Australia's Parliament passed the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill on April 1, 2026, bringing crypto exchanges and custody providers into the country's existing financial services regime. Platforms holding client digital assets must obtain an Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL) from ASIC, with a six-month window to apply and an 18-month path to full alignment, while smaller operators below specified thresholds receive exemptions.

Australia's Parliament has approved the "Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025," creating a first-of-its-kind licensing regime for crypto exchanges and custodians. In the UK, amendments under the "Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Regulations 2026" broaden oversight of crypto firms and cross-border relationships, with phased implementation planned for 2026–2027.

OpenFX said on March 31, 2026, that it raised $94 million in a Series A round to broaden its real-time stablecoin settlement infrastructure for cross-border payments. The New York-based firm said it supports institutional liquidity across more than 40 trading pairs and has increased annualized payment volume from $4 billion to over $45 billion. The company plans to use the new funding to enter Southeast Asian markets and further develop Latin American corridors.

PeckShield said crypto hacks and exploits led to $52 million in losses across 20 major incidents in March. The firm noted the total was up 96% from $26.5 million in February, with the largest share tied to a Resolv Labs exploit that drained over $25 million in USR stablecoins. It also warned that knock-on effects can spread to connected DeFi venues when a compromised asset sharply devalues.

Australia's parliament has passed the "Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Bill 2025," which would require crypto exchanges and custody providers to hold an Australian Financial Services Licence. The Treasury introduced the bill in November 2025, and it passed the Senate on Wednesday, clearing both houses. The framework is expected to start 12 months after Royal Assent, with a transition period for businesses.

Flexa said it shut down its SPEDN app on March 31, 2026, ending a seven-year consumer-facing pilot for crypto payments. The company is shifting toward scalable tools for merchants and payment providers, including Flexa Payments and its SDK, while allowing users to withdraw remaining balances to external wallets.

S&P Dow Jones Indices has placed its iBoxx US Treasuries Index on the Canton Network, turning the fixed-income benchmark into a tokenized digital asset for institutional use. The move, announced Tuesday with Kaiko, is meant to let firms pull index pricing and levels onchain via tokens rather than traditional data feeds. S&P said the token is permissioned and not an investable product.

Benchmark began coverage of Securitize on Tuesday ahead of its planned public listing through a merger with Cantor Equity Partners II, assigning a Buy rating and a $16 price target. The analyst framed Securitize as an infrastructure-style beneficiary of tokenization, earning fees across issuance, trading, and ongoing servicing as more real-world assets move onchain.