Residents from Australia will be able to purchase BTC or ETH with just "$50, and email address and a phone number," says the financial news outlet the Australian Financial Review (AFR). Agents who provide various newspapers and magazines are trying to entice customers with a new reason to purchase the news. Further, the News Xpress agent in Oxenford, Queensland, Domenic Zizza explains these news agencies are looking for ways to add to their services in order to address declining revenue and add more demand to the business.

"[The take-up] has been fairly substantial, to say the least. In some instances it's been a bit of a frenzy…people's aspirations are high and this has provided an opportunity for punters to have a go, but at a small scale," Zizza details to AFR.