OnRamp’s AUDRamp goes live as first AUD-pegged stablecoin cryptocurrency
Shortly after the announcement of a still-unnamed AUD-pegged stablecoin from Bit Trade and Emparta, set to launch in 2019, OnRamp Technologies has gone live with the world’s first fully operational and fully compliant fiat-backed AUD stablecoin. The move comes as part of OnRamp Technologies’ broader efforts to tokenise assets as part of an ASIC-approved registered managed investment scheme. AUDRamp (AUDR) is up first, along with the slightly mind-bending ERC20 bitcoin-pegged BTCR, which is, in a sense, putting bitcoin on the Ethereum blockchain. AUDR got the stamp of approval from Australian regulators on 8 June, making it one of the earlier projects to achieve that level of formal recognition. Beyond being […]
Australian Fintech heavyweight to launch institutional-grade security token exchange in Malta
Rick Klink the founder of Paritech and OpenMarkets, Australia’s largest independent trading platform by trading volume of over AUD50 billion per annum, heads up Malta Digital Exchange (MDX) and brings his ground-breaking technology to the digital asset space. The cryptocurrency and blockchain sector saw exponential growth in 2017, now a push towards regulation will provide trust and a safe environment for institutional investors, allowing them to participate in the global economy. Security tokens are the next generation of regulated securities, which are being built on blockchain-based infrastructure rather than being restricted to legacy systems. MDX aims to become the world’s premier security token exchange, which will enable greater market efficiency, […]
CSIRO and the University of Sydney’s Red Belly Blockchain breaks new ground for speed
The University of Sydney and CSIRO’s Data61 say they have successfully created a blockchain that can process a mass amount of transactions significantly more quickly than public blockchains, such as the one behind bitcoin. New trials of the Red Belly Blockchain run on Amazon Web Services infrastructure have shown an average transaction delay of only three seconds and a throughput of 30,000 transactions per second. In comparison, bitcoin processes only three to seven transactions per second and as of August had an average confirmation time for a transaction of 10-30 minutes (during peak trading periods in January this has reached as high as almost 3000 minutes per transaction), according to […]
Cryptocurrency exchange Blockbid announce beta launch of live trading
Blockbid will be offering live crypto trading online. Its new feature, which will allow users to trade via secure means, is set for a beta launch on Sep. 28
PlayChip digital currency exchange “PlayXchange” registered
The PlayChip Foundation has been registered as the first digital currency exchange in Australia with its own native token. Last week the PlayChip Foundation Ltd was registered to provide Digital Currency Exchange services by Australian regulatory body AUSTRAC. AUSTRAC, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, is Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator and financial intelligence unit. The registration is pursuant to subsection 76E(2) of the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Act 2017 (AML/CTF Act Amendment Act 2017). The registration signals a huge step forward to the Foundation, which will operate a cryptocurrency exchange called the PlayXchange as part of a global payment solution to its more than […]
ndau: World’s first “buoyant” stablecoin cryptocurrency revealed
Meet the unpegged, uncollateralised ndau, courtesy of finely-tuned tokenomic and governance elements. Stablecoins have been proliferating in the last few months. All of them are curious and flawed creations in their own way, and there are growing concerns that stablecoins of any kind, in principle, are economically impossible. But maybe ndau can buck the trend. The coin was just unveiled today, and is perhaps the most distinctive and advanced stablecoin that has been created to date. The best of both worlds, for the best of both worlds “Stable is good. Buoyant is better,” ndau says. The ndau Collective came together as a group of early bitcoin enthusiasts who aimed to […]
Step-by-Step Guide: How to Create Your Own Cryptocurrency
Introduction Did you know, there are different forms of money? Not just real and counterfeit. Those categories were relevant in the 20th century. Now we have Cash money, digital money or money that can be accessed through online mediums, and plastic money which refers credit cards and debit cards. But in the last decade, the whole world has seen the emergence of a new form of money. It is definitely the cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies or virtual currencies are digital assets which can be used as a medium for exchange. Some notable instances of cryptocurrency are Bitcoin, Dogecoin, and Dentacoin. There are many more such cryptocurrencies available online. It is important to […]
Peppermint’s Bizmoto now remitting to India
Peppermint Innovation Limited announced its international remittance business, Bizmoto, had ‘opened’ up a transfer corridor to India, the second largest global remittance market for Australia in 2017. The activation means people living in Australia can now use Bizmoto’s online portal at www.bizmoto.com.au to send money to their family, friends or relatives in India. Bizmoto will earn revenue by collecting a transaction fee on every money transfer. According to the latest World Bank figures*, Australians transferred USD$1.944 billion to India in 2017 – ranking only second to China (USD$2.922B) as the largest global remittance market for Australia. Vietnam (USD$1.182B) ranked as the third largest global remittance market for Australians, with the […]
