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Nov 3
3 min

New technology increases Australia's appetite for privacy law change

Last Friday, the Attorney General's office kick-started its review into whether the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (Privacy Act) is fit for the d...

Nov 2
2 min

RBA ruminates on wholesale CBDC in powerhouse partnership

Reserve Bank of Australia is running a fully fledged wholesale CBDC research project in partnership with CBA, NAB, Perpetual and Consensys

Nov 1
1 min

Australia Initial Public Offering accepting digital currency

The first known IPO (Initial Public Offering) to accept digital currency has been announced in Australia. Melbourne-based West Coast Aqu...

Oct 30
2 min

Powell pessimistic about purpose of CBDCs in IMF conference comments

Jerome Powell expresses his reservations about the purpose of a CBDC in the US at a recent IMF conference

Oct 30
1 min

Head of Regulation at NYSE heads to Andreesen Horowitz

Chief Regulatory Officer at the New York Stock Exchange Anthony Albanese has announced a move to Andreesen Horowitz's crypto team

Oct 29
2 min

Defining "money": digital currency draws closer to cash

US Treasury, FinCEN and the Fed have proposed a new rule to include digital currency as legal tender

Oct 29
1 min

JPM Coin goes live with launch of dedicated blockchain division

JPMorgan's digital currency, JPM Coin, has made its first live commercial transaction this week by a large international technology company.

Oct 29
3 min

Kik now out of the legal woods after court ratifies its settlement with the SEC

Just a few months after the dismissal of both parties applications for a summary judgement, the Kin case has come to a surprising close a...

Oct 23
3 min

Financial Stability Board focus on CBDCs and Libra

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published two papers related to digital currency in preparation for the G20 in late November

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BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION

Michael Bacina, Partner

Piper Alderman Lawyers