CRYPTOCURRENCY

Financial planning

More than two-thirds of high-net-worth individuals will be invested in cryptocurrencies in the next three years, according to a new global poll....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is undergoing a data matching service to ensure an estimated one million people investing in cryptocurrency are paying the right amou...

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Policy & Regulation

The securities regulator said it has taken action to stop several proposed initial coin offerings or “token-generation events” that target retail investors....

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Funds management

Fintech start-up CoinJar has announced the launch of the first Australian index-style cryptocurrency fund....

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SMSF

After identifying interest from customers wanting to purchase cryptocurrency with their super, Cointree is partnering with SMSF accounting services provider New Brighton ...

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Funds management

The past two months have seen the local launch of a retail-focused “crypto hedge fund” from Every Capital and the “world’s first retail crypto fund” from New Dawn....

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Financial planning

The prices of cryptocurrencies are driven not by any economic factors but purely by the mood swings of investors, according to the Warwick Business School....

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Policy & Regulation

While the financial services industry stands to be disrupted by blockchain, the technology is still in its infancy....

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Policy & Regulation

Independent Reserve has become the first Australian digital currency exchange to be regulated by the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre under new regulati...

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Financial planning

New cryptocurrency rules introduced today will see exchanges of the asset reported to AUSTRAC, making transactions more accessible to the Australian Taxation Office....

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Financial planning

Advisers should remain the voice of reason for their clients when financial fads occur, experts say. ...

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Funds management

ETF Securities has pointed to intensifying issues around the regulatory scrutiny, liquidity, scalability and trust in the creation process and framework around cryptocurr...

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