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Openmarkets taps $22tn tokenised market

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2026
Openmarkets Group and Ondo Finance will bring the latter's institutional-grade tokenised financial products to eligible Australian investors, developing new products tailored to the local market. Both organisations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ...

First-mover costs stifle digital finance: report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2026
Despite Australia boasting the technology and institutional capabilities for digital finance, several factors, including high barriers to first-movers, are derailing growth. According to a report from BlockchainAPAC, which recently conducted a national ...

Swyftx confirms executive line up

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
... one of the country's largest fintechs. "We have a big opportunity to compete with more traditional platforms by using blockchain technology to support in areas like investing and payments." Swyftx was granted an Australian financial services licence ...

AUDC supports startup to launch tokenised private credit offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2026
... yield that has historically been exclusive to institutional investors. The model can also expand AUDD across multiple blockchain networks. Kasu indicated more than half of its historical activity could potentially have been denominated in AUDD if an ...

Superhero partners for crypto push

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
... digital asset push. The platform plans to expand into tokenisation, stablecoins, digital wallets, custody solutions and blockchain-based settlement in the coming years.

Stablecoins a key to instant access to global credit markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2026
... opacity that has long disadvantaged smaller borrowers in international debt markets, by making lending transparent on the blockchain - via the smart contract," she said. "However, it's important to note that this is not about replacing banks, it's ...

Stablecoin to reshape financial services workforce

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2026
... Asset, the Singapore Stock Exchange and UBS. Rounding up the group's recruitment spree in the last two months was blockchain expert Hamish Crittenden who became AUDC's chief technology officer. According to ABS data, the domestic stablecoin market ...

Fintech AUDC hires former UBS director, expands senior team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
... was the chief architect and head of product at FSCO, where he had spent time building and commercialising fintech and blockchain platforms. "He will lead the next phase of AUDC's technology evolution, scaling an already live, multi-chain stablecoin ...

Hostplus weighs digital asset exposure for members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... highlighted the passing of the GENIOUS Act in the US which was brought to increase adoption of technology platforms like blockchain. "It's quite likely, and this was a view a number of years ago, that blockchain as an underlying technology would ...

Binance Australia to pay $10m over deliberate customer misclassifications

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... Australia innovative, compliant, and trusted products, while helping advance the responsible growth of the country's blockchain and digital asset ecosystem," it said. In addition to the pecuniary penalty, the court ordered Binance to contribute to ...
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