- ASX200 closes 0.46% lower at 6885.20 points.
- Openpay launches ?Buy now. Pay smarter? offering through Officeworks.
- Betmakers soars on partnership with Matt Tripp.
The Aussie market closed the midweek session 0.46% lower at 6885.20 points, dragged by gold miners.
Tech stocks finished in the red as Appen lost more than 9%, Afterpay shed nearly 4% and Nextdc finished 3.23% lower.
Bitcoin is trading around US$49,300 at 4:30pm AEDT. The overnight record high above US$50,000 boosted Bitcoin?s YTD growth to 68.3%.
Despite Afterpay, Zip Co and other BNPL players taking a dive, Openpay surged nearly 5% after launching its "Buy now. Pay smarter" integration with Officeworks.
Betmakers soared more than 15% to a record high after the the announcement of a partnership with Sportsbet and BetEasy founder Matt Tripp.
Mr Tripp will be contracted as a strategic advisor to pursue transformational deals and possible expansion in the US.
Making headlines, Instagram has deleted the account of controversial Australian Chef Pete Evans for "repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines". Evans had his Facebook account deleted in December for the same reason.