Australian regulator moves to curtail criminal use of cryptocurrencyThe Australian transaction reports and analysis centre (AUSTRAC) said its findings showed cryptocurrency was increasingly being exploited f...
06 Dec, 2024, 09.28 AM IST
Australia to bring anti-scam law targeting internet giants this year, regulator saysThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) and the treasury department are consulting internet, banking and telecommunicatio...
12 Jul, 2024, 10.21 AM IST
Bitcoin ETF launches on Australia's main stock exchange for the first timeAustralia's first bitcoin ETF, the VanEck Bitcoin ETF, launched on the Australian Securities Exchange with around A$990,000 in assets after...
20 Jun, 2024, 08.33 AM IST
Regulator cancels license of FTX's Australian businessBahamas-headquartered FTX, once a star of the crypto industry with a $32 billion valuation in January 2023, filed for U.S. bankruptcy prote...
19 Jul, 2023, 11.27 AM IST
Australia cancels Binance's financial services licence amid probeThe Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has been conducting a "targeted review" of Binance, first confirmed in February,...
06 Apr, 2023, 04.52 PM IST
Australian govt embarks on crypto stocktake ahead of sector regulationAustralia would be the first country in the world to conduct such an exercise, he added in a statement.
22 Aug, 2022, 07.10 PM IST
IMF asks El Salvador to drop bitcoin, more countries clamp downThe International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged El Salvador to drop bitcoin as a legal tender, citing risks to the nation's financial stabi...
26 Jan, 2022, 04.04 PM IST
Australia proposes new laws to regulate crypto, BNPLThe country will also broaden its payment laws to cover online transaction providers like Apple and Google.
08 Dec, 2021, 12.29 PM IST
Australia proposes new laws to regulate crypto, BNPLThe country will also broaden its payment laws to cover online transaction providers like Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google as well as bu...
08 Dec, 2021, 10.48 AM IST
Crypto companies, investors wait with bated breath as India moves to ban ‘private’ tokensA government bulletin said the Cryptocurrency and Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2021, aimed to prohibit all private cryptoc...
24 Nov, 2021, 10.50 PM IST
Australian regulator says crypto investors 'on their own' for now"At present many crypto-assets are probably not 'financial products' .... for the most part, for now at least, investors are on their own,"...
22 Nov, 2021, 10.53 AM IST
View: A digital rupee and cryptocurrencies can (and should) co-existCentral banks should not fear the rise of cryptocurrencies. There are several different use cases of CBDCs and cryptocurrencies, and both h...
27 Oct, 2021, 11.42 AM IST
Australia's NAB says steering clear of crypto-currency firms until risks knownNAB is one of many of Australia's top financial institutions that have not engaged with the sector, despite its huge growth in the past yea...
09 Sep, 2021, 11.13 AM IST
Australian regulator seeks feedback on managing 'risky' crypto assetsThe move comes as governments and regulators worldwide try to regulate the digital assets industry in the wake of rising investor affinity ...
30 Jun, 2021, 10.14 AM IST
View: India does not need a ban but a robust policy on cryptoDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, when a majority of Indians were facing pay cuts and job losses, the average daily crypto assets trading volum...
15 Feb, 2021, 11.49 AM IST
Bitcoin traders move SC, say nothing illegal about crypto cashPlea says RBI blocking essential services as virtual currencies not banned in the country
14 May, 2018, 08.52 AM IST
Crypto traders call for campaign against RBI's decisionOn Thursday, the Reserve Bank of India mandated banks, e-wallets, and payment gateway providers to withdraw support for cryptocurrency exch...
06 Apr, 2018, 04.45 PM IST