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• IT leaders share top line predictions for 2020

  With 2020 just around the corner, a handful of IT leaders dished out some pivotal tech predictions they say will have an impact on the IT and business landscape next year.

• Jaguar Land Rover to give drivers crypto in exchange for car data

  Drivers could earn cryptocurrency credit by enabling their vehicles to report road condition data, in a trial being run by manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (JLR).

• 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.

• Cryptocurrency exchange theft losses could rise to $1.5B this year

  Theft of cryptocurrencies from exchanges soared in the first half of this year to three times the level seen for the whole of 2017, leading to a three-fold increase in associated money laundering, according to a report from U.S.-based cybersecurity firm CipherTrace released on Tuesday.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 3 reasons cybercriminals ‘strategically’ target companies: report

  Cybercriminals continue to ‘follow the money’ as they refine and target attacks against businesses for greater financial return, with extortion attempts likely on the rise, according to a new global report by Trend Micro.

• Cryptocurrency 'pump and dump' schemes ripping off investors: US regulator

  The U.S. derivatives regulator warned investors on Thursday about cryptocurrency "pump-and-dump" scams that aim to rip off investors by inflating the price of volatile virtual tokens through spreading bogus information.

• 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.

• CBA hints at plan to import "commercialised blockchain"

  ​Commonwealth Bank of Australia has hinted at plans to import the “commercialised blockchain solution” it has successfully trialed in South Africa.

• 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.