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VanEck's Spot Bitcoin ETF Goes Live on Australia's Biggest Stock Exchange

The VanEck Bitcoin ETF rose 1% on its debut after trading 99,791 shares.

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Juridique

Australian Securities Exchange Gives Its First Approval of a Spot Bitcoin Listing to VanEck

The fund will provide investors exposure to bitcoin by investing in the VanEck Bitcoin Trust ('HODL') which is a United States ETF listed on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc (Cboe).

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Vidéos

Fed Sees Just One Rate Cut This Year; CRV Slides as Curve’s Founder Faces Liquidation Risk

"CoinDesk Daily" host Michele Musso breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as the U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday that it expects just one rate cut this year. Plus, Australia's regulators are looking to include stablecoin legislation into its legislative bill for the digital assets sector and the CRV token plunges as Curve founder faces multi-million dollar liquidation risk.

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Australia's Treasury to Include Stablecoin Rules in Crypto Bill Draft, ASIC's Warning For Crypto Entities

"How recently have you consulted with your lawyers about where the law currently?" asked an ASIC representative while speaking to an audience of crypto industry-goers.

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Australian Regulator Scolded Over 'Misleading' Release, Must Pay Costs as Block Earner Avoids Penalty

Block Earner doesn't need to pay a penalty because it acted honestly in seeking to engage with government over regulation of crypto-related products and services.

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President Biden Vetoes Resolution Overturning SEC Guidance; Michael Saylor's $40M Settlement

"CoinDesk Daily" host Helene Braun breaks down the biggest headlines impacting the crypto industry today, as President Joe Biden announced last Friday that he has signed a veto of a House Joint Resolution that would have repealed the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin 121. Plus, MicroStrategy founder Michael Saylor agrees to a $40 million settlement in his income tax case and Australia's first spot bitcoin ETF with direct BTC holdings is set to launch on Tuesday.

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Australia's First Spot Bitcoin ETF With Direct BTC Holdings to Go Live on Tuesday

Australia already has two exchange-traded products providing exposure to spot crypto assets on Cboe Australia but they do not hold bitcoin directly.

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Juridique

Coinbase to Target Australia's Self-Managed Pension Funds: Bloomberg

“We are working on an offering to service those clients really well on a one-off basis — to have them trade with us and stay with us," a Coinbase official said.

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Australia’s Tax Office Tells Crypto Exchanges to Hand Over Transaction Details of 1.2 Million Accounts: Reuters

The ATO said the data will help identify traders who failed to report their cryptocurrency-related activities.

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Australian Court Hands Win to Market Regulator in Case Against Qoin Blockchain, But There is a Catch

Part of this case was ASIC's allegation that the Qoin Blockchain and the Qoin Wallets constituted one single scheme but the court disagreed.

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