Feb 24, 20221 min read
First DAO-n: $4bn sought to buy the Denver Broncos
Earlier this month, Denver Broncos CEO Joe Ellis announced that the franchise was in the early stages of the sale process. Sports media...
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BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
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Feb 24, 20222 min read
Critical bug in Coinbase reported and fixed
A security engineer under the user name 'Tree of Alpha' has been paid USD$250,000 as a 'bug bounty' for locating a frighteningly simple...
Feb 18, 20222 min read
Show me the ̶m̶o̶n̶e̶y̶ crypto! Colorado announces it will accept Bitcoin for tax payments
In a recent interview with CNBC, Colorado Governor Jared Polis has signalled Colorado’s intention to accept crypto-assets for payment of...
Jan 13, 20221 min read
PayPal explores issuing a stablecoin
American financial services institution Paypal is looking to launch its own stablecoin. Evidence of this was found within the source code...
Dec 3, 20212 min read
Qoin faces $100M class-action over consumer protection claims by token holders
BPS Financial Limited (BPS) - the company behind Qoin, has been sued in a class action filed in the Queensland Federal Court. The...
Nov 25, 20211 min read
Rest Superannuation Fund wakes up to crypto
The Retail Employees Superannuation Trust (REST), one of Australia's largest superannuation funds, has voiced support for the growing...
Nov 17, 20211 min read
Home run swing: bitcoin as payment for Perth Heat
The Perth Heat, a team in the Australian Baseball League, has announced it will become the first professional sporting club to pay its...
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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 13, 20212 min read
Coming full circle: Square seeks ASX listing with acquisition of Afterpay
The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has not been viewed as friendly towards digital currency, most recently having the embarrassing...
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 25, 20212 min read
Deustche Bank: Digital Currencies may dominate by 2030
Many in the Blockchain and digital currency world predict that fiat currencies will be replaced by cryptocurrencies and digital...
Jul 16, 20211 min read
Sotheby's continuing to break records with crypto assets
Sotheby's has set another digital asset record in its sale of a pear-shaped D Flawless Diamond, "The Key 10138". This comes mere months...
Jun 24, 20212 min read
El Salvador Opposition shake an angry fist at new Bitcoin law
It's not just US Regulators who are divided when it comes to the regulatory treatment of digital assets. A little over a week ago, El...
Jun 24, 20211 min read
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