#Australia

The CEO of Australia's largest bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), sees significant risks in not investing in bitcoin. He explained, "We see risks in participating, but we see bigger risks in not participating." In an interview with

Australian authorities are making progress with revisions to the AML/CTF bill which will include bitcoin exchanges under the scope of Australian legislation for the first time. The Australian Parliament published [ PDF ] newly updated provi

Australian solar startup Power Ledger has partnered with retail energy giant Origin to begin a trial based on Power Ledger’s blockchain-based peer-to-peer energy marketplace. Power Ledger–the first Australian startup to launch an initial co

In a published paper to discuss the country’s digital strategy, the Australian government has picked blockchain technology, among others, as a transformational innovation toward enabling and supporting the digital economy and infrastructure

Australian senators from different political parties have called on the Australian central bank to consider formally legalizing Bitcoin. According to The Sydney Morning Herald , Labor Senator Sam Dastyari and Liberal Senator Jane Hume have

Senators in Australia are putting their political differences aside and are banding together to urge the Reserve Bank to back bitcoin as an official currency. According to Labor senator Sam Dastyari and Liberal senator Jane Hume if the Rese