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Block Earner launches crypto-backed loan platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2026
... Zhang said more businesses are seeking institutional-grade technology to navigate the next phase of innovation. "As digital assets become increasingly embedded in financial services, it is clear that institutional-grade infrastructure is the foundation ...

Special Feature: Beyond Safekeeping

BRENDAN SWIFT  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2026
... partnering with tokenisation service provider." About 10% of market turnover is expected to be conducted using digital assets and tokenised securities by 2030, according to Citi's 2025 Securities Services Evolution Whitepaper. In the US, the SEC ...

ASIC boasts $830m record civil penalties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... scams and hardship failures to market infrastructure, superannuation, private credit, financial reporting, and digital assets," she said. "ASIC has delivered record penalties and strong criminal outcomes, but enforcement is not just about punishment. ...

New 'high-risk' derivatives on the rise

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... misconduct it won't hesitate to take further action." ASIC said it will continue to monitor developments in the digital assets space and is working with providers to ensure they are fully licensed, in line with INFO Sheet 225. ASIC has also imposed a ...

SS&C to accept digital cash for tokenised investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2026
... tokenisation can inject some $24 billion to Australia's economy. Earlier this year, the government swiftly passed the Digital Assets Framework Bill, requiring digital assets providers to obtain an Australian financial service licence (AFSL). Swyftx was ...

Stablecoins a key to instant access to global credit markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
As the world enters a digital age, digital assets like stablecoins are not only opening doors for assets like private credit funds that were exclusive to institutional investors, but also a debt universe that is no longer limited to the domestic market ...

OKX Australia leadership changes hands

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2026
... said. "For more than 25 years, I've worked at the edge of technology-driven change. Today, the intersection of digital assets, artificial intelligence and financial infrastructure is creating profound opportunities and challenges, particularly for sovereign ...

BitDelta Pro taps Iress to support global multi-asset ambitions

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2026
... demand among emerging trading platforms for institutional grade infrastructure as they seek to diversify beyond digital assets and offer broader access to traditional financial markets. Jeremiah said the collaboration combines Iress' trading platform ...

Block Earner found to have offered an unlicensed financial product

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2026
... product was available between March and November 2022 with the aim to provide investors with fixed yield returns from digital assets. The High Court found Earner was a financial product requiring an AFSL, as it was a facility through which an investor ...

Perfect regulatory certainty in digital economy not 'realistic': ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2026
... morning, ASIC senior executive leader, fintech Rhys Bollen explained that regulatory certainty for tokenisation and digital assets is not at a binary state, but a "sufficient" degree of guidance already exists for related entities to adhere to. That ...
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