This Month
ASIC’s attempts to clarify crypto rules confuses digital exchanges
Independent Reserve, BTC Markets and Kraken say new guidance and industry calls have not provided any clarity about whether they will need to obtain licences.
- James Eyers
Aussie bitcoin maverick avoids jail time. If he keeps his head down
A UK court gave Craig Wright, who has claimed he invented bitcoin, a one-year jail term for contempt. But his sentence was suspended for two years.
- Hans van Leeuwen
This Australian bitcoin maverick faces jail. But he’s gone AWOL
A UK court ruled Craig Wright was not cryptocurrency inventor Satoshi Nakamoto and told him to stop suing people. He now faces a contempt charge.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
As meme coins and bitcoin surge, NFTs have been left behind
While bitcoin has surged to fresh highs in the Trump crypto rally, the price recovery of Bored Apes and other NFT art collections has been much less pronounced.
- Tess Bennett
Bitcoin tipped to hit $US180,000 within months
Bulls are defying calls for a pullback after Donald Trump reaffirmed his plan to create a strategic reserve, which analysts believe could trigger another rally.
- Alex Gluyas
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
End the tax on exercise to improve Australians’ health
Readers’ letters on removing the GST from exercise physiologists, the benefits of bitcoin, nuclear costings, and remembering the less fortunate at Christmas.
Bitcoin has ‘no role’ in retirement portfolios: Vanguard
The asset manager has blasted bitcoin as having “no appropriate role” in long-term investment portfolios, but the peak superannuation body says more funds will inevitably follow AMP into cryptocurrency.
- Lucy Dean
This big super fund just became the first to buy into crypto
AMP says the $27 million it is investing in bitcoin is part of its diversification strategy. Critics say the asset class has no place in retirement portfolios.
- Michelle Bowes
Bitcoin has broken through $US100,000. Now what?
This week on The Fin podcast, James Eyers on why Donald Trump is a crypto bro, whether prices will stay at record levels and how regulators are catching up.
Do you know this week’s news? Answer these 10 questions
Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge across politics, business and world news.
- Daniel Arbon
Meet the Australian fundies making a motza from the return of Trump
Bitcoin at $US100,000, stockmarkets setting records as tech and banking soars. These local investors are grabbing every opportunity to make big returns.
- Joshua Peach
Bitcoin smashes through $US100,000 as traders eye ‘huge re-rating’
Investors believe the change in attitude towards cryptocurrencies still hasn’t been priced in, making Thursday’s milestone just the beginning.
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- Alex Gluyas
- Analysis
- Analysis
Bitcoin has hit $US100,000. Do we still care?
The cryptocurrency has burst through a historic milestone. But the bulls aren’t bragging, and the bears aren’t finger wagging. So what’s changed?
- Jonathan Shapiro
How South Korea’s whirlwind stint of martial law jolted markets
The shock announcement sent Samsung shares plunging and reached into ETFs, government bonds and even bitcoin.
- Carmen Reinicke, Maria Elena Vizcaino and Hooyeon Kim
ASIC moves to expand its oversight of crypto and digital assets
The corporate regulator’s new guidance outlines more than a dozen examples of how it intends to assess what is in – and out – of financial services laws.
- James Eyers
November
A bitcoin convention in Sydney rings crypto alarm bells
Bitcoin is up almost 130 per cent this year and the US election result put a rocket under crypto. But there are still plenty of ways to lose money in an (unregulated) bull market.
- James Eyers
Bitcoin’s wild ride towards $US100,000 – and why it matters
The flagship cryptocurrency has resumed its advance this week as investors took advantage of a sharp sell-off. Analysts say volatility is to be expected.
- Alex Gluyas
Bitcoin dividends? It’s possible, says Iren CEO
The chief executive of a Sydney-based, Nasdaq-listed bitcoin miner says the company could issue its shareholders cryptocurrency dividends.
- Tess Bennett
Labor’s super tax plan felled by an aversion to simplicity
Readers’ letters on the fate of the superannuation tax; bitcoin fallacies; Victoria’s gift to the nation: governance at Cbus; the electricity market; advice from F1 drivers; and a Labor MP’s extinction pledge.
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Buffett, bitcoin and a duct-taped banana: Welcome to our bubbly world
The surge in financial markets and cryptocurrencies since Donald Trump’s victory has raised concerns about pockets of speculation.
- James Thomson