Australian Blockchain & Cryptocurrency News

Ledger Atom is a security and privacy device that runs your everyday apps, purpose-built to help protect your money, your AI agent approvals, and your privacy.

What does an Australian dollar stablecoin actually get used for? Private credit, institutional settlement, international education payments, clean-energy investment and even payments between AI agents are among the answers emerging from AUDC’s first AUDDapt cohort.

State Street has released findings from its 2026 Digital Assets Study, showing growing institutional confidence in the long-term future of digital assets, alongside increased focus on trust, cybersecurity, regulation and market infrastructure as global adoption accelerates.

The initiative will explore how AUDD and IDRX could support export-import settlement, business payments and other cross-border transactions between Australia and Indonesia.

CloudTech Group have launched RooRooEx, a next-generation digital asset trading platform.

Tommy Honan, a founding team member of Swyftx, has been appointed Founding CEO of Prospr, a new digital asset trading platform.

AUDC, the issuer of the AUDD Australian dollar stablecoin, is expanding institutional access to stablecoins for global transactions in Australian dollars by joining Arc.

Redbelly Network have announced the appointment of Christian Westerlind Wigstrom as Chief Executive Officer to start November 2026.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation onboards Ondo Finance to Fund/SERV as first member bringing tokenized funds into the mainstream.

CoinJar becomes the first spot crypto exchange in the UK to offer trading on CoinJar Exchange directly from TradingView.

Swyftx have today announced the appointment of Cathryn Lyall as Chair of the business and Andrea Yuen as Chief Executive Officer.

Stablecoins are turning into one of the biggest forces in global finance, warns Nigel Green, CEO of deVere Group.

Gold and Bitcoin haven’t suddenly become the same asset because their prices are moving in the same direction. Their markets are very different.

Bybit has strengthened and expanded its security systems following the February 2025 theft of approximately $1.46 billion in digital assets.

Openmarkets Group’s new industry report finds that Australia has built the foundations for tokenised finance faster than it has built the intermediaries needed to operate them.

Cloudoffis today announced a new enhancement to its Auditomation platform, introducing cryptocurrency as a dedicated asset class.

Pascal Gauthier, CEO and Chairman of Ledger, has called for better cooperation and standards adoption across the hardware self-custody industry. 

Zerocap has expanded its crypto and FX trading capabilities with Integral Digital, the leading currency technology provider to financial markets.

Paybis, a global crypto and fiat infrastructure provider, today released new research showing that unclear fee presentation remains a major trust barrier for crypto buyers.

Superhero have announced the launch of Superhero Crypto in partnership with Robinhood’s crypto exchange, Bitstamp by Robinhood.

Stablecoins just moved to a core financial infrastructure, and most investors haven’t caught up: deVere Group’s Nigel Green.

Integral’s technology replaces a manual, multi-counterparty hedging process with an automated and unified platform, giving Vield access to a wide range of crypto and FX liquidity sources.

DTCC today announced a notable milestone that marks the largest tokenization production initiative in breadth of use cases, asset classes and number of participants.

SMART MONEY QUIZ is a fun in-person trivia style quiz that is all about money and finance, with $500 in Bitcoin for the winning team.

Digital assets brokerage Swyftx has been granted an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) by corporate regulator ASIC.

Canvas have appointed Monique Batterham as Chief Risk & Compliance Officer, strengthening the company’s executive leadership team.

Novatti has entered into a binding agreement with an institutional AUDC shareholder to sell 1,500,000 shares in AUDC for $1.2 million.

While technology may have transformed commerce, international business payments can still be slow, expensive, and complicated.

AUDC has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of Andrew Kitchen as Chief Financial Officer and José Barroso as General Manager, Growth.

IG Group has launched IG Markets, a new cryptocurrency trading app that marks the company’s first direct crypto product for Australian investors.

AUDC has announced the launch of its New Zealand stablecoin, NZDC, to support efficiencies for the New Zealand banking sector.

Macropod has completed a live retail payment using AUDM, marking a major milestone for digital payments infrastructure in Australia.

