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- Australia’s crypto travel rule starts July 1, 2026, requiring exchanges to verify sender, receiver and wallet details.
- The rule has no minimum threshold, so a $5 transfer triggers same data collection as a $50,000 transfer.
- Exchanges must verify the payer’s identity and collect payee data even when self-custody wallets are used.
- ASIC extended licensing relief to September 30, 2026 while the Senate committee backed a bill to place crypto exchanges under the licensing regime.
