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Australia’s regulator ended its sector wide no action position on September 30, 2026. Industry advisers and compliance specialists warn unlicensed digital asset firms now face enforcement risk under existing financial services and anti money laundering rules, while a new licensing regime remains months away.
Federal regulators have begun stepping up enforcement against businesses that failed to meet new anti money laundering and digital asset licensing obligations, raising the stakes for exchanges, custodians and advisers operating in Australia.
The Australian corporate regulator has lifted the transaction-value ceiling that allows low volume markets to operate without a full market licence. The change narrows the compliance gap for small crypto trading venues while increasing regulatory clarity as Australia implements broader digital asset reforms.
Australia’s temporary no action relief for some digital asset businesses ended as the country’s broader digital asset reforms and tighter AML supervision move forward, forcing firms to seek licences or change operations ahead of a new regulatory regime coming in 2027.
Australia’s corporate regulator has issued a final reminder to digital asset firms to secure or vary licences before the sector wide no action relief ends on September 30, 2026, a move that forces exchanges, custody providers and other crypto service firms to decide whether to apply, restructure or wind down operations immediately.
Bitcoin surged above $85,000 for the first time in roughly eight months as a wave of forced liquidations erased about $648 million in bearish crypto positions and accelerated the market's latest rebound.
The New York Stock Exchange has spent roughly a year testing Avalanche technology as it develops infrastructure for tokenized stocks and ETFs, highlighting Wall Street's accelerating move towards blockchain-based markets.
Bitcoin climbed back above $80,000 on Friday as cryptocurrency markets rebounded sharply, with Solana and other major digital assets also rising despite uncertainty surrounding US crypto legislation and higher interest rates.
Europe's MiCA framework has moved beyond its transitional phase, putting crypto exchanges and other service providers under a harmonised licensing regime while EU authorities review whether the landmark rules need to evolve with the market.
New crypto-payment infrastructure is being developed to let AI agents pay for digital services automatically, opening the door to machine-to-machine commerce while raising new questions about permissions, security and financial control.
US spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs recorded roughly $520 million in combined net outflows on September 16, while XRP and Solana products attracted fresh money, highlighting a widening split in institutional crypto positioning.