Australia and Canada abandon retail CBDCs, as a new Atlantic Council report shows 44 countries are now piloting one. Meanwhile, HSBC buys and sells tokenized gold with the help of quantum-secure technology.

The new law complements a series of measures introduced by the government over the past two years to protect Australians from risky gambling behaviors.

Institutional bank ANZ built on Swift’s Chainlink experiment with a simulated cross-chain purchase of a tokenized asset using its own Australian dollar stablecoin.

The Australian Central Bank Digital Currency Pilot was focused on exploring potential use cases with an aim to define the 'public policy rationale' for it. Four key themes were identified.

Following the recent suspension of Binance’s local bank deposit and withdrawal functionality in both Australia and the UK, why does it seem to be the majority-English-speaking countries whose banks are coming down hardest on crypto?

On March 2 the Reserve Bank of Australia published the list of chosen use cases for its CBDC research project. A list of 14 use cases includes payment, tax automation, corporate bond settlement with ABE, and Web3 commerce with Mastercard.

The National Australia Bank (not to be confused with the Reserve Bank of Australia) plans to launch its own AUDN stablecoin pegged to the Australian dollar by mid-2023.

The call for participants in Australian CBDC project pilot has received significant interest. At almost the same time, Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) cancelled its plans for its settlement system upgrade that utilized blockchain technology.