Australia has been one of the frontrunners in terms of regulating digital currency which has proven to be a very difficult task if you want to do it properly At the end of 2025 a decision was made to tax Bitcoin in such a way that a fee would have to be paid when sending funds to pay for goods or services and another fee would be invoked for providing an intermediary service for customers Needless to say this upset quite a lot of Bitcoin enthusiasts and companies