Yesterday
Most FTX customers to get all their money back after catastrophic collapse
The collapsed cryptocurrency exchange says it will be able to pay off most of its investors - but the soaring price of bitcoin means they still lose.
- Michelle Chapman
This Month
ATO targets crypto traders’ tax affairs, bank details
The Tax Office is ramping up its surveillance of crypto traders, demanding that exchanges hand over details around clients’ ID, wallet addresses and bank accounts.
- Tom Richardson
- Exclusive
ASIC-investigated NGS Crypto was accused of ‘passing off’ as NGS Super
The Gold Coast-based cryptocurrency miner under investigation by the corporate watchdog was accused of passing itself off as part of a similarly named superannuation fund.
- Max Mason
Vimal Gor lands at Ellerston Capital
Street Talk understands the former Pendal fixed-income veteran has landed at Ashok Jacob’s funds management shop.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
April
Gold Coast crypto-miner assets seized amid fears $60m would vanish
The corporate watchdog is alleging the firms providing financial advice without a licence, encouraging investment in crypto products.
- Max Mason
How Australians are unlocking their crypto riches
Surging valuations mean many want ways to borrow cash against their digital windfalls, and one altcoin evangelist claims he has a solution.
- Tom Richardson
Bitcoin ‘halving’ cuts supply of new tokens
The bitcoin halving could deal a potential blow to the companies that make money by ensuring that the digital currency functions smoothly and securely.
- David Pan
Next bitcoin halving is different for this one reason
The fourth bitcoin halving is imminent, but it’s already looking very different from previous cycles.
- Joshua Peach
- Opinion
- Investing
Why no one cares Trump’s soaring media stock is actually a dud
The more an asset price is disconnected from its fundamentals, the more potential it has to go “to the moon”.
- Jemima Kelly
BlackRock dominates in Australia as billions flood into crypto ETFs
Brokers say the iShares product operated by BlackRock is the most popular among local investors, with inflows continuing despite volatile prices.
- Joshua Peach
- Opinion
- Jerome Powell
Why gold is rallying and bitcoin is not
Gold has hit a record high as investors seek insurance against stubborn inflation, but bitcoin has been dealt a blow this week as rate cut hopes have dimmed.
- Karen Maley
- Opinion
- UK
Bankman-Fried’s jailing a warning shot to crypto industry
The 25-year sentence for the former crypto mogul sends a crucial message to an industry that’s still yet to complete the clean-up it sorely needs.
- Updated
- Lionel Laurent
March
Fallen crypto king Sam Bankman-Fried sentenced to 25 years in prison
“A lot of people feel really let down, and they were very let down, and I am sorry about that,” Bankman Fried told the court.
- Updated
- Matthew Cranston
The mystery of the mansion and the $2.7b bitcoin haul
What were two Chinese women doing in a rented mansion in London with an astronomical amount of cryptocurrency?
- Kadhim Shubber and Eri Sugiura
Bitcoin tops $US70,000 again after slumping on ETF outflows
The largest digital currency jumped more than 5 per cent after almost $1.4 billion was yanked from exchange-traded funds last week.
- David Pan
FTX’s new boss blasts Bankman-Fried’s ‘delusional life’
Ahead of his sentencing, John Ray said the crypto exchange’s founder is wrong to say customers will be made whole. “The harm was vast. The remorse is nonexistent.”
- Larry Neumeister
- Exclusive
Clayton Utz dropped bitcoin ‘creator’ over document integrity
Big six law firm Clayton Utz dropped a company associated with Craig Wright because it was concerned about “the integrity of documents” the claimed creator of bitcoin gave it and the Australian Taxation Office.
- Max Mason and Andrew Burke
US seeks up to 50-year prison sentence for Sam Bankman-Fried
The 32-year-old is scheduled to be sentenced in Manhattan federal court on March 28 for his November conviction on fraud and conspiracy charges.
- Larry Neumeister
- Exclusive
- Bitcoin
ATO papers allege claimed Bitcoin ‘creator’ doctored documents
Self-claimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright allegedly made than $3 million in false R&D tax claims for his technology companies before leaving Australia in 2015.
- Max Mason and Andrew Burke
Australian Craig Wright did not invent bitcoin, UK judge rules
In a surprise snap verdict, an English judge said Wright was not bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, potentially ending almost a decade of fevered speculation.
- Updated
- Hans van Leeuwen