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    Australians under 35 are the biggest speculators in cryptocurrencies, although some are unaware of the need to pay capital gains tax on sales.

    ATO targets crypto traders’ tax affairs, bank details

    The Tax Office is ramping up its surveillance of crypto traders, demanding that exchanges hand over details around clients’ ID, wallet addresses and bank accounts.

    • Tom Richardson

    April

    Bank of Japan chief Kazuo Ueda has played down the impact of the weak yen.

    Yen drops to a 34-year low; will authorities step in?

    The steep sell-off in the Japanese currency to the lowest level since 1990.

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    • Cormac Mullen
    Johnny Phan says booming cryptocurrency prices are boosting his lending business.

    How Australians are unlocking their crypto riches

    Surging valuations mean many want ways to borrow cash against their digital windfalls, and one altcoin evangelist claims he has a solution.

    • Tom Richardson
    The MSCI gauge of emerging-market currencies has hit a new low for the year.

    ‘Nothing has been spared’ as US dollar rips through Asia

    The surprising strength of the US dollar this year has caused strategists to reduce their Aussie dollar forecasts, adding to the risk of sticky inflation.

    • Alex Gluyas

    Bitcoin ‘halving’ cuts supply of new tokens

    The bitcoin halving could deal a potential blow to the companies that make money by ensuring that the digital currency functions smoothly and securely.

    • David Pan
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    Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell signalled that interest rates would remain higher for longer.

    Aussie dips below US64¢ as Powell quashes rate cut hopes

    The $A fell to its weakest since mid-November after Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank needed more time to tame sticky inflation.

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    • Joanne Tran and Cecile Lefort
    Francesca Fornasari, head of currency solutions, Insight Investment.

    The biggest market risk you’re probably not thinking about

    Insight Investment’s Francesca Fornasari says investors cannot ignore currency markets, especially Australians who are sending billions of dollars overseas.

    • Jonathan Shapiro
    The Australian dollar took a leg lower after rate cut bets were dialled back.

    $A hit as strong US data dents rate cut hopes

    The local currency is back below US65¢ after traders pushed back the likely timing of the first rate cut by the Federal Reserve and the Reserve Bank of Australia this year.

    • Cecile Lefort

    March

    Investors are buying on the dips after record ETF outflows.

    Bitcoin tops $US70,000 again after slumping on ETF outflows

    The largest digital currency jumped more than 5 per cent after almost $1.4 billion was yanked from exchange-traded funds last week.

    • David Pan
    AP

    Pound’s worst week of the year is upending an $8.4 billion trade

    The UK currency hit the skids after the Bank of England laid the groundwork for a shift to interest-rate cuts, torpedoing a view among traders that the central bank would take longer than its peers in Europe and the US to act.

    • Naomi Tajitsu
    The Erdenet copper mine in Mongolia. China is the biggest importer of copper.

    Copper upstages iron ore’s influence on the Australian dollar

    The base metal – which hit an 11-month high last week – is increasingly viewed as an indicator of economic growth, particularly in China.

    • Cecile Lefort