Bitcoin’s unprecedented growth and recent shift into the mainstreamΒ financial sectorΒ has many governments around the world increasingly worried. Australia has become the latest country to impose restrictions on digital currencies. Those who operate bitcoin exchanges in Australia will now have to register with Australia’s anti-money laundering agency, AUSTRAC. This new directive will also affect all other digital currencies that operate within the domain of the country. The latest development was born out of legislation that was Read More The post Bitcoin Exchanges in Australia Will Have to Register with the Government appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.



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