Australian government tracks every AUD conversion into bitcoin

ZD Net – The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (Austrac), the Australian government agency responsible for countering money laundering and the financing of terrorism, is able to track each conversion transaction from bitcoin into or out of Australian dollars. “Australia is very fortunate among its international counterparts, in that we are one of the few countries which currently collects all international funds transfers, into or out of Australia,” John Schmidt, CEO of Austrac, told Senate Estimates today. “At some point, a person will be purchasing bitcoin using Australian dollars, for example, and then, if they are dealing in substances…