Australia News

Crypto custodian Zodia Custody has secured funding from Australia’s largest bank, bolstering its position in the institutional digital asset custody sector. Zodia Custody, an institutional-grade crypto custodian backed by Standard Chartered, has secured funding from NAB Ventures, the venture capital…

The National Australia Bank has reportedly stopped developing its own stablecoin called AUDN just a year after it first disclosed such plans. The National Australia Bank (NAB), one of the four largest financial institutions in Australia, has quietly stopped working…

Asset manager VanEck is slated to launch Australia’s first-ever spot Bitcoin ETF. 

Australia’s securities regulator has issued a cautionary statement to investors ahead of the launch of Bitcoin ETFs on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX). A spokesperson from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has warned of the risks involved with…

The Monochrome Bitcoin ETF will begin trading on the Cboe Australia exchange.  The ETF, listed as IBTC, will have a management fee of 0.98%. Monochrome Asset Management, the issuer, provides the fund to allow investors to access Bitcoin within a…

U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase is working on a new product offering digital assets for Australia’s growing self-managed pensions sector. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is developing a yet-to-be-announced service that would offer crypto investment products for portfolios that make up about a…

Australia’s tax office is targeting up to 1.2 million users, seeking their personal data and transaction details from crypto exchange. Australia appears to be targeting over a million crypto investors, seeking their personal data and transaction details from crypto exchanges,…

Australia’s securities regulator has marked its first court victory, setting a precedent regarding a non-cash payment facility involving crypto. The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has set a legal precedent in the local crypto market after the Federal Court…

Australia gears up for a crypto boom as the country’s largest securities exchange is poised to list its first spot-Bitcoin ETFs by the end of 2024. Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is anticipated to greenlight the first spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds…

Indonesia and Australia’s tax officials signed an agreement in Jakarta on April 22 to establish a crypto information-sharing framework. This agreement, unveiled on April 23, aims to improve the identification of assets that may be taxed in either country. It…

Hundreds of Australian investors have lost over 160 million Australian dollars ($104 million) following the liquidation of three cryptocurrency mining companies: NGS Crypto Pty Ltd, NGS Digital Pty Ltd, and NGS Group Ltd, collectively known as “NGS companies.” On April…

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has appealed to the federal court regarding its decision to dismiss the regulator’s civil penalty lawsuit against Finder Wallet Pty Ltd. “ASIC has appealed the Federal Court’s decision to dismiss ASIC’s proceedings against…

Australia’s banking giant, ANZ, in a partnership with Chainlink Labs, has unveiled a successful cross-chain settlement of tokenized assets on the Avalanche network. In a blog announcement on Mar. 25, Avalanche revealed that the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group…

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) has secured an interim travel prohibition against a former Blockchain Global director. In a press release on Feb. 28, ASIC said it has obtained interim travel restraint orders against Liang Guo, a former…

An Australian crypto exchange is reportedly making efforts to retrieve nearly $328,000 from a user after mistakenly crediting their account due to a substantial fat-finger error. The incident involved Rhino Trading, the parent company of the crypto exchange OTCPro, which…

The NACC of Australia has alleged that a federal police officer stole 81.62 Bitcoin from a Trezor hardware wallet during a drug raid. The BTC stash is worth over $4 million at current prices.