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Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)
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Australia Proposes New Licensing Regime for Crypto Exchanges, Aims for Draft Legislation by 2024
The timeline indicates it could take till 2025 for an Australian digital asset platform to receive a licence under the freshly proposed regime.
Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)
By Amitoj Singh
Oct 16, 2023 at 5:20 a.m. UTC
Oct 16, 2023
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Australia's Treasury and Reserve Bank Held Consultations With Coinbase, Others
Private meetings have been held this week around the Treasury's token mapping consultation paper.
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By Amitoj Singh
Mar 15, 2023 at 10:11 a.m. UTC
Mar 15, 2023
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Australia’s Central Bank Taps Mastercard and Others to Test CBDC Use Cases
The projects will take part in the country’s central bank digital currency pilot, expected to wrap later this year.
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By Sandali HandagamaNikhilesh De
Mar 1, 2023 at 10:50 p.m. UTC
Mar 1, 2023
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Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)
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Australia Moves to Tighten Safety Around Crypto in 2023
Australia's Treasury has invited feedback for a consultation paper that will include a framework for regulating crypto service providers.
Parliament house, Canberra, Australia. (Unsplash)
By Amitoj Singh
Dec 14, 2022 at 8:29 a.m. UTC
Dec 14, 2022
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Australia's CBDC Pilot to Be Completed in 2023
The pilot, which is exploring "innovative use cases" for a central bank digital currency, kicked off in August.
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By Amitoj Singh
Sep 26, 2022 at 11:20 a.m. UTC
Sep 26, 2022
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Financial Services Minister and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones at the launch of DFCRC. (DFCRC/orlandosydney.com)
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Australia Starts Research Program to Explore Digital Asset Opportunities
The Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones officially started the program Monday at the Australian Securities Exchange.
Financial Services Minister and Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones at the launch of DFCRC. (DFCRC/orlandosydney.com)
By Amitoj Singh
Aug 30, 2022 at 9:45 a.m. UTC
Aug 30, 2022
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Reserve Bank of Australia Starts Pilot to Explore CBDC Use Cases
Australia's central bank plans to create a CBDC that will operate in a ring-fenced environment.
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By Jamie Crawley
Aug 9, 2022 at 8:51 a.m. UTC
Aug 9, 2022
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Australia's Central Bank Says Bitcoin 'Not Really Money,' No Risk to Financial Stability
The Reserve Bank's assistant governor for financial systems, Michelle Bullock, said there is "a lot of fuss over bitcoin."
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By Sebastian Sinclair
Feb 5, 2021 at 10:59 a.m. UTC
Feb 5, 2021
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Australia's Central Bank Kicks Off CBDC Research Project With ConsenSys as Partner
The partnership, which also includes top Australian banks, will explore the possible use and implications of a wholesale form of central bank digital currency using distribute...
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By Kevin Reynolds
Nov 1, 2020 at 11:28 p.m. UTC
Nov 1, 2020
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The Reserve Bank of Australia does not yet see a case for a retail central bank digital currency.
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Australian Central Bank Sees 'No Strong Public Policy Case' for CBDC
The Australian central bank does not see a strong case for issuing a retail central bank digital currency, its head of payments policy said.
The Reserve Bank of Australia does not yet see a case for a retail central bank digital currency.
By Nikhilesh De
Oct 14, 2020 at 3:59 a.m. UTC
Oct 14, 2020
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