<description>&lt;p&gt;This week on The Fin podcast, James Eyers on why Donald Trump is a crypto bro, whether Bitcoin&amp;rsquo;s price will stay at these record levels and how regulators are playing catch up.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;This podcast is sponsored by &lt;a href="https://www.aussiebroadband.com.au/enterprise/" data-stringify-link="https://www.aussiebroadband.com.au/enterprise/" data-sk="tooltip_parent"&gt;Aussie Broadband&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Further reading:&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong data-stringify-type="bold"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/asic-moves-to-expand-its-oversight-of-crypto-and-digital-assets-20241202-p5kv0w" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/asic-moves-to-expand-its-oversight-of-crypto-and-digital-assets-20241202-p5kv0w" data-sk="tooltip_parent"&gt;ASIC moves to expand its oversight of crypto and digital assets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;The corporate regulator&amp;rsquo;s new guidance outlines more than a dozen examples of how it intends to assess what is in &amp;ndash; and out &amp;ndash; of financial services laws.&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong data-stringify-type="bold"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/a-bitcoin-convention-in-sydney-rings-crypto-alarm-bells-20241127-p5ktym" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/companies/financial-services/a-bitcoin-convention-in-sydney-rings-crypto-alarm-bells-20241127-p5ktym" data-sk="tooltip_parent"&gt;A bitcoin convention in Sydney rings crypto alarm bells&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Bitcoin is up almost 130 per cent this year and the US election result put a rocket under crypto. But there are still plenty of ways to lose money in an (unregulated) bull market.&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong data-stringify-type="bold"&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.afr.com/markets/currencies/bitcoin-smashes-through-us100-000-as-traders-eye-huge-re-rating-20241205-p5kw5o" data-stringify-link="https://www.afr.com/markets/currencies/bitcoin-smashes-through-us100-000-as-traders-eye-huge-re-rating-20241205-p5kw5o" data-sk="tooltip_parent"&gt;Bitcoin smashes through $US100,000 as traders eye &amp;lsquo;huge re-rating&amp;rsquo;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Investors believe the change in attitude towards cryptocurrencies still hasn&amp;rsquo;t been priced in, making Thursday&amp;rsquo;s milestone just the beginning.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Fin

Australian Financial Review

Bitcoin has broken through US$100,000. Now what?

DEC 11, 202428 MIN
The Fin

Bitcoin has broken through US$100,000. Now what?

DEC 11, 202428 MIN

Description

This week on The Fin podcast, James Eyers on why Donald Trump is a crypto bro, whether Bitcoin’s price will stay at these record levels and how regulators are playing catch up.

This podcast is sponsored by Aussie Broadband.

Further reading:
ASIC moves to expand its oversight of crypto and digital assets
The corporate regulator’s new guidance outlines more than a dozen examples of how it intends to assess what is in – and out – of financial services laws.
A bitcoin convention in Sydney rings crypto alarm bells
Bitcoin is up almost 130 per cent this year and the US election result put a rocket under crypto. But there are still plenty of ways to lose money in an (unregulated) bull market.
Bitcoin smashes through $US100,000 as traders eye ‘huge re-rating’
Investors believe the change in attitude towards cryptocurrencies still hasn’t been priced in, making Thursday’s milestone just the beginning.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.