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| May 2, 2022 | Australia's Longest-Running Crypto Exchange Has Treat for Shiba Inu Fans | CoinJar, the longest-running cryptocurrency exchange in Australia, has announced a Shiba Inu-themed promotional campaign on the occasion of its ninth anniversary.
According to the announcement, users who make a single trade on the CoinJar a... |
| Feb 24, 2022 | Are Crypto Investors Savvy or Suckers? The UK’s Tax and Financial Regulators Don’t Agree | Are crypto investors financially savvy investors who are capable of understanding the nuances of blockchain, Web 3 and decentralized finance? Or are they mostly vulnerable, uneducated speculators who are being taken advantage of?
The Financ... |
| Nov 9, 2021 | Mastercard Teams Up With Three Asian Crypto Companies To Launch Bitcoin Payment Cards | Customers in Asia Pacific will soon be able to apply for crypto-linked Mastercard credit, debit or ... [+] prepaid cards. AFP via Getty Images |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Crypto Exchange CoinJar Secures UK FCA Registration, Advocates For License in Australia | The U.K. subsidiary of Australia’s longest-running crypto exchange has received registration from the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and is pushing for similar licensing in Australia.
CoinJar UK, which is based in London, joins a ... |
| Aug 5, 2021 | Crypto analytics firm Messari concludes $21M Series A led by Point72 Ventures
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says proposed crypto tax rule makes no sense
Blockchain embraces gold to provide stability and growth for crypto assets
Swisscom will become a Chainlink node operator
Simplifying Web3 a ... | Cryptocurrency market intelligence provider Messari has concluded a $21 million fundraise that was supported by some of the biggest venture firms in blockchain, once again highlighting growing investor appetite for budding crypto startups.
... |
| Oct 10, 2017 | 10 Fast Growing Fintechs in Australia and New Zealand | IDC Financial Insights today unveiled a list of 10 fast growing fintechs in Australia and New Zealand (A/NZ) as part of the broader FinTech 101 list for Asia/Pacific.
“IDC’s FinTech Fast 101” refers to the fast-growing fintech players in As... |
| Nov 23, 2015 | How we built Australia’s largest fintech community | Last week over 300 people attended Fintech Melbourne’s inaugural pitch night at the Melbourne Town Hall, and with over 1100 members we’re fortunate enough now to have become Australia’s largest fintech community group.
But it wasn’t always ... |
| Sep 15, 2015 | Blackbird looking to invest $200 million | Blackbird Ventures is on the hunt for “dramatically ambitious” startups after announcing a second venture fund round of $200 million, the biggest of its kind ever seen in Australia.
It’s a big step up from Blackbird’s first round of $30 mil... |
| Jul 31, 2015 | Bitcoin winners starting to break free: CoinJar founder | Winners and losers have been chosen from the first wave of bitcoin startups, according to CoinJar founder Asher Tan.
The Melbourne founded startup which has a presence in the UK, is a bitcoin exchange and wallet provider, allowing individua... |
| Jun 10, 2015 | Five fintech startups to watch in 2015 | An increasing number of fintech startups are springing up in Australia as those in the banking sector decide to unshackle themselves from their day jobs and launch their own technology companies.
The interest in financial technology is most... |
| Feb 4, 2015 | CoinJar releases new version of iPhone app to improve bitcoin experience | Bitcoin startup CoinJar has released a new version of its iPhone app, a key component in making bitcoin more accessible to the general public.
Apart from a sleek, more attractive design, the new app also includes a handy new “request paymen... |
| Dec 19, 2014 | The top 10 Aussie startups of 2014 | It’s been a big year for the Australian startup ecosystem. Success stories like Atlassian and Campaign Monitor continue to go from strength to strength and the ecosystem is growing. According to the Australian Private Equity and Venture Cap... |
| Dec 2, 2014 | Why CoinJar really relocated to the UK | Everyone loves to talk about bitcoin, so it was no surprise eyebrows were raised when Australian bitcoin exchange startup CoinJar confirmed it had shifted its headquarters to the UK.
CoinJar is now incorporated as CoinJar UK Limited and has... |
| Nov 17, 2014 | Bitcoin evangelist set to head Down Under | Few can explain bitcoin and the blockchain with the eloquence of Andreas Antonopoulos and next week he’ll be in Australia to discuss all things digital currency.
Antonopoulos will be speaking at The Bitcoin Address in Sydney and Melbourne n... |
| Nov 6, 2014 | Cryptocurrency tipping could be the key to monetising online content | Dogecoin and cryptocurrencies could offer the best solution to monetising online content, a problem that has plagued the media for years, according to Blackbird Ventures managing director Rick Baker.
