The Australian government proposed a set of reforms, which seek to close a gap in regulation and bring digital currency exchange providers under the remit of the Australian Transactions and Reporting Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC).
This move comes months after Australia ended a “double tax on bitcoin purchases, a policy shift that was long sought by members of the countrys cryptocurrency community.
Australias decision follows similar moves in China and Japan.
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