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Cash-to-Crypto Industry Dominated by ATMs Is a Law-Enforcement Concern: TRM Labs

Since 2019, the cash-to-crypto industry– which is dominated by crypto ATMs – has processed at least $160 million in illicit trades, TRM Labs said.

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TON Back Online After Near Six Hour Outage; Trump Releases Fourth Drop of His NFT Trading Cards

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as the TON blockchain resumes producing blocks after a nearly six-hour outage caused by a surge in network traffic. Plus, Australians lost $122 million of crypto to investment scams in just 12 months, and Trump is out with another collection of digital trading card NFTs.

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Australians Lost $122M Worth of Crypto to Scams in 12 Months: Police

AFP Assistant Commissioner Richard Chin said the data revealed that it was a misnomer that only older people were victims of scams.

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Australia's Securities Regulator Wins Case Against Kraken's Local Operator

The Judge ruled that Bit Trade Pty Ltd. issued its financial product to retail clients without having first made a target market determination for the product.

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Australian Securities Regulator Nabbed More Than 600 Crypto Investment Scams in a Year

The hustles amounted to about 9% of the total fraudulent platforms taken down in the first year of an investment scam disruption program.

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Australia's Securities Regulator Sues ASX for Misleading Statements About Blockchain Project

ASIC sued on Tuesday and has not yet determined what penalty it will be seeking, but the Australian Financial Review (AFR) reported that ASX faces a maximum penalty of more than A$500 million.

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Coinbase Concerned About 'Ongoing Regulation by Enforcement' in Australia, Despite 'Healthy' Regulator Talks

Last month, a senior regulator warned an audience of industry goers to fall in line with the precedents set in the recent cases it has filed against crypto entities.

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VanEck Exec on Spot Bitcoin ETF Launch in Australia

VanEck Australia's Head of Investments & Capital Markets Jamie Hannah joins Markets Daily with the latest update on the launch of spot bitcoin ETFs in Australia. Plus, insights on the regulatory environment and crypto adoption in the country.

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Why Australia Won't Have a Spot SOL ETF Any Time Soon

Jamie Hannah, Head of Investments & Capital Markets at VanEck Australia, weighs in on the launch of spot bitcoin ETF in Australia and whether the crypto regulatory framework in the country is ready for ETF products of other digital assets including ETH and SOL.

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Australian Securities Exchange Gives Green Light to DigitalX's Bitcoin ETF

DigitalX Bitcoin ETF will trade on the ASX as BTXX

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