The Sydney-based venture capital firm ha... |
| Oct 8, 2014 | Bitcoin startups get their own co-working space | A new co-working space is opening up in Melbourne, aimed specifically at startups operating in bitcoin, and desk space will be available for free until the end of the year.
Melbourne-based bitcoin arbitrage fund Bitcoins Reserve is financin... |
| Oct 2, 2014 | ATO guidance on GST treatment of bitcoin at the top of agenda as Senate inquiry is officially announced | A Senate committee inquiry into bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies must examine the ATO’s guidance requiring Australian bitcoin exchanges to charge GST on the full value of the bitcoins they supply to Australian residents, industry figures ... |
| Sep 17, 2014 | CoinJar pioneers Australia’s first bitcoin EFTPOS card | Leading Australian bitcoin startup CoinJar has begun trialling Australia’s first bitcoin EFTPOS card, which co-founder and chief executive officer Asher Tan says is a “huge step” for adoption of the cryptocurrency in Australia.
Users open a... |
| Jul 11, 2014 | Exploring the nascent future of Bitcoin (VIDEO) | In terms of a life-cycle of technology, it is easy to see Bitcoin as being at the same developmental stage as babies going through the “terrible twos”. All of its technological possibility lies ahead, nobody is sure what particular path it ... |
| Jul 3, 2014 | Australians leading the charge on crypto-currency | While the Australian Tax Office labours over whether or not it should classify bitcoin as money or property, here are some of the Australian companies and individuals already operating on the cutting edge of the crypto-currency space.
Jacks... |
| Jun 24, 2014 | Australian banks need to get serious about bitcoin before it’s too late | The Australian banking and financial sector need to take Bitcoin seriously if they don’t want to be left behind, according to Coinjar co-founder and chief executive officer Asher Tan.
“In Australia especially, we’ve seen traditional publish... |
| Jun 19, 2014 | Show me the money! Four Australian disruptive financial services startups to watch | According to SEEK co-founder and Square Peg chief executive Paul Bassat, payments are the “holy grail of innovation”. He made the comment at The Australian Financial Review and Macquarie Future Forum on Tuesday, where some of Australia’s le... |
| Jun 18, 2014 | Show me the money! Four Australian disruptive financial services startups to watch | According to SEEK co-founder and Square Peg chief executive Paul Bassat, payments are the “holy grail of innovation”. He made the comment at The Australian Financial Review and Macquarie Future Forum on Tuesday, where some of Australia’s le... |
| May 22, 2014 | Bitcoin gets wave and pay treatment | Diamond Circle, a Brisbane-based startup that offers debit cards and cashless ATMs for bitcoin, is set to enter the UK and US, forgoing the local market which it claims is lagging.
Diamond Circle uses near-field communication technology, li... |
| May 8, 2014 | CoinJar Abandons Bank Transfers for Bill-Payments Service BPAY | Australia-based bitcoin wallet and exchange service CoinJar is gearing up to switch to electronic bill payment system BPAY as the sole means of topping up its 'Filler' balances with fiat currency.
In a recent blog post, the company outlined... |
| Mar 28, 2014 | Stripe looks at accepting bitcoin, but Australians will have to wait | Online payments company Stripe is running a trial with US customers that allows them to accept bitcoin payments, but there is no definite date as to when this will be available in Australia.
Still a controversial currency, bitcoin has slowl... |
| Mar 26, 2014 | Meet the finalists for the Best Disrupter award at the 2014 StartupSmart awards | Disruptive has become a buzzword in the startup community, thrown around by any new company wanting a piece of a crowded marketplace.
But some ideas and companies actually do disrupt their industries. This award celebrates the companies tha... |
| Mar 20, 2014 | What’s a beer cost in bitcoins? Sydney gathering discusses the future of bitcoin | PushstartAU founder John Haining was at Australia’s first Bitcoin Barcamp held in Sydney over the weekend. Here’s what he thought.
“Bitcoin is not money under Australian tax law,” said tax lawyer Matthew Cridland of DLA Piper.
Attendees als... |
| Dec 2, 2013 | CoinJar Raises AUD$500K in Equity Funding | CoinJar, a Melbourne, Australia-based consumer Bitcoin exchange and digital wallet provider, raised AUD$500k in equity funding.
The round was led by Niki Scevak of Blackbird Ventures, with participation from Torsten Hoffman, RetailMeNot fou... |
| Dec 1, 2013 | Australian Bitcoin Exchange CoinJar Gets A$500k in Venture Funding | Melbourne, Australia-based startup CoinJar announced it will receive “Australia’s first major bitcoin investment”, signing a deal with local venture capital firm Blackbird Ventures to the tune of A$500,000 (US$455,000). The money will come ... |
