Blockchain
Analysis
Cryptocurrencies
The RBA boss is ‘sceptical’ about a digital Australian dollar, but could he be wrong?
Philip Lowe has questioned whether a central bank digital currency (CBDC) will have any substantial impact on the daily lives of regular Australians.
- by Tom Mitchelhill
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Cryptoverse: Punk apes and a resurrection of NFTs
Digital art collectibles are among the big hits as non-fungible tokens make a comeback, with sales hitting $1 billion in January, according to market tracker CryptoSlam.
- by Medha Singh
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Cryptocurrencies
‘FTX made the whole industry look silly:’ Australian investors downplay crypto enthusiasm
AirTree had adopted crypto industry jargon to project its bullishness on the sector, declaring it had “diamond hands” and were “black belt HODLers”.
- by Nick Bonyhady
ASX faces more RBA, ASIC scrutiny after collapse of blockchain project
ASIC and the RBA have slapped the operator of Australia’s Securities Exchange with a number of new requirements it must comply with after it dumped the long-awaited technology overhaul of its core trading systems.
- by Simone Fox Koob
Opinion
Cryptocurrencies
The FTX horror show might have a silver lining for the crypto industry
The collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency exchange has rattled the industry and seen billions wiped away. But one certainty has emerged.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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ASX Limited
‘Very disappointing’: ASX roasted by RBA, ASIC after scrapping blockchain project
The ASX has been slammed by the RBA and ASIC after dumping the blockchain-based upgrade of its core trading systems at a cost of around $255 million.
- by Colin Kruger and Simone Fox Koob
Opinion
Cryptocurrencies
FTX’s spectacular collapse shows crypto will never be the ‘future of money’
FTX’s implosion serves as a validation of what many of us have been saying for a long time: cryptocurrency is just one large Ponzi scheme.
- by William Bennett
Analysis
You, Me & Web3
A new type of company: Meet one of Australia’s first DAOs
Decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) are a new entity with no central structure, rules encoded in computer programs, and are entirely self-governing.
- by Dominic Powell
How young rich lister Kieran Warwick sold $120 million of virtual property
For most, the idea of spending tens of thousands of dollars on a parcel of digital “land” is unfathomable. But in the world of Illuvium, demand from buyers has been running hot.
- by Dominic Powell
Collapsed cryptocurrency exchange used customer funds for business loan
Liquidators are trying to track down the missing millions of hundreds of Australian investors who put money into one of the country’s first cryptocurrency exchanges, ACX, which collapsed in 2021.
- by Sarah Danckert
Analysis
You, Me & Web3
‘Like the printing press’: Why these academics say crypto needs institutional reform
Could blockchain and cryptocurrency fundamentally change how the world functions like the steam engine or the printing press?
- by Dominic Powell
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