Australia’s big banks pull plug on bitcoin companies
[1] Australia’s giant banks have closed accounts of bitcoin companies in response to tougher rules on money laundering and terrorism finance – forcing at least 13 digital currency provider...
MasterCard Executive Argues Bitcoin Can’t Be Trusted
[1] In a new video, MasterCard’s president for South East Asia Matthew Driver expressed a strong admonition towards digital currencies such as bitcoins, exclaiming that these causes more trouble. [2...
Stellar focused on making the financial system more inclusive
[1] Non-profit organization, Stellar.org has created Stellar, a new digital currency, which takes on a “participatory democracy” concept and employs it into financial systems. [2] The orga...
An Australian geek’s Snapchat payday
Jeremy Liew, Australia’s representative for the 1988 International Math Olympiad, is staking $US500,000 on Snapchat. Snapchat is making big names in the social media world, even Facebook tried b...