Oceania News

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

Scams

Facebook sued in Australia for fake crypto ads

Facebook says these crypto ads violate its policies and its working to curb their spread.

4 years ago

Gaming

Animoca Brands raises $358 million to grow the open metaverse

Animoca Brands, metaverse developer and the company behind The Sandbox virtual reality game, raises over $358 million to continue product development and licenses for popular intellectual properties.

4 years ago

Metaverse

Australian Open embraces blockchain tech, incorporates NFTs and metaverse

Fans experience during Australian Open is about to change as the tournament introduces them to Metaverse and NFTs.

4 years ago

Exchanges

Crypto in the spotlight as two Australian exchanges collapse with $50 million lost

Familiar calls of "tulipmania" fly as ACX and Mycryptowallet both cease operations.

4 years ago

Regulation

Australian senator lends support to DeFi amid market pullback

Senator Jane Humehas commented on how the decentralized finance platform hosts "huge opportunities" for the nation and offers a path towards securing economic stability.

4 years ago

Adoption

Australian official who owns Ethereum says it is no threat to the country’s financial system

Richards’ comments were made at an online conference this week, following a recent Australian Senate report, which called for adapting laws to accommodate crypto.

4 years ago

Adoption

26% of Australians will buy crypto as Christmas gift for partners

Australians are willing to give their partners crypto gifts like Bitcoin, Ethereum and even NFTs.

4 years ago

Adoption

Report: 26.4% of Australian crypto owners hold Cardano, while Dogecoin remains U.S. bet

The Australian information service provider regularly surveys more than 40,000 individuals across 22 countries to analyse cryptocurrency adoption rates and investor demographics.

4 years ago