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The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has sentenced Melbourne-based cryptocurrency lending firm Helio for falsely claiming it held an Australian credit license (ACL) in August 2019. According to an official release from…
![Australian Securities Watchdog Cancels FTX Australia’s AFS License Australian Securities Watchdog Cancels FTX Australia’s AFS License](https://cryptopotato.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/FTX_Australia.jpg)
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced the cancellation of the AFS license of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX’s Australian entity, effective from July 14. The Australian arm had once boasted 30,000 retail…
![Australian banks claim 40% of scams ‘touch’ crypto as it defends restrictions Australian banks claim 40% of scams ‘touch’ crypto as it defends restrictions](https://images.cointelegraph.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=90,width=840/https://s3.cointelegraph.com/uploads/2023-06/2aeb1b33-ce15-40b1-b44f-ee238829ac1b.jpg)
Australia’s cryptocurrency industry banking woes will likely continue, with the government and major banks signaling no intention to back down against scams that “touch” crypto. During a panel at the Australian Blockchain Week…
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![Australian Crypto.com User Granted Bail in Fund Misuse Case Australian Crypto.com User Granted Bail in Fund Misuse Case](https://assets.bitdegree.org/crypto/storage/optimized/crypto-com-user-granted-bail-in-7-million-fund-misuse-case-featured.jpg)
An Australian court has granted bail to a Crypto.com customer charged with spending $6.95 million mistakenly sent by the crypto exchange. According to Herald Sun, Crypto.com user Jatinder Singh appealed to the court…
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The Reserve Bank of Australia and Treasury have been holding private meetings with executives from Coinbase, with discussions revolving around the future of crypto regulation in Australia. Responding to Cointelegraph’s request for comment,…
![Australian Government Releases First Steps To Regulate Crypto And Bitcoin Australian Government Releases First Steps To Regulate Crypto And Bitcoin](http://bitcoinmagazine.com/.image/c_limit,cs_srgb,h_1200,q_auto:good,w_1200/MTkwOTE3NzExNjQ2MTcyNzU3/aa-btc-4.png)
The first steps of a multi-stage plan to regulate the cryptocurrency industry within Australia have been released. The Australian government has announced the first step of what it calls a multi-stage approach to…
![Criminal use of crypto an ‘emerging threat’ — Australian police Criminal use of crypto an ‘emerging threat’ — Australian police](https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/1200_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5jb2ludGVsZWdyYXBoLmNvbS91cGxvYWRzLzIwMjItMTAvYmFlZjI1YzgtNWY5ZS00ODZiLThhYjYtZWE1MmJiMGIxMTUxLmpwZw==.jpg)
Australia’s federal law enforcement agency has highlighted the criminal use of cryptocurrency as an “emerging threat” in the country but says it’s a continuous challenge to keep up the pace with criminals. A…
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Australia’s ministerial department of Treasury reached out to the public to seek consultation regarding draft legislation that would exclude cryptocurrencies from being taxed as a foreign currency if passed. In a press release, Assistant…