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Australia’s corporate regulator has opened a formal consultation on draft standards and guidance to implement the Corporations Amendment Digital Assets Framework Act, setting firm timelines and new licence and custody rules for exchanges and tokenised custody platforms.
The Australian Treasury has released exposure draft legislation to implement the OECD Crypto Asset Reporting Framework and create a domestic crypto reporting regime, with consultations closing today, October 28, 2026. The change is intended to enable automatic cross border exchanges of crypto tax data from 2028 and introduce domestic reporting requirements from 2027.
The Australian Treasury released draft legislation this month that would bring the OECD Crypto Asset Reporting Framework into domestic law, creating new reporting duties for exchanges, wallet providers and other crypto platforms and setting a timetable that could see domestic reporting begin in 2027 and cross border data exchanges from 2028.
A Federal Court ruling on October 19, 2026 clarified how preserved funds can be released in an ASIC enforcement matter against NGS Crypto, raising fresh questions about asset recovery and legal protections for Australian crypto investors as national licensing rules take effect.
Australia’s corporate regulator on October 15 published a detailed consultation package to implement the country’s new digital assets framework. The proposals set out stricter custody, settlement and financial requirements for exchanges and custodians, and signal a higher bar for operators ahead of the April 2027 compliance date.
Australia’s corporate regulator published draft standards and guidance for exchanges and tokenised custody platforms, proposing asset holding, settlement and substantial capital requirements as the Digital Assets Framework comes into force on April 8, 2027.
Australia’s financial intelligence agency on October 11, 2026 reinforced targeted supervision of virtual asset services and high risk payments, signaling tougher enforcement for crypto ATMs, over the counter dealers, and embedded onramp services as recent anti-money laundering rules take effect.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.