traders say Donald Trump’s pledges to end the “persecution” of the industry and sack SEC chairman Gary Gensler are a good start.
- Updated
- Staff reporters
US regulators approve ether ETF in latest crypto milestone
The SEC has signed off on a spot ETF that invests directly in the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency. The digital asset has already jumped 50 per cent this year.
- Emily Graffeo
How a motley crew of investors won back $14b in bitcoin
For more than a decade, creditors of collapsed crypto exchange Mt Gox pushed back on Japan’s bankruptcy laws. Their efforts have paid off, big time, in bitcoin.
- Jessica Sier
The Aussie funds that beat bitcoin and big tech
It was often savvy bets at the smaller end of the market that shot the top-performing fund managers to the top of the leader table in the last financial year.
- Updated
- Joshua Peach
Aussie who says he invented bitcoin faces UK crime probe
Australian inventor Craig Wright has claimed for a decade that he created bitcoin but now faces perjury allegations in a UK criminal court.
- Sam Tobin
Haven rush, ‘Trump trades’ on investor minds after shooting
Investors will likely rush into assets like the US dollar, gold and bitcoin after the assassination attempt of the former US president.
- Ruth Carson
Short sellers target Aussie bitcoin miner Iren
Iren’s stunning share price rally has been derailed by a short seller’s report that said the bitcoin miner overstated its AI potential.
- Tess Bennett
ASX-listed crypto fund in stoush with co-founder over $29m wallet
DigitalX is heading to court against a former executive over who owns bitcoins linked to collapsed exchange Mt. Gox, which began paying creditors this week.
- Jessica Sier
Mt Gox repays ‘forced’ bitcoin holders years after its collapse
Japanese bankruptcy lawyers have begun repaying thousands of creditors of collapsed crypto exchange Mt Gox, including some Australians.
- Jessica Sier
Revolut’s ambition adds to major banks’ headache
“If we do a good job, we can attract more customers from traditional banks,” says the global CFO of Revolut, which has more than 600,000 users in Australia.
- James Eyers
June
CoinSpot’s billionaire owner grabs huge dividend payout
But the company, one of the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has reported a near 75 per cent slide in profit in the last financial year.
- Primrose Riordan
- Updated
- Cryptocurrencies
Launch of ASX’s first bitcoin ETF sparks price war
The launch on Thursday morning has drawn a strong response from competitors operating on a rival exchange.
- Updated
- Joshua Peach
Hack wipes $140m from Melbourne mansion-owning crypto king
Michael Egorov, who spent $59 million purchasing two mansions in Hawthorn, said I “don’t really live in Australia”. His curve token plunged last week.
- Tom Richardson
ASX bitcoin ETF launch opens gates to wider cryptocurrency industry
The markets watchdog has told investors to “only put in what they are prepared to lose” after Australia’s main exchange operator opened the door to bitcoin.
- Updated
- Joshua Peach
NAB clarifies crypto strategy with investment in Zodia Custody
NAB Ventures joins Standard Chartered and Northern Trust on the register of London-based Zodia, revealing NAB’s crypto play may involve custody services.
- James Eyers
NSW budget winners; Bitcoin ETFs arrive in Oz; 15 ASX stock picks
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