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Andrew Bragg, an Australian Liberal Senator, has suggested that blockchain technology can be utilized to simplify the already complicated world of financial regulatory compliance. During a recent speech, he outlined DLT’s merits if employed correctly and said that “the future is technology by blockchain.” Blockchain To Aid Financial Regulator Compliance The 36-year-old former accountant at Ernst & Young was elected at the 2019 federal election as the Senator for New South...

The Reserve Bank of Australia has partnered with two major local banks and ConsenSys to explore the potential use of Ethereum-based wholesale central bank digital currency. The announcement from Australia’s central bank named the other partners – Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, and the financial services company Perpetual.  The research group will develop a “proof-of-concept (POC) for the issuance of a tokenized form of CBDC that can be used by wholesale market...

Australian multi-millionaire and electronics entrepreneur Dick Smith has threatened to sue The Guardian Australia. Smith has alleged that the trustworthy media outlet has hosted fraudulent ads with fake interviews of him promoting a phony Bitcoin scheme.Aussie Entrepreneur Threatens The GuardianImpersonation scams are among the most perilous threats within the cryptocurrency community. Typically, the fraudsters impersonate a famous person and run false ads claiming that he or she has invested...

A former employee of CSIRO – the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, has avoided prison after being caught using a supercomputer at work for mining cryptocurrencies. Jonathan Khoo, 34, worked as a contractor at the federal government’s scientific research agency.Generating $6,897 Worth Of Ethereum and MoneroAs per a recent news report, between January and February 2018, Khoo has managed to use two supercomputers at his workplace for the purpose of mining...

The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has banned an Australian national from working in the financial sector. According to the watchdog, John Louis Anthony Bigatton operated as the Director of Australia Promotions for the notorious cryptocurrency scam – BitConnect.Aussie National Banned For BitConnect ParticipationAs CryptoPotato reported last year, the Australian corporate regulator cracked down on the alleged BitConnect promoter John Bigatton. At the time, the Federal...

Who knew that the post office wasn’t just for sending and receiving packages and letters anymore? In Australia, customers are now eligible to purchase bitcoin and cryptocurrencies from local post offices.Australia Is Bringing Bitcoin to the MassesOne of the country’s oldest establishments – Australia Post – is now teaming up with bitcoin.com.au to give customers the chance to buy bitcoin through a new feature known as Post Billpay. This feature is offered at more than 3,500 post offices...

Recent reports have it that Australians can now pay for BTC at the country’s Post offices. This is a result of a newly formed partnership between Australia Post and the local cryptocurrency exchange Bitcoin.com.au.BTC At Australian Post OfficesIt was recently reported that Australia Post and the country’s local cryptocurrency exchange Bitcoin.com.au entered into a partnership. This will result in the opportunity for people to use cash and EFTPOS payments to buy BTC directly from the post...

Coca Cola Amatil and digital asset integrator Centrapay have teamed to enable Australians and New Zealanders to buy Coca Cola with Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from more than 2,000 vending machines.Promoting Mass Adoption Of BitcoinAccording to a press release on Tuesday, Amatil’s customers now have Bitcoin and other digital assets as a payment option in their Sylo Smart Wallet, which they can use at any of the 2,000+ vending machines installed across Australia and New Zealand. The...

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is currently working on contacting hundreds of thousands of cryptocurrency investors in the country, reminding them about their tax obligations for trading digital currencies like Bitcoin over the last few years, Australia’s leading media reported Wednesday. Cryptocurrencies Are Digital PropertiesAccording to news.com.au, the tax regulator is in the process of contacting as many as 350,000 crypto traders over the next two months, either via email or post...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) says its ready to do all it can to regulate Libra and any other new “payment technologies” that make their way through the country’s borders.A Test Version of Libra Is Made AvailableAustralia has been particularly hard towards Libra in the past, citing trust issues and even hinting that the platform was going to face hardcore scrutiny due to a largely unwelcoming attitude. This latest statement suggests that Australia may be giving into the idea that Libra...