Canvas has made Australian financial history by completing Australia’s first live repo transactions using a tokenised Australian Government Bond and live wholesale CBDC issued by the Reserve Bank of Australia.

DTCC and the Stellar Development Foundation today announced plans to enable the tokenization of The Depository Trust Company (DTC) custodied assets on the Stellar network.

Neo-X Financial have announced to the market that they have been granted an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) by ASIC.

Ledn today released new research that the consumer Bitcoin-backed loan market will grow from approximately $3 billion today to between $900 billion and $1 trillion.

The Project Acacia report confirms that stablecoins and other forms of tokenised money will play an essential role in enabling more efficient and scalable financial markets in Australia.

Project Acacia marks a substantial step towards advancing Australia’s financial markets with digital asset infrastructure.

Project Acacia examines how innovations in digital money and settlement infrastructure could support the development of wholesale tokenised asset markets in Australia.

DTCC have published research that explores how smart, tokenized representations of traditional assets and near real-time collateral mobility could help financial institutions reduce liquidity buffers.

DTCC today announced that its digitally native Collateral AppChain platform will leverage the Chainlink Runtime Environment and Chainlink’s data standard.

AUDC has appointed two new senior executives to its leadership team, marking the company’s next phase of growth.

CoinSpot have announced it had been granted an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) by ASIC.

Ledger have announced the rollout of Perpetual Trading within Ledger Wallet to an initial 20% of users in select regions.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation today announced progress and timelines on the delivery of The Depository Trust Company’s tokenization service.

BGL Corporate Solutions have announced a new Simple Fund 360 and Simple Invest 360 integration with cryptocurrency platform Swyftx.

Australian independent digital asset brokerage Stormrake has announced its expansion into the United States.

Pepperstone CEO Tamas Szabo has stated that they are entering the market to start a pricing war and force crypto trading costs out into the open.

Macropod today announced that AUDM, Australia’s first Australian-dollar stablecoin issued under an AFSL, is now listed on OKX Australia

The Board of crypto platform Swyftx have appointed Alex Harper and Andrea Yuen as acting Co-Chief Executive Officers of the business.

Global crypto platform Coinbase today announced that its Australian subsidiary, Coinbase Australia, has been granted an Australian Financial Services License.

The Senate passed the Digital Assets Framework Bill today, marking a significant step in the regulation of digital assets in Australia.

Ledger have announced the launch of Ledger Wallet 4.0, a comprehensive upgrade to the all-in-one crypto app.

Ledger has uncovered a critical vulnerability in MediaTek-powered Android smartphones that allows an attacker to extract user data.

Ledger today announced the appointment of finance veteran John Andrews as Chief Financial Officer, alongside the opening of its new U.S. office.

This week, The Senate Economics Legislation Committee handed down a report noting that the draft digital assets legislation should be passed.

Five-minute Bitcoin bets, the new craze sweeping crypto, is more akin to gambling not investing, and could damage the reputation of a serious financial asset.

Australian crypto ownership has hit record levels, with 33% of Australians now owning cryptocurrency, up 31% from 2025.

The Mastercard Crypto Partner Program is a new global initiative that brings together more than 85 crypto‑native companies.

Ripple today announced plans to secure an Australian Financial Services Licence, further expanding its regulated footprint in Asia Pacific.

Global fintech KAST have raised US$80 million in Series A funding, co-led by QED Investors and Left Lane Capital.

Bitcoin has officially mined 20 million coins. This means 95.24% of all Bitcoin that will ever exist is now in circulation.

Australia could unlock a $24 billion annual economic opportunity from digital finance innovation, according to new research from DFCRC.

Macropod, the first licensed issuer of an Australian dollar–backed stablecoin, today announced a minority strategic investment led by Betashares.

Clearstream, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, and Euroclear released their latest collaborative white paper titled “Building the Path Towards Digital Asset Securities Interoperability”.

Ripple today announced a major expansion of Ripple Payments – its solution for moving money across both traditional and digital rails.

Wayex Global is a digital-first financial platform leveraging its partnership with Bridge to combine a global USD account with Visa card access.

