Australian senator releases draft bill to push for crypto regulation

Australian wide legislator Andrew Bragg released a draught measure to supply regularisation of stablecoins, integer plus exchanges, and disclosure requirements for the Chinese CBDC, e-Yuan, connected Sept. 19.

The draught bill, titled “Digital Assets (Market Regulation) Bill 2022”, welcomes stakeholder consultation earlier its clearance connected Oct. 31.

Braggs explained that Australia is falling down the remainder of the satellite successful user extortion and concern promotion portion helium lays the groundwork for crypto regularisation successful the country.

Licensing requirements

The caller rules volition necessitate integer plus exchanges, custody work providers, and stablecoin issuers to clasp recognized overseas licenses.

Such licenses indispensable comply with integer plus custody requirements, which see the designation of cardinal unit successful Australia liable for operating the integer plus custody services, arsenic good arsenic adhering to minimum superior and pursuing auditing, assurance, and disclosure procedures.

Further, stablecoin issuers indispensable clasp the look worth of their liabilities. They indispensable beryllium kept successful reserve with an ADI successful Australia successful the signifier of Australian dollars oregon a overseas nationalist currency.

Digital e-Yuan reporting requirements

The draught measure states that Chinese state-owned banks that facilitate the availability oregon usage of the integer e-Yuan indispensable study connected Australian businesses that judge e-Yuan payments, the fig of integer wallets facilitated by the designated bank, and the full magnitude held successful these wallets.

APRA and the Reserve Bank of Australia are required to supply yearly reports based connected reports from Chinese state-owned banks for the Minster and the Parliamentary Joint Committee connected Intelligence and Security.

The authorities of crypto regularisation successful Australia 

On August 2022, Labour Party’s Treasurer Jim Chalmers announced a multi-step program to found a crypto regulatory model for manufacture and regulators.

The Treasury volition transportation retired a “token-mapping” exercise, which involves conducting probe connected however cryptocurrency and related services should beryllium regulated. The Treasury volition merchandise a nationalist consultation connected “token-mapping” results “soon.”

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