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The World Bank’s Blockchain Bond Is Just a Fancy Way of Selling Debt

21.8.2019
Last year the World Bank and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced a permissioned Ethereum-based blockchain to facilitate the end-to-end issuance of bonds between financial partners. The Bretton Woods-created financial institution hopes to make debt capital markets far more efficient with...

CommBank Develops Blockchain Marketplace to Boost Sustainable Development, Biodiversity

21.8.2019
The prototype blockchain marketplace is aimed to support sustainable development and reward landowners for protecting the environment

Australia’s Biggest Bank Says Its ‘BioTokens’ Can Help the Environment

21.8.2019
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia develops tokens meant to enable investments in sustainable development

All-Crypto Retirement Accounts Will Be Fined: Australian Tax Office

16.8.2019
Investors who hold 90 percent of their retirement savings in cryptocurrencies may face penalties of up to 4,200 AUD

PR: Australian Bitcoin Cash Conference Brings Cryptocurrency Leaders to Townsville

15.8.2019
Global leaders from the Bitcoin Cash community will gather at the first Bitcoin Cash City Conference in Australia, being held in Townsville on September 4 & 5. Townsville has really embraced Bitcoin Cash, so hosting this conference in the cozy, coastal suburb was a natural next step....

Power Ledger and KEPCO Complete Blockchain Energy Trade Trial in Japan

13.8.2019
Power Ledger announces test completion of a peer-to-peer system with promise for post-FIT surplus power in the Japanese city of Osaka

Report Suggests 15 Countries are Planning Global Monitoring System for Cryptocurrency Under FATF

10.8.2019
As per the latest report released by Nikkei Asian Review, a news outlet based in Tokyo, as many as 15 countries are planning to form a global digital currency monitoring system. This system will be developed alongside the FATF, short for Financial Action Task Force, the intergovernmental...

BCH News Roundup: Transactions Spike, Cashaddr Support and Developer Congress

10.8.2019
The last seven days have been busy within the Bitcoin Cash ecosystem with a slew of announcements and developments. Kraken exchange recently added the BCH-based Cashaddr address format and Coinbase open-sourced a utility that makes it easy to convert between Base58 and Cashaddr addresses....

Owning Fiat Just Got More Expensive – NIRP Strikes Again

8.8.2019
With the recent Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) announcement that even more customers will be charged to hold money in their banks, people are scrambling to find ways to preserve their wealth, while USB and others scramble to dam the losses resulting from national negative interest rate policy...

Australian Police Charge 5 Over $1.8 Million Cryptocurrency Scam

8.8.2019
Five people have been charged in Australia over a cold-call cryptocurrency investment fraud that allegedly duped investors for over $1.8 million

Sextortion-A New Name with Old Intent Ramps up with Bitcoin Scam Email

8.8.2019
The blackmailing plot gets thicker when the extortion gets personal. Scammers are extorting money against the threat of leaking the sensitive photos of the user. Australians are becoming the target of this nasty game. It is almost a vicious cycle as the more money is surrendered to...

Australia’s Two Leading Blockchain Advocate Groups Announce Merger

1.8.2019
Two groups seeking to promote blockchain tech in the Asia-Pacific have officially merged to open up greater opportunities in the region

When Cash Is Banned, Centralized Cryptos Are Not Going to Save You

30.7.2019
Australia is now moving forward with its proposed legislation to ban cash purchases over 10,000 AUD ($6,900) for business purposes. According to the treasury website: “The Black Economy Taskforce recommended this action to tackle tax evasion and other criminal activities.” While many...

Curtin University to Accept Cryptocurrency-Based Funds for Ph.D. Program

30.7.2019
The Australian University Curtin has introduced an innovative cryptocurrency Ph.D. scholarship fund. The data scientist of Curtin has designed the program in the way that companies and individuals can donate to fund the Ph.D. students studying subjects like cybersecurity, blockchain, and data...

Crypto Is Part of Free Speech, and Free Speech Is Everything

29.7.2019
On July 23, U.S. Attorney General William Barr gave a speech demanding big players in the tech industry work with government agencies in providing backdoor entry points for encrypted devices and software. Per his reasoning, certain devices and messaging services pose a safety threat by providing...

Masterchef Australia Hosts in Multi-Million Dollar Deal Talks with Netflix and Amazon

24.7.2019
For as long as television has existed, cooking shows and competitions have been an integral part of its. In that regard, the Masterchef franchise has been one of the most famous ones of the past decade and a half. Over the past decade or so, Masterchef Australia became the most famous show from...

Bitcoin Cash Adoption Continues to Spread in North Queensland and Japan

24.7.2019
BCH merchant acceptance has continued to grow month after month but there are a few regions in the world where bitcoin cash retail acceptance is thriving. Over the last few weeks, North Queensland and Japan have shown significant growth and continue to dominate as some of the densest territories...