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BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, NXT Law
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Nov 8, 20212 min read
FinTech job demand up 615% from August 2020 says LinkedIn
The explosion of Financial Technology (FinTech) over recent years is being reflected by employers on LinkedIn. The employment-oriented...
Nov 3, 20212 min read
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DAO company structure on the agenda
Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) are a relatively new way for people to organise and co-ordinate towards common goals,...
Oct 22, 20213 min read
What Australia can learn from Wyoming's DAO Law
In April this year, Wyoming made headlines when its legislature approved a first-of-its-kind bill that determined individuals and...
Oct 22, 20212 min read
ANZ settles debanking claim brought by Digital Currency Exchange operator Allen Flynn
ANZ Bank has settled a case brought by a DCE operator, Allen Flynn who alleged he was discriminated against over the bank’s decision to...
Sep 24, 20212 min read
Stablecoins as securities? Gensler continues to "crack down" on crypto without clear reason
During a recent hearing before the Senate Banking Committee, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Gary Gensler has continued to...
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Sep 3, 20212 min read
SEC delves into DeFi
With the reported DeFi market capitalisation of $133 billion and rising, it is unsurprising the SEC has announced moves to try and...
Sep 3, 20212 min read
Singapore Central Bank Digital Currency Competition Finalists
The Monetary Authority of Singapore ("MAS") has announced 15 finalists for the global Central Bank Digital Currency ("CBDC") competition....
Sep 1, 20212 min read
Crossing the North Atlantic: PayPal Expands to the United Kingdom
Online payment giants PayPal is launching its cryptocurrency offering in the UK. The company has announced it will extend its digital...
Aug 27, 20212 min read
Credit-card giant Visa 'plugs in' to the NFT market with its purchase of a $150K CryptoPunk
While the launch of a crypto-linked credit card with impressive Australian start-up CryptoSpend is just around the corner, Visa has...
Aug 6, 20212 min read
CoinJar launches first Australian crypto-linked card with Mastercard
Mastercard has beat Visa to the punch to launch Australia's first crypto-linked card with crypto exchange CoinJar. In a recent press...
Jul 30, 20212 min read
Rivals Mastercard and Visa compete as crypto-linked cards and payments continue to grow
An effective marketeer knows that consumers like to be liberated by choice. With the value of crypto assets held in regulated digital...
Jul 29, 20212 min read
Amazon to accept Bitcoin as payment - Job ad sparks speculation
Rumours are circulating that multinational e-commerce company Amazon may move to accept bitcoin as payment from customers as early as the...
Jul 9, 20212 min read
Time for a safe harbor?
In the midst of the Senate Select Committee's final submissions and ASIC's consultation on crypto-asset exchange traded products, it is...
Jul 1, 20212 min read
$181m to fund Australia's future of finance and digital assets
A combination of funding from the Federal Government and Industry partners has culminated in $181 million to support a 10 year research...
Jun 17, 20212 min read
Banking for DeFi - the Swiss solution
Sygnum, which calls itself the worlds first digital asset bank, has launched a Swiss regulated decentralised finance (DeFi) offering....
May 21, 20212 min read
Australian Government to support "laissez faire" approach to digital currency regulation
On Thursday, Financial Services Minister Jane Hume, told the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association annual conference that the...
May 20, 20211 min read
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