Wirex has announced the issuance of a new crypto Visa card in Australia through a partnership with Novatti. Wirex was the first company to issue a cryptocurrency-powered Visa card, and now its service...
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National Australia Bank made first-ever cross-border stablecoin transaction
National Australia Bank (NAB) announced March 14 that it had executed the first-ever cross-border stablecoin transfer on a layer 1 public blockchain. The intrabank transfer used the bank’s fully backe...
Defied By A Rejuvenated Kohli, Australia Fall Short In Test Cricket’s Toughest Challenge
Virat Kohli took the match away from Australia (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Getty Images In a notable contrast to the firebrand of his youth, India superstar Virat Kohli calmly waved his b...
How America’s New Pro T20 Cricket League Can Lure Top Australian Players
US cricket is on the rise (Photo by Ashley Allen – CPL T20 via Getty Images) Getty The historic Major League Cricket, hoped to ignite the sport’s sleeping giant of the U.S, is poised to fi...
Australian Oscar Nominees Discuss Their Country’s Support And The Possibility Of Making History This Year
(From left to right) Jonathan Redmond, Kate Marks, David Lee, Graeme Mason, Wayne Pashley, Jason … [+] Baird, Emma Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Jane Duke, Baz Luhrmann, Mandy Walker, Catherine Martin...
World Record Test Cricket Crowd Tipped In India As Politics Plays Out In The Backdrop
Signage of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will … [+] be visible during the fourth Test (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Getty Images T...
Immutable “Quietly” Looks to Raise Cash Following Job Cuts: Report
Australian startup Immutable, creator of Ethereum Layer-2 project ImmutableX, is reportedly trying to sell a certain amount of its IMX tokens to private investors via a related entity. Digital Worlds ...
Australia to Postpone Implementing Crypto Regulations due to Investor Outflows
The Australian Treasury will most likely delay enforcing new cryptocurrency rules for the middle of 2024 or even 2025. The local government was expected to impose rules by the end of 2022. Some expec...
Australia Crypto Laws Still Far Off Despite Regulatory Urgency
Based on Treasury documents cited by media reports, a rounded crypto regulatory framework will not be implemented in Australia until after this year. The Australian Financial Review revealed Treasury ...
Paper Planes? Ukraine Gets Flat-Packed Cardboard Drones From Australia
As previously noted, Ukraine is massively enhancing its drone fleet with a variety of new models — but few of them are as unusual as the Corvo drones which Melbourne company SYPAQ has just announced i...
Reserve Bank of Australia Unveils Proposed CBDC Use Cases – Featured Bitcoin News
The Reserve Bank of Australia said on March 3 that it has selected 14 digital currency proposed use cases from a large number of submissions obtained from industry participants. An assistant governor ...
Cartier And Versace Will Soon Follow Tiffany To Complete Sydney Airport’s Luxury Makeover
Hopes for the new luxury precinct at Sydney Airport rest pretty heavily on the shoulders of Chinese … [+] travelers. Sydney Airport Sydney Airport’s ambitious gallery of luxury boutiques is almo...
Binance Australia Derivatives Closes Accounts After False Classification
On February 23, the company Binance Australia Derivatives sent an unexpected notice to a subset of its customers, informing them that the company would be immediately canceling their accounts because ...
Mawson Infrastructure Group Launches Bitcoin Mining Operation in Pennsylvania, Exits Australia – Mining Bitcoin News
The bitcoin mining operation, Mawson Infrastructure Group, Inc., announced that the firm has broken ground at a new site in Sharon, Pennsylvania. Reports detail that Mawson has delivered six modular p...
Australia Might Be The Most Dominant Team In Sports As Momentum Builds For Women’s Cricket
Meg Lanning and Ashleigh Gardner celebrate Australia’s title (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) Getty Images The crowd was understandably febrile. You couldn’t blame them. Even though Sou...
Aussie regulators review Binance Australia Derivatives over account closures
Binance Australia Derivatives sent an abrupt message to a select group of users on Feb. 23, saying it would be immediately closing their accounts due to a false classification of some users as “wholes...
Binance comes under “targeted review” in Australia
Shortly after closing derivatives positions of some retail users mistakenly classified as wholesale investors, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is reviewing Binance Australi...
Binance Australia Derivatives starts closing certain positions and accounts
Users of the Binance Australia Derivatives product have reported receiving unexpected notices on February 23 from the digital asset platform, which said that the company has begun closing some derivat...
Binance Australia Derivatives reportedly closes accounts and positions for some users
Binance Australia Derivatives users reported abrupt notifications sent by the digital asset platform on Feb. 23, saying it is starting to close certain derivatives positions and accounts. According t...
Did Binance Liquidate Derivatives Positions In Australia?
Via their official Twitter handle, crypto exchange Binance confirmed that it closed the position of some Australian traders. According to the post, the company incorrectly classified these users in th...
Binance Australia shuts down derivative trading accounts of retail users
Binance shut down the derivative trading accounts of retail users in Australia after it mistakenly classified such customers as wholesale investors. For Australians, Binance only offers crypto d...
Inflation Horror Story Isn’t Over. Just Ask Australia.
Philip Lowe seems intent on driving Australia’s economy into recession to get inflation back into the 2% to 3% range. Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images Economists are scrutinizing every piece of data, ...
Mastercard payments only? That’s no longer a problem for crypto natives in Australia and New Zealand
Crypto can now be accepted for online purchases wherever Mastercard is accepted — at least for users in Australia and New Zealand. Web3 tech innovator Immersve has partnered with Mastercard to enable ...
Elusive Chinese Billionaire Jack Ma Spotted In Australia, Report Says
Topline Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma was recently seen in Australia, Bloomberg reported, in what appears to be a continuation of a quiet world tour for the elusive Chinese billionaire who has largely ke...
Billionaire Enrique Razon’s ICTSI Proposes Doubling Cargo Handling Capacity In Australia
Enrique K. Razon Jr., chairman and president of ICTSI. courtesy of Gio Panlillo for Forbes Asia Global port International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI)—controlled by billionaire Enrique Razo...
Billionaire Drops Australia Coal Mine Appeal in Blow for Sector
(Bloomberg) — Australia’s A$133 billion ($92 billion) coal export sector suffered another blow after billionaire Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal Inc. withdrew an appeal to open what would have been ...
Winning Test Cricket In India Remains One Of The Hardest Tasks In World Sport
India thrashed Australia inside three days (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Getty Images The stats say it all. Since their series defeat against England in late 2012 – a triumph that gro...
Australia Face Test Cricket’s Toughest Challenge Amid Indian Gamesmanship
The Test series between India-Australia is much anticipated (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images) Getty Images The images of the eyebrow raising pitch preparation for the series-opener between Indi...
Phony Crypto Facebook Post Sends Australia Into an Uproar
Crypto traders in Australia got scared a few weeks ago when they saw a phony Facebook advertisement claiming they needed “social credit scores” of approximately 100 or more to do business with crypto ...