Digital Asset Licensing – What does it mean?

Millions of Australians are using or investing in digital assets every year and but regulations that make this safe and secure as possible, while also encouraging innovation, are only now emerging. Blockchain and digital assets present big opportunities for the Australian economy, the financial sector and businesses. Insto investors will soon be looking at opportunities to invest.

Digital assets are reshaping global finance and include cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and stablecoins, as well as realworld assets — like bonds, property and commodities — represented as digital tokens. These innovations promise faster payments, lower costs and broader access to markets

Australia is implementing a new licensing framework requiring digital asset platforms (DAPs) and tokenised custody platforms (TCPs) that hold client assets to obtain an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). The Treasury Laws Amendment (Regulating Digital Asset, and Tokenised Custody, Platforms) Bill 2025 compels these entities to adhere to standards like honest conduct and, in many cases, custody of assets

Join us to hear from Industry experts : Alvin Chia, Northern Trust and Michael Mavromatis, Holley Nethercote on the impacts of the new licenses on the custody and investment industries

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