Policy Event Β· High impact

ASIC June 30 Deadline Tightens Digital Asset Licensing Risk

ASIC warned digital asset firms providing financial services involving digital asset financial products to apply for an AFS licence or variation by June 30, 2026 before its sector-wide no-action position expires. Firms that need authorisation but miss the deadline risk breaching financial-services laws, including civil and criminal penalties that can reach 10% of annual turnover.

High impactπŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί AustraliaLicensingRegulationASIC

APAC FINSTAB analysis

For APAC operators, this creates a high-impact signal around licensing, regulation in Australia. Named institutions or platforms: ASIC. Teams should monitor the original source, map the change to licensing, custody, disclosure, and market-access obligations, and update their jurisdiction playbooks before the next compliance review.

Compliance read-through: map this event to entity licensing, market-access, custody, disclosure, token listing, and operational-risk obligations before expanding or marketing in the affected jurisdiction.

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Medium impactπŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί AustraliaπŸ‡΅πŸ‡­ PhilippinesAMLEnforcement