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A new company promises to let Australians use crypto as collateral for personal loans. Yes, of real money. Helio Lending wants to issue short-term finance -- in real money -- to Australian customers with crypto assets as collateral.

The Australian dollar hasn't been this cheap since the GFC The significant discount largely reflects fears over the US-China trade war.

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are plunging again Global asset markets have steadied after a volatile week, but there's been another crypto selloff.

IOOF shares plunge 30% as regulators take court action to blow top management out of their jobs Shares in the $125 billion financial services giant crashed after APRA filed court proceedings to disqualify top management.

Everyone is using Spotify's sweet new tool to discover and share their top music of 2018  Every year, Spotify releases a tool that lets users see their personalised top charts for the past year.

A Google director who runs a team of 150 people says she doesn't hire 'rock stars,' but there are 3 qualities she looks for instead When Lilian Rincon, director of product management for the Google Assistant, is hiring someone new, she doesn't look for someone who's a "rock star."

Labor blinked at the last minute to pass the world's first laws to hack into encrypted messages Labor capitulated to pass legislation to allow law enforcement agencies access to encrypted messaging.

The cost of the massive Sydney steel sculpture dubbed 'the Big Tapeworm' has exploded to $22 million, bringing the project to a halt The cost doubled yet again to $22 million, around six times the original price, due to problems with George Street light rail project.

Scotch whisky legend David Stewart has made history by appointing a millennial woman as his potential replacement The Balvenie's malt master has chosen a 26-year-old science graduate Kelsey McKechnie as his apprentice malt master.

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