Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Act 2026 (38 of 2026)

Schedule 1   Digital asset platforms and tokenised custody platforms

Part 6   Exemptions

Corporations Act 2001

67   After paragraph 911A(2)(j)

Insert:

(ja) the service is the issue of a digital asset platform if:

(i) no financial products are held under any digital asset platform (a relevant platform ) issued by a member of the person's closely-related group; and

(ii) the total value of transactions in the last 12 months through all relevant platforms does not exceed $10 million; and

(iii) whenever a digital token begins to be an underlying asset of a relevant platform for a client (whether directly or through a nominee), the total of the entry values of all underlying assets of all relevant platforms for the client does not exceed $5,000; and

(iv) the person has lodged with ASIC, in the prescribed form, notice that the person intends to rely on the exemption in this paragraph for digital asset platforms;

(jb) the service consists only of either or both of the following:

(i) advising another person about the existence of a digital asset platform or tokenised custody platform;

(ii) arranging for another person to use a digital asset platform or tokenised custody platform;

and when the person provides the service:

(iii) the person does so in the ordinary course of the person's business; and

(iv) such services are not a significant part of the person's business;