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This Bill will bring digital currency exchanges within the AML/CTF regime and under the regulatory oversight of AUSTRAC.

Insurers should actively prepare for blockchain innovations which are emerging as game-changers in the insurance industry.

The ATO announced that it has been cracking down on the profits made from cryptocurrency investing and trading.

A key benefit of the computer program, ChatGPT, is its ability to analyze financial data quickly and accurately.

Bitcoin enables peer-to-peer transactions, facilitating payments directly, and not via a bank or financial institution.

'Regulating digital asset platforms - exposure draft legislation' (the Consultation Paper).

ICOs can allow investors to use cryptocurrency to purchase coins or tokens relating to a specific product or project.

Potential investors should be aware that the regulatory landscape for cryptocurrency is likely to shift in 2022.

A policy principle period was declared until 2 October 2018 to allow DCEs time to comply with their new obligations.

IP Australia has updated its Patent Manual following the High Court's decision in Aristocrat Technologies, providing clearer guidance on patentability of computer-implemented inventions. While the changes don't broadly expand patentability for software inventions, they establish a more structured framework for applicants to challenge narrow claim characterizations during examination, particularly in sectors like fintech, AI, and digital services.

The article considers tax ramifications of buying and selling cryptocurrency - as an investment or as trading stock.

What is crypto for tax purposes? What is the correct tax treatment? Case study included.

DeFi, or decentralised finance, is the antithesis of the traditional regulatory system (the banks and the government).

The article analyses the potential regulatory framework that crypto, web3 and blockchain-based businesses must consider.

The Australian Treasury recently released an Issues Paper which forms part of its review into Initial Coin Offerings.

AUSTRAC has taken enforcement action against several remittance & DCE providers for failures to comply with reporting obligations within required timeframes.

The law requires companies to respond to the ever-developing technology involved in cyber risk management.