BITS OF BLOCKS
BLOCKCHAIN, LAW AND REGULATION
Steven Pettigrove, Partner, Piper Alderman
Michael Bacina, Partner, Travers Thorp Alberga
Singapore proposes common standards for digital money
On 20 June 2023, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) published a whitepaper proposing common conditions and standards for the use...
Stables and Mastercard saddle up for USDC point of sale payments
Stables, Australia's home-grown payment provider has entered into a deal to permit users to spend their stablecoins anywhere Mastercard...
RBA bags bumper response to CBDC pilot
in a speech last week, Brad Jones, the Assistant Governor (Financial System) of Australia's central bank (the RBA) examined the risks and...
Kiwis consult on the future of money
New Zealand's central bank (the RBNZ) has launched a consultation on the future money focusing on the risks and opportunities posed by...
Square joins Circle on USDC remittance project
Last week TBD, the bitcoin-focused subsidiary of payment services firm Block (the parent entity of Square) confirmed its partnership with...
A$DC used in Carbon Credit purchase
On Monday, the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) announced the first purchase of tokenised Australian carbon credits using...
75% of US Retail merchants planning to accept crypto
Deloitte recently published a report that looked into the overall attitudes and investments in the adoption of digital currency payment...
PayPal explores issuing a stablecoin
American financial services institution Paypal is looking to launch its own stablecoin. Evidence of this was found within the source code...
Home run swing: bitcoin as payment for Perth Heat
The Perth Heat, a team in the Australian Baseball League, has announced it will become the first professional sporting club to pay its...