Sierra Leone Announces Blockchain Based National ID

Sierra Leone has announced plans to put a National ID in place using Blockchain, with assistance from the United Nations and non-profit Kiva

Telegram's Cryptocurrency To Be Compatible With Ethereum

Telegram's long awaited cryptocurrency is, according to a rumour, to be compatible with Ethereum.

ASX Updates Guidance for Cryptocurrency Projects

The Australian Stock Exchange has updated its guidance for listed companies looking to get involved in cryptocurrencies.

Facebook’s Libra Coin and Australian Law: Liberty or Lawlessness?

On 18 June 2019 Facebook released its whitepaper for its long-awaited planned cryptocurrency Libra coin, disclosing that Facebook will...

ASIC Updates crypto-asset guidance - it's one small step for man...

On 30 May 2019, ASIC updated its guidance on initial coin offerings (ICOs) and crypto-assets. Since being last updated in May 2018,...

The Long Shadow of the Mt Gox collapse

In the wake of the fifth anniversary of Mt Gox’s collapse, it is worth re-examining what happened and considering some of the key legal...

Regulating STOs and Token Offerings: Australian Treasury seeks submissions

As part of a review into Initial Coin Offerings, the Australian Government Treasury has recently published an Issues Paper (Review)...

Smart Contracts and Contract Disputes

Aren’t lawyers supposed to be out of a job by now? There continues to be a lot of hype around blockchain and smart contracts as the...

So you want to run an Initial Coin Offering in Australia

There has been increasing interest in initial coin offering/token sale/token generation events (ICO) in Australia this year. Below we set...