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ASX sued over prior statements about its now-abandoned blockchain project

DIGIT — Wed, 14 Aug 2024 04:31:49 +0000

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has sued the stock exchange for alleged “misleading statements” it made over its abandoned blockchain upgrade plan.

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ASX’s first Bitcoin ETF taps $1.3M volume on first trading day

DIGIT — Thu, 20 Jun 2024 06:33:48 +0000

The first Bitcoin ETF on Australia’s main stock exchange traded 96,476 shares throughout the day.

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Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Approved Listing Its First Bitcoin ETF

DIGIT — Mon, 17 Jun 2024 10:04:01 +0000

Vaneck, a global investment firm, has announced the launch of the Vaneck Bitcoin ETF (VBTC), the first Bitcoin exchange-traded-fund on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). Set to commence trading on June 20, 2024, the ETF is touted as the most cost-effective Bitcoin fund exposure in Australia. Arian Neiron, Vaneck’s CEO for the Asia-Pacific region, emphasized […]

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Australian stock exchange may consider listing tokenized real-world assets

DIGIT — Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:09:53 +0000

The tokenized asset would need to be “appropriately backed” but could “absolutely” be listed in the future, said ASX chief information officer Dan Chesterman.

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31% of young Aussies hold crypto despite being ‘risk averse’ — ASX survey

DIGIT — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 05:15:57 +0000

While young Australians are more interested in crypto, it’s the 25 to 49 year-olds who own the most.

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‘Killer use case’: Citi says trillions in assets could be tokenized by 2030

DIGIT — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:59:01 +0000

The bank predicts the private equity market to become the most “tokenized” asset class because it is more liquid and can be fractionalized.

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Aussie stock exchange abandons blockchain plans, leaving $170M hole

DIGIT — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 05:19:41 +0000

The blockchain-backed upgrade in the works for nearly five years has potentially cost Australia’s primary exchange over $170 million.

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Australian Securities Exchange takes step towards tokenized asset trading

DIGIT — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 05:38:02 +0000

“There’s a strong value proposition here that we can essentially tokenize any asset and bridge that into the ASX ecosystem,” said Zerocap CEO Ryan McCall.

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Three new crypto ETFs to begin trading in Australia this week

DIGIT — Tue, 10 May 2022 01:59:22 +0000

Australians will soon have five options for cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds as the delayed funds from Cosmos and 21Shares launch this week along with 3iQ’s in the future.

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ASX sounds crypto exchange custody warning, calls for better regulations

DIGIT — Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:15:28 +0000

The Australia Securities Exchange says crypto investors in the country need to be mindful of the dangers of holding their cryptocurrencies on exchange platforms.

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