Australia fines crypto operator Kraken $5.1m for unlawful credit facility
Australia’s Federal Court has ordered Bit Trade, the local operator of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, to pay an A$8 million ($5.1 million) fine for unlawfully offering a credit facility to more than 1,100 customers, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission announced on Thursday. The penalty follows civil proceedings initiated by ASIC last year, alleging Bit Trade’s […]












