You run an exchange. AUSTRAC registration, staking treatment and travel-rule obligations set the shape of your compliance year.
Information, not advice
This page is information, not legal advice about your matter. A retainer begins only when a lawyer confirms it.
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Know which rules already apply to you, before you add anything new
Adding a coin, staking or custody changes what your AUSTRAC registration actually covers. Checking where you stand first is what stops a launch turning into a clean-up.
What to work through, in order
Registration and licensing
Digital currency exchange registration with AUSTRAC is the baseline. A separate AFSL question arises if any listed asset or offered product is a financial product, and Treasury’s digital asset platform reforms would add a further licensing layer.
Staking, lending and yield
Offering a return on deposited assets can create a managed investment scheme or a financial product, which changes both the licensing and the disclosure position. How the return is generated and how it is described are assessed together.
Transfer information and record keeping
The AML/CTF Act requires information to accompany transfers and records to be retained for prescribed periods, with tipping-off restrictions shaping how suspicious matters can be discussed.
Next steps
What happens if you go ahead
Obligations review
Gap analysis and plan
Remediation or product sign-off
Who would handle it
Offices
Melbourne
Level 17, 31 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000
Sydney
Unit 3, 55 Pyrmont Bridge Road, Pyrmont NSW 2009
Gold Coast
Level 5, 33 Elkhorn Avenue, Surfers Paradise QLD 4217