Global trading platform Pepperstone has officially launched its dedicated spot crypto exchange in Australia under the brand Pepperstone Crypto.

ASIC granting this AFSL to AUDC continues to highlight the value created by Novatti’s incubation of AUDC.

KuCoin’s recognition as Finder’s Top Pick Crypto Exchange 2025 has landed as more than just an industry accolade; it reflects how Australian users are redefining what “best” actually means.

AUDC has been granted an AFSL by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to provide non-cash payment facilities.

BTC Markets have appointed Lucas Dobbins as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, and Paul Stonham joins as Chief Commercial Officer.

CoinJar is the first Australian cryptocurrency exchange company to start crypto operations in Europe, establishing its European hub in Dublin, Ireland.

Openmarkets Group has entered into a plan of merger and business combination agreement with Lake Superior Acquisition Corp.

XDC Network has partnered with AUDD to modernise payments infrastructure for business transactions between Australia and the United States.

The No-Action Letter authorizes DTC to offer a tokenization service for DTC Participants and their clients on pre-approved blockchains for three years.

Australian cryptocurrency exchange Cointree is the first platform to list a licensed Australian dollar stablecoin, Forte AUD (AUDF).

ASX-listed Novatti Group Limited have announced that the issuer of AUDD stablecoin, AUDC Pty Ltd, has raised $5 million in a Pre-Series A equity capital raising.

With this new era of payment, there are various innovations in the financial landscape that have popped up that capitalise on this shifting trend.

Bitcoin will rebound if the US Federal Reserve cuts rates at their next meeting, predicts the deVere Group CEO Nigel Green.

ASX-listed payments leader Novatti Group Limited have announced that that AUDD stablecoin has passed $1 billion in transactions on the Stellar blockchain.

Global crypto platform KuCoin have announced the appointment of James Pinch as the Australian Managing Director.

Stablecoins are no longer a fringe concept; they have become a cornerstone of global payments.

The Cybersecurity Forecast 2026 outlines the emergence of an on-chain cybercrime economy, where blockchain’s transparency and immutability are both a weapon and a weakness. 

Hana has integrated with MoneyGram Ramps to provide its users with instant stablecoin-to-cash withdrawals across Southeast Asia.

Ledger Op3n Replays is a worldwide event tour designed to extend the energy, insights, and announcements of Ledger Op3n in Paris to key markets around the world.

Stablecoins, wrapped tokens, tokenised securities and digital asset wallets are among the digital asset products that ASIC considers to be financial products in its updated guidance.

While most stablecoins simply hold value, USDG on OKX also delivers automatic weekly rewards.

US President Donald Trump has today pardoned Changpeng Zhao, founder of global cryptocurrency exchange Binance.

At Ledger Op3n in Paris, Ledger launched the new Ledger Nano Gen5, recreated and expanded Ledger Live as Ledger Wallet, and introduced Ledger Enterprise Multisig.

Digital Economy Council of Australia (DECA) have announced the Finalists for The Blockies 2025.

Forte Tech Solutions has successfully executed the tokenisation of Australian Government Bonds, completing the first $2 million investment.

OKX Australia now supports Apple Pay and Google Pay, allowing customers to buy crypto with AUD quickly and easily.

The DA Top 50 List 2025 has been released, identifying and showcasing the people influencing the direction and development of Australia’s digital asset industry.

Swyftx has agreed a multi-million-dollar deal with Rugby Australia to become the first cryptocurrency exchange to sponsor a rugby union club competition.

Digital assets are now an integral and consequential component of our mainstream financial services industry.

Bitcoin has broken through $125,000 for the first time and deVere Group CEO Nigel Green predicts the cryptocurrency will climb to $150,000 before the end of the year.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation today announced the appointment of Thomas Sullivan as Managing Director of DTCC Digital Assets.

AUDC, the issuer of Australia’s leading Australian Dollar stablecoin, AUDD, have announced a strategic partnership with Coinbase.

Hana Wallet, a Sydney-founded DeFi startup, has launched early access to its virtual pre-paid crypto card – the Hana Web3 Debit Mastercard.