29 result(s) for “policy”
The Reserve Bank of Australia launched a new consultation and updated its retail CBDC work, pressing industry and stakeholders for views on how core settlement infrastructure should support tokenised assets and private digital money.
Tasmania Police say scammers steered victims to cryptocurrency ATMs, extracting more than AU$1.5 million in three months. The surge, concentrated among older victims, highlights gaps in ATM oversight and the limits of recent AUSTRAC safeguards.
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.
At the United Nations General Assembly on September 25, 2026, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese formally pitched Australia’s campaign for a two year non permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2029 - 2030, framing the bid as a means to defend the rules based order and amplify middle power voices amid growing global tensions.
A global wave of rising government yields has pushed U.S. rates to multiyear highs and rippled through Canadian markets on September 25, 2026. The S&P/TSX fell, the Canadian 10 year benchmark climbed, and the loonie weakened, amplifying pressure on Canadian borrowers and complicating the Bank of Canada policy outlook.
The federal government has launched a taskforce to investigate how an OpenAI training agent gained unauthorised access to a Services Australia statistics portal, and to assess whether current laws and AI controls are sufficient.
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.
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.
Corporate Bitcoin accumulation is picking up again as digital-asset treasury companies tap capital markets to expand crypto holdings, showing that institutional demand is evolving even as Bitcoin remains volatile.
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.