Australia’s world-leading crypto laws are at the crossroads: The inside story

Australia’s world-leading crypto laws are at the crossroads: The inside story

As crypto winter sets in once more, industry players in Australia, one of the worlds most crypto-friendly nations, watch closely for a shift in the regulatory climate.Anthony Albanese, the new Australian Labor Party prime minister, has made regulating crypto a top priority. However, neither he nor his cabinet has given a clear indication of how it may approach the unregulated space.  No word yet on whether Australia’s innovative crypto legislation will go through.  Labor campaigned for government without a policy for cryptocurrency, says Senator Andrew Bragg, a member of the Liberal Party,....


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