Yesterday
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- Bitcoin
Launch of ASX’s first bitcoin ETF sparks price war
The launch on Thursday morning has drawn a strong response from competitors operating on a rival exchange.
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- Joshua Peach
This Month
Hack wipes $140m from Melbourne mansion-owning crypto king
Michael Egorov, who spent $59 million purchasing two mansions in Hawthorn, said I “don’t really live in Australia”. His curve token plunged last week.
- Tom Richardson
ASX bitcoin ETF launch opens gates to wider cryptocurrency industry
The markets watchdog has told investors to “only put in what they are prepared to lose” after Australia’s main exchange operator opened the door to bitcoin.
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- Joshua Peach
NAB clarifies crypto strategy with investment in Zodia Custody
NAB Ventures joins Standard Chartered and Northern Trust on the register of London-based Zodia, revealing NAB’s crypto play may involve custody services.
- James Eyers
NSW budget winners; Bitcoin ETFs arrive in Oz; 15 ASX stock picks
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
NAB kills its stablecoin, bankers decamp to form Ubiquity
The bank canned its digital Australian dollar, known as the AUDN, so Rob Waugh and Drew Bradford left to set up their own product, to be called Ubiquity.
- James Eyers
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Bitcoin on the ASX opens investors to a world of pumpers and spruikers
But Binance’s regional boss Vishal Sacheendran is making a surprise call – in an interview, he says there needs to be more regulation, not less.
- Anthony Macdonald
ASX greenlights first bitcoin ETF in landmark listing
VanEck’s bitcoin ETF is expected to list next week, marking the first direct exposure to the emerging asset class on Australia’s primary exchange.
- Joshua Peach
BPay wants ‘misleading’ crypto exchange to be taken down
The payments giant is pushing to take down a little-known cryptocurrency exchange that it says has infringed on its trademarks and misled consumers.
- Lucas Baird
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why cryptocurrencies are surging again
Crypto enthusiasts believe bitcoin could soon eclipse its previous record high of close to $US74,000 amid growing cheer about interest rate cuts and hopes of looser regulations.
- Karen Maley
May
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- Rich List
More than half the 11 new Rich Listers are already billionaires
Two cryptocurrency giants, an under-the-radar mattress mogul, a former mechanic and an ex-NRL player are among 17 new and returning faces on this year’s Rich List.
- Yolanda Redrup and Michael Bailey
Hopes of ether ETF revived after flurry of SEC filings
The digital token surged about 23 per cent this week and was trading at around $US3780 in Asian trading on Wednesday.
- Isabelle Lee, Sidhartha Shukla and Emily Graffeo
Crypto lifted by ether’s biggest jump since 2022 on ETF hope
Social media is alive with speculation that the US regulator may be warming to the idea of an ether exchange-traded fund.
- David Pan, Olga Kharif and Isabelle Lee
Technobabbling liar: Judge tears strips off Aussie’s bitcoin claims
A UK judge had already ruled that computer scientist Craig Wright was not bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto. But in an excoriating full judgment, he let rip.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Chapman fields calls for in-play Queensland electricity provider LPE
The embattled Sunshine Coast-based business has called in Chapman Capital Partners and King & Wood Mallesons to mount a defence.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Millennium, Point72 and Elliott are among bitcoin ETF buyers
No matter the reason, and there could be several, Wall Street is clearly dipping its toes into the world’s largest digital asset.
- Isabelle Lee
Deepfake images lure investors to bogus stock clubs
The ASX is among the latest to be exploited in frauds costing investors at least $25 million a week. Here’s how to spot a scam:
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- Duncan Hughes
Australian ETF winners had returns as high as 153pc
US megacap tech stocks and cryptocurrencies proved profitable investments in the last year, according to the latest top-performing ETF data – alongside some other surprise standouts.
- Joshua Peach
Crypto miner spruiked 16pc returns for five years without a licence
A Gold Coast cryptocurrency miner was authorised to provide financial services for less than seven months despite operating for six years.
- Max Mason
Most FTX customers to get all their money back after catastrophic collapse
The collapsed cryptocurrency exchange says it will be able to pay off most of its investors - but the soaring price of bitcoin means they still lose.
- Michelle Chapman