Specialty Group: Blockchain & Cryptocurrency

The first annual report on scams by the National Anti-Scam Centre revealed that in 2023, Australians lodged over 601,000 scam reports, seeing an increase of 18.5% from 2022. Despite the volume of reports increasing, over ...

Michael Bacina and Luke Higgins of the Piper Alderman Blockchain Group bring you the latest legal, regulatory and project updates in Blockchain and Digital Law. After first commencing a civil action against BPS Financia ...

ASIC Chair Joe Longo outlined ASIC’s stance in relation to cryptocurrency in a recent interview with Sky News: …people think crypto is not regulated. It is regulated. It may not be completely regulated, which is why ...

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has published a research paper exploring the merits of a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC), focusing on the extent to which consumers would value having access to a digital f ...