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Traders tip bitcoin to hit $US100,000 within five years
Approval of the first bitcoin ETFs is expected to trigger big demand from institutional investors such as superannuation funds.
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- Joshua Peach
Bitcoin’s ‘moral imperative’ to replace fiat currencies
Bitcoin can fulfil a dual role as both a store of value and money to buy goods and services, The Australian Financial Review’s Crypto Summit heard.
- Tom Richardson
ASIC chairman warns new crypto rules need more time
Corporate regulator Joe Longo calls for patience and investor Mark Carnegie says crypto sector has “nobody to blame but ourselves” for new regulation.
- James Eyers, Jessica Sier and Jemima Whyte
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Coinbase boss Brian Armstrong says SEC lawsuit ‘unhelpful’
The boss of the world’s only listed crypto exchange says his legal fight with US regulators is an unhelpful way to regulate a new industry.
- Jessica Sier
Crypto industry must ‘suffer’ for consorting with criminals
Mark Carnegie says cryptocurrency players must pay penance after making “common cause with criminals and scumbags”.
- Mark Di Stefano
Crypto exchanges to be regulated under bolstered licence regime
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones will detail the government’s crypto regulation plans at The Australian Financial Review Crypto Summit on Monday.
- James Eyers, Jessica Sier and Tom Richardson
‘Billion dollar ticking bomb’ for SMSFs buying bitcoin
Crypto’s explosion in popularity has seen SMSF investors buy Bitcoin and Ethereum but some exchanges do not give investors formal custody.
- Mark Di Stefano
How sharemarket bets took this NBA champion from basketball to bitcoin
Sports champion and Young Rich Lister Matthew Dellavedova is investing his wealth in tech start-ups and crypto as he worries about central banks printing money.
- Tom Richardson
The bitcoin v gold tussle is just gearing up
Bitcoin has thumped gold’s returns over the past 14 years, but the jury is still out on which is a better inflation hedge.
- Tom Richardson
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Did Michael Lewis get sucked in by Sam Bankman-Fried?
The bestselling financial author met the cryptocurrency boss at the apex of his wealth and influence. The pair may have become far too close.
- James Ledbetter
Cannon-Brookes’ Sun Cable in manufacturing bid to solve cable shortage
The billionaire’s Grok Ventures, which bought Sun Cable out of administration, is facing a five- to eight-year wait for cables, CEO Jeremy Kwong-Law said.
- Ben Potter
Show us nuclear costs, Chris Bowen tells Peter Dutton
The Energy Minister has called the opposition dishonest for suggesting that nuclear power could be cheaper than renewables.
- Jenny Wiggins
Australia’s critical minerals list set for a major rethink
Coking coal and iron ore could be added to Australia’s critical minerals list under a definitional change hinted at by Resources Minister Madeleine King that bucks the global trend.
- Peter Ker
In a world of turmoil, Labor reassures that gas exports are a priority
Resources Minister Madeleine King says the needs of trusted partners like Japan and Korea will be central to Labor’s gas strategy.
- Peter Ker and Mark Ludlow
Fred Schebesta’s Finder claims its crypto product wasn’t money
Its lawyers laid out why the comparison website wasn’t beholden to existing regulations when it issued its now-defunct crypto product.
- Jessica Sier
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The energy transition is gridlocked, regulators have no answers
It’s crunch time for the switch to renewables and regulators are pleading with business to invest more and quickly. But progress is stalling.
- Jennifer Hewett
How 3.5m households could be ‘unsung heroes’ on road to net zero
Energy produced by solar panels on Australian households is equivalent to four Snowy Hydros, but not enough is being done to capitalise on it.
- Ben Potter
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Fortescue keeps faith in its green hydrogen unicorn hunt
Peter Coleman says buyers willing to sign up for 10-year green hydrogen contracts are like unicorns. But Fortescue’s Mark Hutchinson insists they are out there.
- James Thomson
Why BHP is against ‘sugar hit’ subsidies for critical minerals
BHP boss Mike Henry says governments will stoke investment more sustainably through policy reform than by handing out subsidies that distort markets.
- Peter Ker
Crypto FTX co-founder admits ‘we did it’
Gary Wang, co-founder of collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has told a court that he and Sam Bankman-Fried committed wire and securities fraud.
- Matthew Cranston
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Gaunt, shorn and bankrupt: fallen SBF appears in court
The former crypto mogul who once rubbed shoulders with celebrities and political leaders looked thin and was flanked by lawyers as his six-week trial began.
- Matthew Cranston
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ASIC to target boards, execs for cyber failures
The corporate regulator has put Australian business on notice that it will begin seeking punishments for hacked companies that hadn’t put sufficient protections in place.
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- Paul Smith and Ronald Mizen
How cyber criminals use ChatGPT to make better scams
AI is helping criminals compose phishing emails and could be weaponised for much worse cyber crime. But it will also help to detect threats and create defences.
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- John Davidson
