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Regional crypto news across Oceania, covering Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific islands; regulation, exchanges, mining, startups, and Web3 adoption.

Regulation

New Zealand to ban crypto ATMs in AML crackdown

The ban reflects the country's tightening grip on financial crime.

9 months ago

Adoption

Australian senator releases draft bill to push for crypto regulation

Australian liberal senator Andrew Bragg introduced a draft bill for regulations on digital asset exchanges and Chinese banks provisioning digital e-Yuan.

4 years ago

Legal

Australia creates special crypto police unit to crack down on money laundering

In the first four months of 2022, crypto scam losses in Australia grew 166% to $140 million, compared to the same period in 2021.

4 years ago

CBDCs

World Economic Forum weighs in on CBDC adoption and DLT use cases

WEF aims to inform and help central banks realize the potential of CBDCs and DLT as interest in the technologies gain traction.

4 years ago

Legal

Digital casino Stake.com facing $400M lawsuit filed by former partner

Crypto casino Stake.com is being sued by its former partner Christopher Freeman who claims he was cut out of the platform.

4 years ago

Regulation

Australia plans to implement token mapping amid intensified efforts to regulate crypto industry

Token mapping will be used by the Australian government to regulate cryptocurrencies according to their asset class.

4 years ago

CBDCs

Private but regulated tokens could beat CBDCs, Australian central bank chief says

The Reserve Bank of Australia governor argued that the private sector is better than central banks at innovating tokens.

4 years ago

Enterprise

Banxa to layoff 30% of workforce to shelter the “crypto winter”

Terming the move "measures of a response management" Banxa joins the list of companies laying off part of its workforce in this current "crypto winter" to save over $10 million per year.

4 years ago