Australia

Australian Authorities have charged a Sydney man for alleged money laundering activities. This also marks the second high-profile money laundering arrest by the Police in recent months.  $4.3 million Laundered In Bitcoin Australian local news outlet the Australian Financial Review reported the news on Monday, February 22, 2021. According to the report, the New South Wales Police arrested a citizen named Yi Zhong on Monday. Zhong was arrested after police officers stopped his car in a Sydney suburb for a…

Crypto.com has announced that it would be expanding its debit card services in Australia. According to a press release issued today, the exchange revealed that it had secured an Australian Finance Service License (AFSL) via the acquisition of The Card Group Pty Ltd. A Major Milestone For Crypto.Com Crypto.com further stated that securing the license was a major milestone and highlighted its commitment towards local regulatory frameworks. The AFSL license enables Crypto.com to issue cards to Australian residence and expand…

Reports emerging from Australia indicate that the Country's tax administrator, The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is preparing to seek out crypto traders concerning their tax obligations.  Tax Claim Goes Back Several Years A media report on Wednesday cites an ATO spokesman confirming that the agency will contact over 35,000 traders regarding their tax compliance spanning a few last years.  The Australian law regards cryptos as property subjecting them to capital gains tax. Thus trades are mandated to report all proceeds…

Recently, there is a defamation case in the New South Wales District Court, and Judge Judith Gibson approved the use of cryptocurrency as collateral. The judge said that cryptocurrency is a form of investment with recognition and acknowledged its volatility, as per a brief from the Australian Associated Press. The New South Wales court directed that the plaintiff must deposit 20000 AUD (about $13,000) in a bank account guarded by the courts. In this case, the plaintiff’s loss or success…

Last year, Australia’s Ministry of Industry, Science and Technology, and Ministry of Trade Tourism and Investment announced an upcoming national blockchain strategy and roadmap. Recently, the Australian government announced the launching of its national blockchain roadmap. This blockchain roadmap aims at revolutionizing Australia’s blockchain industry. The roadmap contains the benefits of allowing blockchain technology within different sectors. The sectors prioritized are finance and banking. As per the national blockchain roadmap, a yearly business value of more than $175 million could…

A January 20th report of the Australian Financial Review stated that the RAIZ startup is ready to offer bitcoin fund options. The startup Raiz has followed every legal procedure set by Australia's financial monitoring agency, otherwise dubbed Australia's Securities and Investment Commission. The Raiz network has over three hundred thousand registered users who maximize its micro-investment services, with over 445 AUD from funds for about 211 thousand customers. This millions worth fintech is probably the biggest in the country and…

With the occurrence of the Australian Bushfire that led to lots of destruction, Binance has shown it's in-depth concerns over the incident where the company recently announced the creation of a charity project aimed at assisting the relief efforts that followed the outbreak of the Australia bushfire. In light of this charity project, Binance donated approximately $1 million cryptos to the Australia Bushfire Donation project that was also part of a contribution made in showing the commitment of funds related to relief efforts in…