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

  • byDominic Powell

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

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.

  • byDominic Powell
Can NFTs revolutionise funding for films and creative projects?

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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’.

  • byDominic Powell
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A new type of company:Meet one of Australia’s first DAOs
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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.

  • byDominic Powell
Fool’s gold:Tearing down crypto’s ‘quasi-libertarian pyramid scheme’
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Bitcoin

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.

  • byDominic Powell
How young rich lister Kieran Warwick sold $120 million of virtual property

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.

  • byDominic Powell
‘Like the printing press’:Why these academics say crypto needs institutional reform
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Blockchain

‘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?

  • byDominic Powell
Why the future of Web3 will be more than crypto and blockchain

Why the future of Web3 will be more than crypto and blockchain

Amy-Rose Goodey started out down the bitcoin “rabbit hole” but now believes it would be naive to believe the current iteration of blockchains could form the future of the internet.

  • byDominic Powell