Tag: Danielle Szetho

ATO crack down on cryptocurrency

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The ATO is investigating measures to ensure that cryptocurrency investors and traders are paying the right amount of tax on their investments. The agency has confirmed that it is...

Crypto currency laws now passed

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Laws regulating digital currency exchanges for the first time have been approved by Parliament in a major milestone for the burgeoning local sector. The amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering...

Do we need a digital AU dollar?

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A number of local FinTech startups have lobbied the Reserve Bank of Australia to create a cryptocurrency version of the Australian dollar. Three use cases from Australian FinTechs were...

ASIC unveils new ICO guidelines

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The corporate regulator has released its first set of guidelines for ICOs – or Initial Coin Offerings – detailing how the ‘Wild West’ of startup capital raising is to...

Jury still out on crowdfund laws

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Australia’s planned equity crowdfunding regime is over-regulated and runs the risk of no company taking part, the founder of a New Zealand-based equity crowdfunding company said. Anna Guenther, founder...

ASIC set to move on ICOs

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Australian regulators are grappling to control the “Wild West” world of ICOs, a new blockchain-based funding method that is changing the way new tech companies raise money. ASIC is...

Govt to regulate digital currencies

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Australia has taken a “big step forward” in recognising digital currencies as legitimate and trusted with the government moving to regulate the likes of bitcoin for the first time....

FinTechs unhappy on crowdfunding

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The Australian fintech community is urging the government to reconsider the requirements to be placed on startups that undertake equity crowdfunding or risk no companies taking part. Treasury announced...

Nobody playing in govt sandbox

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Only one startup has utilised ASIC’s regulatory sandbox since it was launched late last year, leading the government to make a series of changes to broaden the scope of...