Australian crypto: 10 – 23 Aug 2026

Every fortnight we record what actually happened here, with sources — and what the market did around it.

The fortnight's local story was Bitcoin ATMs Pulled in Australia as Regulators Signal Wider Crackdown. Bitcoin moved +19.1% in AUD terms (A$90,659 → A$107,991), Ethereum +28.5%, and 88 of the 92 coins with records covering the fortnight finished higher. Sentiment averaged 43/100 on the Fear & Greed Index.

What happened in Australia

Stories that named an Australian regulator, platform or market — deduplicated, so one event reported by five outlets appears once.

Bitcoin ATMs Pulled in Australia as Regulators Signal Wider Crackdown Decrypt · 10 Aug · also covered by 1 other outlet
Nexo launches regulated crypto-backed credit in Australia Cointelegraph · 19 Aug · also covered by 1 other outlet
ASX Shareholder Seeks Court Approval to Sue Former Directors Over Failed Blockchain Overhaul Crypto News Australia · 14 Aug · also covered by 2 other outlets
Australian watchdog suspends Cryptolink, forcing 96 ATMs offline CoinDesk · 11 Aug · also covered by 1 other outlet

What the market did

Biggest risers — 10 – 23 Aug 2026

ENA Ethena	A$0.1247 → A$0.231	+85.3%
TRUMP Official Trump	A$2.1 → A$3.76	+78.8%
PUMP Pump.fun	A$0.004 → A$0.0072	+78.8%

Biggest fallers — 10 – 23 Aug 2026

BDX Beldex	A$0.1296 → A$0.115	−11.3%
STABLE Stable	A$0.0461 → A$0.0435	−5.7%
SUN Sun Token	A$0.0255 → A$0.0246	−3.6%

Bitcoin dominance moved from 56.5% to 59.2% over the fortnight — what that measures.

Elsewhere

Wider-market stories from the same fortnight, for context.

We are so back! Bitcoin’s 23% rally on US debt policy: Hodler’s Digest Cointelegraph · 23 Aug
The next phase of tokenization is utility CryptoSlate · 23 Aug
DeFi lending protocol Term Finance loses an estimated $8.5 million to governance exploit The Block · 23 Aug
Crypto card spending tops $1 billion as stablecoins move into everyday purchases CoinDesk · 23 Aug
Deel Takes Its DLUSD Stablecoin Wallet to More Than 80 Countries The Defiant · 17 Aug

A fortnight is a short window — the coins at the top of one are regularly at the bottom of the next. For the live picture, today's wrap; for the longer view, the monthly recaps; and for what any of it means for your own holdings, the portfolio tracker.

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Stories are recorded from our news sources at the end of each fortnight and kept unchanged afterwards, so this page reads the same in a year as it does today. Headlines link to the original publisher; we do not republish their reporting. Market figures are computed from our own daily AUD records (powered by CoinGecko), covering coins with at least 8 days of data in the period. Past performance does not indicate future returns. General information only, not financial advice.