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Blockchain Australia Recommends Safe Harbor Provision for Crypto Providers

The industry body is calling for a "coordinated and graduated approach" to the regulation of digital assets throughout the country.

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Australia's Zip to Launch Crypto Services in a Year: Report

Zip is targeting customers of its soon to be biggest markets in the U.S. and Australia, marking a big step for such services offering crypto.

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Australia's Mawson Infrastructure Increases Count of Bitcoin Mining Machines in US Operation

Gross margins are expected to be more than 80% based on the current bitcoin price and its network difficulty.

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ASX's Blockchain Upgrade Costing Members 'Millions,' Says Industry Body

“The investment required to operate in global markets is getting more and more intense,” said association CEO Judith Fox.

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Australian Lawyers Propose Creation of a DAO Legal Entity: Report

Such a move give legal standing to blockchain-based organizations, enabling DAOs to contract with other legal persons.

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Australia Faces Big Choices on Crypto Regulation

From sandboxes to the definition of money, Australia has to decide whether to support innovation or tamp it down, Finder's co-founder says.

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Visa Approves Australian Startup to Issue Debit Cards for Spending Bitcoin

The move by Visa to allow the issuance captures the growing interest in cryptocurrencies for Australia's economic market.

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Australian Government Grants $4.1M to 2 Blockchain Pilot Projects

Funding of AU$5.6 million has gone to blockchain provenance startup Everledger and tech consultancy Convergence.Tech.

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Is Solana Better Than Ethereum?

Australia-based blockchain company Power Ledger is migrating to Solana from Ethereum in search of higher speed and scalability. "The Hash" hosts discuss Solana as a rising protocol looking to take on Ethereum's dominance in the DeFi space. "Ethereum's very likely to be the winner here," host Adam B. Levine said, despite Solana's advantage over transaction speed.

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Mawson Infrastructure Increases Ownership of Luna Squares to 90%

Luna Squares’ site will be used for third-party hosting and Mawson’s proprietary bitcoin mining operations.

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