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A Fire Alarm Interrupted an Aussie Crypto Summit. The Symbolism Wasn't Missed by a Concerned Industry

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Australia's crypto industry is concerned companies may flee the country after the nation's securities regulator set off "the crypto fire alarm," by saying it considers most crypto assets to be financial products in what some observers interpreted as an expansion of its powers, experts told CoinDesk on Wednesday.

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