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• Who gets your Bitcoin once you kick the bucket?

  The NSW Law Reform Commission will review laws around access to a person’s social media accounts and ‘digital assets’ after they die.

• New blockchain targeting sustainable development economy

  Ian Jones describes corporate social responsibility funding as a ‘grudging obligation’ that, as it currently stands, achieves very little apart from being an exercise in good PR.

• Cryptocurrency prices are all in the mind

  ​The volatility of cryptocurrencies has become something of a joke. The fact its value bounces around like a kangaroo in a clown car has given rise to countless memes about the emotional toll of being an investor.

• Crypto-currency miners to plug straight into power station in blockchain hub proposal

  IOT Group is seeking to establish a hub for crypto-currency miners that will plug directly into a Hunter Valley power station if it is recommissioned.

• Twitter to ban cryptocurrency ads

  Twitter Inc will start banning cryptocurrency advertising from Tuesday, joining Facebook and Google in a clampdown that seeks to avoid giving publicity to potential fraud or large investor losses.

• U.K. unveils new plan for cryptoassets

  Britain announced a task force on Thursday to exploit the technology underpinning cryptoassets, such as bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, as part of new plans to help fintech companies find more customers.

• G20 to monitor cryptocurrencies

  Financial policymakers from the world's top 20 economies agreed to keep a watchful eye on cryptocurrencies on Tuesday and opened the door to regulating the booming industry at a later stage.

• Aussies pay over $50K in Bitcoin to fake ATO tax debt scammers

  ​The ATO warns taxpayers to be on the lookout for scammers impersonating the agency and demanding Bitcoin or other cryptocurrency as payment.

• BMW using blockchain to prove batteries use clean cobalt

  Automaker BMW is working with a London-based start-up to use transaction-recording technology blockchain to prove batteries for its electric vehicles will contain only clean cobalt, the start-up's CEO said.

• Everything you think you know about blockchain is wrong: 6 common myths

  There’s obviously value in the blockchain but what are the common myths that many undermine the technology? Forrester analysts uncover six common blockchain myths.

• Researchers to be rewarded with cryptocurrency

  A group of academics and technology experts will soon launch a blockchain-powered network that will reward quality research with its own cryptocurrency called Mosaic.

• CBA cancels credit card spending on crypto currencies

  ​Commonwealth Bank of Australia customers are no longer able to use their credit cards to buy virtual currencies, after the bank put a halt to the practice.

• Bitcoin drops below $7000

  Digital currency bitcoin fell more than 15 percent on Monday to a nearly three-month low amid a slew of concerns ranging from a global regulatory clampdown to a ban on using credit cards to buy bitcoin by British and U.S. banks.

• Facebook banning crytocurrency ads

  Facebook said it will ban ads promoting financial products and services tied to cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings.

• Cryptocurrency prices drop following regulatory crackdown concerns

  Bitcoin slid as much as 18 percent on Tuesday to a four-week low, as worries about a regulatory crackdown on the market spread after reports suggested it was still possible that South Korea could ban trading in cryptocurrencies.