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Block Earner became the first crypto-focused platform in Australia to receive an Australian Credit Licence from Australian Securities and Investments Commission, allowing it to directly offer regulated lending products backed by digital assets.

Australia is set to crack down on tax concessions for property investors, as it looks to ease generational inequality and rein in the budget deficit. Treasurer Jim Chalmers is due to unveil the federal budget Tuesday, anchored by a flagship housing package. Bloomberg's Paul Allen reports on Australia's property obsession and speaks to ANU's Jill Sheppard about what's at stake.

Australia is reportedly preparing major capital gains tax reforms that could significantly affect cryptocurrency investors and other long-term asset holders.

Coinbase has launched crypto support for Australia’s self-managed super funds (SMSFs), aiming to tap into a A$1.05 trillion retirement sector seeking digital asset exposure.

Fortescue Deputy Chairman Mark Barnaba speaks to Bloomberg TV about rising costs from the Iran war, China's growing influence, and the miner's push to replace diesel with renewable energy. Barnaba speaks to Bloomberg's Haslinda Amin exclusively from the Bank of America's Breakthrough Technology Dialogue Asia Pacific in Singapore.

Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers tells Bloomberg TV that the global economy faces a "really dangerous moment" as the Middle East conflict threatens to accelerate inflation and drag on activity.

Coinbase expands in Australia after securing an AFSL from ASIC, launching crypto and equity perpetuals.

As homeownership drifts further out of reach, governments are looking for new ways to help first-time buyers come up with the money. In Australia, economist Saul Eslake argues that letting buyers tap retirement savings or reduce down payments only puts more upward pressure on prices. In Singapore, economist Sumit Agarwal points to a very different system: mandatory savings there can be used for housing, but steep taxes discourage buying second and third homes. Through the experiences of first-time buyers Jordan Davies in Melbourne and Jeff Chie in Singapore, the story explores whether easier access to capital really helps people buy homes or simply makes housing even more expensive.

Goldman Sachs Chair and CEO David Solomon discusses the market reaction to the Iran attacks, his views on AI and why he is keeping an eye on the private credit market. He speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade."

"We're watching very closely to see if there's been a little bit too much aggression, frothiness," Goldman Sachs Chair and CEO David Solomon says when asked about credit markets during an interview with Haidi Stroud-Watts on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade."