Blockearner launches Australia’s first crypto-backed lending product using Fireblocks

The datacentre deal could reshape Australia's copyright laws, affecting AI innovation and market dynamics amid heightened tech scrutiny. The post Australia’s $50B datacentre deal sparks copyright controversy appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Google's NotebookLM is adding a new way to catch up on your notes: TikTok-style AI videos. The new feature is rolling out to Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers, allowing NotebookLM to generate 60-second vertical AI clips based on the sources you upload to the app. The example shared by Google details Australia's unsuccessful war on emus, pairing paper cutout-style AI art of emus with narration. It adds to some of the other ways NotebookLM lets you interact with your research, including by generating AI podcasts, cinematic videos, and visual explainers. Doom scrolling but make it educational 🤓 Introducing Short Video Overviews in Notebo … Read the full story at The Verge.

Australia’s crypto travel rule starts July 1, forcing exchanges to collect sender and receiver data on virtual asset transfers.

From July, crypto exchanges operating in Australia will prompt for additional information on all outgoing and incoming transfers.

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Australian digital asset firms have until Sept. 30, 2026, to apply for or vary licenses after ASIC extended no-action relief for eligible crypto services, expanding coverage to more authorization arrangements while retaining enforcement powers after receiving about 30 licence applications. Digital Asset Firms Receive More Time to Seek AFS Licensing Australian digital asset firms have […]

Australia’s Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) has uncovered an attack on a critical infrastructure operator’s network. State-sponsored actors had compromised the network and were preparing to sabotage it, according to its director general, Mike Burgess. Other countries face similar cyber-threats to critical infrastructure. It’s impossible to exaggerate the danger that the country is facing from cyberattacks on its infrastructure, he said, presenting ASIO’s annual threat assessment this week. “We categorize them into ‘threats to life’ and ‘threats to our way of life,’” he said. In this case, the hackers had gained access to login details and passwords for active users of the networks, including the IT professionals guarding it. ASIO had set up a specific team to deal with the issue of cyber sabotage. Australia isn’t alone in facing threats from the same state actors, Burgess said. “We struggle to find a single country in our region that has not been compromised by this state’s

The extension provides temporary relief for crypto firms, but the looming regulatory changes could reshape Australia's digital asset landscape. The post Australian financial regulator extends no-action period for crypto licensing until September 30 appeared first on Crypto Briefing.