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Australia is “really falling behind” its global peers on crypto regulation according to Caroline Malcolm, head of international public policy at crypto analytics firm Chainalysis,

Australia ‘really falling behind’ on crypto protections after FTX collapse

Despite a year of high-profile crypto blow-ups, Australia finds itself ringing in another Christmas without any serious regulation for the sector in place

  • Dominic Powell

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Binance Australia boss Leigh Travers.

Binance Australia boss says country has ‘too many’ crypto exchanges

Binance Australia boss Leigh Travers believes the local market has too many exchanges and the current downturn will likely mean the end for some.

  • Dominic Powell
Gary Eck has written and will direct Amygdala, which he hopes will be the first sci-fi film produced through the sale of NFTs.

Can NFTs revolutionise funding for films and creative projects?

Writer and director Gary Eck hopes his sci-fi film Amygdala will be the first to be funded through the sale of NFTs.

  • Tim Biggs
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Why crypto exchanges’ proof of assets can’t be trusted after FTX collapse

Former local Binance boss Jeff Yew says the efforts from exchanges to soothe investor concerns over their assets should be taken with a grain of salt.

  • Dominic Powell
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FTX collapse a ‘mini GFC’, but no death knell for crypto

The chief executive of one of Australia’s largest crypto exchanges says the collapse of US exchange FTX highlights the need for urgent regulation.

  • Dominic Powell
Trent Barnes, chief innovation officer at digital asset firm Zerocap, says the FTX debacle has shaken the industry ‘to the core’.

Why crypto investors will need to rethink risk after near collapse of FTX

Trent Barnes, chief innovation officer at digital asset firm Zerocap, says the FTX debacle has shaken the industry ‘to the core’.

  • Dominic Powell
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Over the past few years a number of DAOs have sprung up, including Australian investment syndicate Upside DAO, overseen by general manager Kyall Walker.

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.

  • Dominic Powell
Computer programmer and crypto sceptic Stephen Diehl

Fool’s gold: Tearing down crypto’s ‘quasi-libertarian pyramid scheme’

British software engineer Stephen Diehl is on a mission to convince policymakers about the major pitfalls of crypto.

  • Dominic Powell
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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.

  • Dominic Powell
Sinclair Davidson

‘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?

  • Dominic Powell

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