Specialty Group: Blockchain & Cryptocurrency

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced today that it has commenced legal proceedings against the Australian arm of global crypto exchange, Kraken. In a press release, ASIC asserted that a ...

ANZ Bank, one of Australia’s “big four” banks, which has had a forward thinking posture towards blockchain and crypto-assets, has announced that it has completed a pilot building on lessons learned from a SWIFT blo ...

Introduction The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has repeatedly highlighted the importance of unfair contract terms (UCT) provisions, as they ‘protect consumers and small businesses against ter ...

Australia’s journey towards digital asset regulation has had hops forward and slips back, with a brief recap including: In 2018, an early hop on the world with one of the first AML/CTF laws applying to centralised e ...