Australia › Adoption 
Crypto.com
Crypto.com awarded license to issue debit cards in Australia
Shaurya Malwa · 3 months ago · 2 min read · Insights via Crypto.com 
Ethereum › Australia › Adoption
Australian central bank mentions “Ethereum” as digital currency push continues
With all institutional attention on Bitcoin as of late, Ethereum has received little love from the corporations and governments of the world.
Australia › Adoption
Aglive launches farm-to-consumer blockchain-based app to tackle food fraud
Aglive, an Australian product traceability platform, has launched a blockchain-based mobile app that will allow consumers to see the source and journey of the products they consume.
XRP › Australia · U.S. › Adoption 
Ripple
Ripple (XRP) wants to target less treasury, more SMEs after experiencing record on-demand liquidity volumes
Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) corridors have witnessed major growth and facilitated instant, cross-border fund transfers.
Shaurya Malwa · 9 months ago · 2 min read · Insights via Ripple 
Australia · China · Korea › Adoption
China, Korea, and Australia introduce blockchain and digital currency curricula to boost employment potential
Three major powers are betting on the long-term potential of cryptocurrencies, digital currencies, and blockchain.
Australia › Adoption
In a post-COVID world, Australia turns to blockchain for protecting $7 billion beef export industry
Australian beef is world-renowned in culinary circles as high-quality, sought-after meat.
Bitcoin › Australia › Academia
Craig Wright’s university investigating reports of plagiarism in his PhD dissertation
Charles Sturt University is investigating reports of plagiarism in Craig Wright’s doctoral thesis, a spokesperson for the university said on Twitter.
Bitcoin › Australia · U.S. › People
Craig Wright book gets dropped while he claims he’s ‘99.9999% certain’ he’ll get his BTC fortune
An Australian publisher has dropped a book titled “Behind the Mask: Craig Wright and the Battle for Bitcoin.” Wright has been going around claiming he is “99.9999 percent certain” that he will be able to take control of his alleged Bitcoin fortune, held in the notorious Tulip Trust.
Bitcoin › Australia › Adoption
Micro-investment fintech Raiz to offer Bitcoin-exposed retail fund to over 300,000 Australian clients
Raiz, a micro-investment Fintech company, is reportedly planning to offer retail investors exposure to Bitcoin (BTC) through its new fund.
XRP › Australia › Hacks
Hacker pleads guilty in Australia’s first crypto-theft bust, 100,000 XRP stolen
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.
Bitcoin › Binance › Australia › Adoption
Bitcoin and Binance in Real-Estate: Australia to Hold World’s First Live Property Auction Using Crypto
James Pratt Auctions and NuYen Exchange announced the launch the world’s first live property auction using cryptocurrencies.
XRP › Australia › Scams
Sydney Woman Nabbed by Police for Stealing 100,000 XRP
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 exchange in China.
Australia › Adoption
New South Wales to Test Blockchain System for Land Conveyance
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.
Australia · Singapore › Adoption
NEM Foundation to Open Melbourne Blockchain Hub, Aims to Attract SMEs, Startups for Blockchain Adoption
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 October15.
Australia › Regulation
Privacy-Centric DApps Face Crisis After Australia Proposes Anti-Privacy Bill
A proposed bill in the Australia parliament is stifling the citizens’ right to privacy.
Bitcoin › Australia › Hacks
Fraudsters Steal $50,000 in BTC from Melbourne Bitcoin ATM
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 October5.
Binance › Australia › Adoption
Startup Raises $2.5M From Binance to Help Australia’s Airports to Accept Crypto
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.
Australia · Switzerland › Adoption
This Week in Blockchain Venture Capital – Sept. 25
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.
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Guest Post › Australia · New York · U.K. › Adoption
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Australia › Adoption
Report: Cryptocurrency to Be Treated As a Prominent Trading Market in Australia
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.
