February 2024
Mark Carnegie’s crypto bromance turns sour
A blockchain toff and Russian hardman have unsurprisingly fallen out, with a Papua New Guinean fly in the ointment.
- Tom Richardson
November 2023
Mark Carnegie reveals the tax tourist within
The philanthropist, who reckons the rich should pay more tax, has taken his ex-wife to court to take advantage of a Kiwi tax holiday.
- Myriam Robin
How Mark Carnegie thumb-sucked his way off the Rich List
The entrepreneur and corporate adviser has had plenty of woulda, shoulda, coulda moments. One of them cost him about $100 million.
- Julie-anne Sprague
September 2023
- Exclusive
- Venture capital
How Canva helped these funds make a mega fortune
The early funds of Blackbird, AirTree and Square Peg are on track to deliver a return of 10 to 34 times initial investments due to Canva and other stars.
- Paul Smith
May 2023
If Rich Listers had to start over in 2023, what would they do?
We asked 10 Rich Listers, Young Rich Listers and notable entrepreneurs to gaze into the future and imagine they were building their careers from scratch now.
‘Next Cochlear’ stock surges after heart device breakthrough
Shares in ASX-listed EBR Systems are up 10 per cent following a successful trial of its tiny cardiovascular device, which could pave the way for US FDA approval.
- Tess Bennett
November 2022
Australia’s reliable crypto swashbucklers
The unalloyed collapse of trust in digital token peddlers understandably has the country’s cryptocurrency barrow boys on edge.
- Michael Roddan
- Opinion
- The AFR View
FTX: from cover boy to wanted poster?
The story here might be about old-fashioned financial fraud rather than any inherent unravelling of the underlying technology.
- The AFR View
- Exclusive
- Cryptocurrencies
Crypto evangelist Mark Carnegie caught in FTX collapse
The private crypto investor lost $150,000 and a bet that requires him to run naked through Adelaide’s Rundle Mall. He says crypto will have to change just as fundamentally as the junk bond market after the 1990 collapse of Drexel Burnham Lambert.
- Updated
- Aaron Patrick
September 2022
Carnegie names newly discovered fly ‘bitcoin’
Venture capital investor Mark Carnegie successful bid for the right to name a long-legged fly from Papua New Guinea.
- Jessica Sier
Carnegie slams ‘scumbag’ crypto traders
The high-profile cryptocurrency investor said he had invested in the luna blockchain currency, which collapsed this year to almost zero.
- Aaron Patrick
May 2022
TerraUSD rout is crypto’s ‘Lehman Brothers moment’: Mark Carnegie
High-profile Aussie investor Mark Carnegie has described last week’s collapse of the terraUSD stablecoin and subsequent carnage in cryptocurrencies as a “Lehman Brothers moment” for the sector that will create opportunities for shrewd investors and savvy web3 operators to thrive.
- Paul Smith
April 2022
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Australia’s crypto chances require the right rules
Blockchains and crypto technology could make finance and banking more competitive. But that depends on Australia’s regulatory system adopting more workable rules.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Summit peels back crypto onion
Australia could lead the world in the coding revolution that underpins the crypto economy, The Australian Financial Review’s crypto summit heard.
- Tony Boyd
The dark web and day traders are an inconvenient killjoy for crypto
Digital asset evangelists want to talk about the future, but can’t totally distance themselves from the rabbit hole’s clear and present dangers.
- Aleks Vickovich
Urgent call to join the crypto start-up race
Former ASIC chairman Greg Medcraft and venture capitalist Mark Carnegie say Australians must encourage digital asset technology and investment.
- James Eyers and Aleks Vickovich
February 2022
Mark Carnegie, a visionary narcissist, almost drowned in Africa
This venture capitalist has long represented the establishment of high finance. Now he’s in Singapore and helping ignite a blockchain revolution.
- Aaron Patrick
December 2021
- Exclusive
- Cryptocurrencies
Mark Carnegie lists new crypto company in Singapore
The venture capitalist has partnered with billionaire F.F. Wong and moved to the city-state, which he feels is more receptive to fast-moving cryptocurrencies.
- Carrie LaFrenz
November 2021
- Exclusive
- IPO
‘This could be as big as Cochlear’: Carnegie
Investor Mark Carnegie believes cardiovascular medical device company EBR Systems, which hits the big board on Wednesday, will be the next Cochlear and change lives around the world.
- Updated
- Carrie LaFrenz