Blockchain News, Events and Companies
A 24-year-old woman in Sydney was found guilty of stealing 100,000 XRP—worth $300,000 at the time of the theft—in January of last year, reported The Sydney Morning Herald. The perpetrator, Katherine Nguyen, is the... 2 min read →
James Pratt Auctions and NuYen Exchange announced the launch the world’s first live property auction using cryptocurrencies. The auction will commence on Apr. 8th and buyers will be able to use Bitcoin (BTC) and Binance... 2 min read →
Police have arrested a 23-year-old woman from an address in Epping, Sydney where she lives with her parents for allegedly raiding a 56-year-old man’s cryptocurrency wallet and transferring more than 100,000 XRP to an... 2 min read →
Stockholm-based company ChromaWay has partnered with the New South Wales Land Registry Services (NSW LRS) to work on a system of property conveyance using ChromaWay’s blockchain technology. Great news from the ChromaWay team: We've... 2 min read →
Singapore-based NEM foundation is opening a blockchain hub in Australia, primarily to educate startups and enthusiasts about the myriad benefits of blockchain technology and digital currencies, reported SmartCompany on Oct.15. NEM Goes to Melbourne... 2 min read →
A proposed bill in the Australia parliament is stifling the citizens’ right to privacy. The bill calls for a software “backdoor” to encrypted data for government authorities to access on demand. If passed, decentralized... 2 min read →
Fraudsters posing as debt collectors convinced four victims to deposit over $50,000 into a Bitcoin ATM in Australia’s southern county of Victoria, reported Sydney Morning Herald on Oct.5. Police authorities stated that all victims... 2 min read →
Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, has invested $2.5 million in TravelbyBit, a startup supported by the government of Australia to operate crypto point-of-sale (PoS) systems at the country’s airports.... 2 min read →
CoinAlpha, a Mountain View-based startup using blockchain technology to create the next wave of transparent, efficient, and secure financial products, recently closed a $3.5 million seed round. Already involved with StartX, Stanford University’s accelerator... 2 min read →
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We are thrilled to introduce the three newest additions to CryptoSlate Places: Australia, London, and New York City. In parallel with the flourishing blockchain sector, CryptoSlate Places, intends to assemble and manage information from global... 3 min read →
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has published a corporate plan that describes a vision for the country’s economic future as well as its intentions to regulate the cryptocurrency market. Governing the Crypto Trading... 2 min read →
A Queensland-based investment company has come under the Australian Securities Exchange’s (ASX) radar after seeking over $15 million in an initial coin offering (ICO) for a cryptocurrency exchange. A Suspicious Expansion Earlier this year,... 2 min read →
A property-backed token, possibly representing the world’s largest area yet, will soon come to fruition in Australia, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. Crypto a Saving Grace Fifteen kilometers off the coast of Queensland, the abandoned... 2 min read →
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has pushed back its ambitious plans of launching a full-fledged distributed ledger settlement system from 2020 to Q2 of 2021, according to an official report. DLT Complexities Earlier this... 2 min read →
Through industry-forward applications, cryptocurrency is making its way into public adoption as an everyday medium of exchange. On Aug. 20, fintech startups Cointree and Gobbill confirmed a partnership that will allow Australians to pay... 2 min read →
A 17-ton, cross-border container of almonds was successfully transported from Australia to Germany utilizing the Ethereum blockchain, in a collaborative move between Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) and five logistics organizations. Augmenting Shipping Systems... 3 min read →
The cryptocurrency market is no stranger to big, bullish calls, but a new bet by an Australian punter puts Bitcoin price predictions such as Fundstrat’s Tom Lee’s $25,000 BTC to shame with a multi-million... 2 min read →
Blockchain integration grows more prolific, as companies, educational institutes, and governments realize its solutions to various inefficiencies. 2 min read →
The Chief Financial Officer of Commonwealth Bank — the largest bank in Australia — quit the high-ranking role earlier this week to join forces with Block.one, the organization driving the development of EOS. Rob... 2 min read →
UNICEF Australia is helping to pioneer a new advertising and donation revenue stream by allowing users to donate their computational power and mine cryptocurrency through their browsers. The United Nations program announced on April... 3 min read →