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Australia’s Commonwealth Bank Lets Customers Trade Crypto Directly Through Its App

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The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), the country’s biggest bank, is providing customers with the ability to buy, sell, and hold crypto assets directly through its app. The bank has partnered with crypto exchange Gemini and blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis to provide crypto services. Commonwealth Bank Begins Offering Crypto Services Commonwealth Bank (CBA), also known … Read more

Leading Australian Banks Allow Customers to Purchase Cryptocurrencies

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Three of Australia’s ‘big four’ banks have issued comments regarding their respective policy positions with regards to their customers’ ability to purchase cryptocurrency using accounts issued by said banks. The statements come weeks after reports surfaced detailing an apparent banking embargo on the part of Australian banks targeting cryptocurrency businesses. Also Read: Australian Freeze: Big Aussie … Read more

Analysts Point to Regulatory Vacuum as Driving Australian Cryptocurrency Banking Woes

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There are increasingly publicized challenges posed to the Australian cryptocurrency industry by the country’s ‘big four’ banks’ refusal to provide financial services to crypto companies. Many analysts are speculating that the issue will become the catalyst for the development of detailed regulations for the virtual currency era, arguing that the opaque nature of the current … Read more