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Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Australia's corporate, markets and financial services regulator. It licenses financial firms, enforces consumer law and issues product intervention orders.

Known aliases

  • ASIC
  • Australian Securities and Investment Commission
  • Australian Securities and Investments Commission

Current stories

investConfirmed4 publishers

ASIC's crypto capital draft sets a A$14 million floor for platforms that lack third-party custody

ASIC has opened consultation on CP 392, which offers crypto platforms three alternative capital models, with feedback due Nov. 27. Final standards are due in March 2027, at most 38 days before the law takes effect on April 8.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 18%
Operator
Operator 46%
Investor
Investor 36%

Reality

Evidence80
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+10
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence75
investConfirmed4 publishers

ASIC would pull crypto-settled CFDs under a leverage-cap order it wants to run to 2037

ASIC proposed on October 12 to extend its CFD product intervention order to 2037 and bring contracts settled in digital assets inside it. Feedback is due November 9, and the extension needs ministerial approval.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 16%
Operator
Operator 48%
Investor
Investor 36%

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+8
Incentives
Not scored
Confidence74
leadershipOne report1 publisher

Victoria's disclosure trigger keeps the funders of a $100,000 AI ad month unnamed

Fix Victoria spent up to $100,000 in August on AI-generated attack imagery, more than most parties managed, and because its ads never name a party the state's disclosure rules never reach its donors.

Publishers:theguardian.com

Reality

Evidence62
Adoption52
Hype gap+15
Incentives76
Confidence60
leadershipOne report1 publisher

Your Face Is Now Inventory: ASIC Logged 19,400 Scam Reports and $7.4m Lost to Ten Deepfaked Figures

Impersonation of named executives, economists and politicians has moved from nuisance to regulated-scale fraud. The takedown pipeline is now an operating function, not a PR reflex.

Publishers:theguardian.com

Reality

Evidence57
Adoption71
Hype gap+14
Incentives56
Confidence54