Crypto asset secondary service providers: Licensing and custody requirements

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Key Documents

On 8 December 2021, the Government agreed in‑principle to recommendations made by the Senate Select Committee on Australia as a Financial and Technology Centre in respect of consulting on a licensing and custody regime for crypto asset secondary service providers.

This consultation paper fulfils this Government commitment. We seek feedback on the proposals and options outlined in this consultation paper to support minimum standards of conduct by crypto asset secondary service providers and safeguards for consumers.

Submissions

110 submissions were received for this consultation, including 11 confidential submissions.

ACCC - pdf 209.36 KB
Allens - pdf 406.37 KB
Alt Law - pdf 375.6 KB
Amber Group - pdf 600.65 KB
American Express - pdf 197.5 KB
ANZ - pdf 247.99 KB
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Association of Financial Advisers - pdf 100.04 KB
Aus DeFi Association - pdf 770.1 KB
Australian Banking Association - pdf 334.61 KB
Australian Bitcoin Industry Body - pdf 361.5 KB
Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission - pdf 296.17 KB
Australian Custodial Services Association (ACSA) - pdf 380.25 KB
Australian Finance Industry Association - pdf 646.92 KB
Australian Financial Complaints Authority - pdf 185.77 KB
Australian Financial Markets Association - pdf 241.85 KB
Australian Institute for Digital Transformation - pdf 1.37 MB
Australian Payments Network - pdf 153.41 KB
Australian Securities & Investments Commission - pdf 706.34 KB
Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman - pdf 380.25 KB
BC Group - pdf 791.4 KB
Benedict, Dr Gayan - pdf 167.59 KB
Binance Australia - pdf 201.82 KB
Block - pdf 141.45 KB
Blockchain and Digital Assets - pdf 879.2 KB
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Blockchain Australia - pdf 334.75 KB
Britton, Dr Jeremy - pdf 376.34 KB
Caleb & Brown - pdf 94.1 KB
Cameron, Craig and Murchie, Joshua - pdf 214.44 KB
Cboe Australia - pdf 577.54 KB
Centre Consortium - pdf 168.4 KB
CFD and FX Association - pdf 311.9 KB
Chamberlain, Scott - pdf 315.46 KB
Chartered Accountants ANZ - pdf 276.97 KB
CHOICE - pdf 888.63 KB
Clanz - pdf 1.19 MB
Coinbase - pdf 175.21 KB
CoinSpot - pdf 136.55 KB
Coinstash - pdf 1.02 MB
Commonwealth Bank of Australia - pdf 1.74 MB
Consumer Action Law Centre - pdf 1.68 MB
CPA Australia - pdf 264.88 KB
Crypto.com - pdf 265.44 KB
Davis, Professor Kevin - pdf 762.35 KB
Dexah Advisory - pdf 3.24 MB
Digital Law Association - pdf 264.79 KB
DigitalX - pdf 159.29 KB
Duffy, Dr Michael - pdf 115.31 KB
Easy Crypto - pdf 305.1 KB
Elastic Ventures - pdf 166.92 KB
Emerging Payments Asia - pdf 678.83 KB
Financial Planning Association - pdf 141.27 KB
Financial Services Council - pdf 219.41 KB
Finder - pdf 336.01 KB
FinTech Australia - pdf 240.41 KB
Fireblocks - pdf 1.99 MB
FTX Australia - pdf 105.18 KB
Gilbert and Tobin - pdf 1.44 MB
Goodwin, Dr David and Walters, Dr Robert - pdf 180.16 KB
He, Dr Weiping - pdf 148.38 KB
Herbert Smith Freehills - pdf 539.52 KB
Hex Trust - pdf 413.18 KB
Hoang, Harry - pdf 171.92 KB
Holley Nethercote Lawyers - pdf 307.75 KB
Holon - pdf 213.95 KB
Independent Reserve - pdf 740.49 KB
Indian Australian Technology Forum - pdf 8.14 MB
Justice Connect - pdf 548.77 KB
King Irving - pdf 2.18 MB
KPMG - pdf 1.63 MB
Labrys - pdf 467.38 KB
Law Council of Australia - pdf 1.97 MB
Luno - pdf 287.73 KB
Marli Technology Solutions - pdf 122.09 KB
McGrathNicol - pdf 505.88 KB
MinterEllison - pdf 286.33 KB
MSC Group - pdf 374.73 KB
Mycelium - pdf 797.99 KB
National Australia Bank - pdf 197.86 KB
Novatti - pdf 1.19 MB
ODMOB Lawyers - pdf 333.24 KB
PiperAlderman - pdf 218.27 KB
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Australia - pdf 117.46 KB
Pucci, Fred - pdf 130.8 KB
Reilly, Chris - pdf 235.42 KB
Revolut - pdf 371.67 KB
RMIT Blockchain Innovation Hub - pdf 170.1 KB
Saha, Syamantak - pdf 121.72 KB
Stirling and Rose - pdf 2.93 MB
Swyftx - pdf 1.38 MB
Tech Council of Australia - pdf 198.18 KB
Tezos Australia - pdf 87.53 KB
The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) - pdf 712.94 KB
The Fold Legal - pdf 425.75 KB
TradeFlows - pdf 2.13 MB
Volt Bank - pdf 209.09 KB
Zerocap - pdf 163.64 KB
Zip.co - pdf 271.74 KB