Virtual asset service providers register with AUSTRAC, a requirement widened in March 2026; a licensing law for platforms and custody takes effect in April 2027. This page sets out the authorisations a stablecoin business needs in Australia, who grants each one and what it covers, alongside how many companies hold them today. The figures come from the registers Anvesan reads and are updated as those registers change.
RegulatorAustralian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC); the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for financial products, and for digital asset platforms from April 2027
LawAnti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Part 6A), and the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Act 2026
Authorisations in Australia, as at 4 November 2026
Authorisations464across 2 licence families
Licensed464all 464 authorisations
In the pipeline0No live applications
Ended0No ended authorisations
Authorisations by licence
Virtual asset service provider registration100%462
Other authorisations<1%2
These 464 authorisations belong to 457 companies. The company-level records are in Atlas Pro.
What those authorisations permit
Moving value for clients2
Scope not stated in the licence462
One authorisation can cover several activities, so these figures overlap.
The licences: who grants them, how long, what they cost
The statutory clock is the formal decision period, where the regulator publishes one. “Observed” is the real-world timeline reported by applicants, not a figure the regulator sets. Capital is the regulatory minimum, not legal or advisory fees. Where a figure is not yet available, we show “Unavailable”; where one exists but Anvesan has not verified it, we show “Not sourced”.
The Atlas column maps a licence to a tracked licence family only where the two are the same thing. Where they are not, it reads Not mapped, and the family counts are in Authorisations by licence above.
Australia virtual asset service provider registration
Who grants it
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC)
What triggers it
Not sourced
Legal basis
Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, Part 6A
Statutory clockNot sourced
Anvesan has not verified this for this regime yet. It is added when it is.
What it takes in practiceNot sourced
Anvesan has not verified this for this regime yet. It is added when it is.
Capital requirement
Not sourced
Application feeNot sourced
What to watch
Regulatory changes only: what is being decided, by whom, and when. Company-level licence changes are tracked in Atlas Pro.
Questions this page answers
How many companies hold a stablecoin-related licence in Australia?
Atlas tracks 464 authorisations across 457 companies in Australia, read from official registers and checked on 4 November 2026. Of those, 464 are licensed, 0 are in the pipeline, and 0 have ended.
Who regulates stablecoins in Australia?
Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC); the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) for financial products, and for digital asset platforms from April 2027. The framework is Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Part 6A), and the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Act 2026.
What licence does a stablecoin business need in Australia?
Virtual asset service providers register with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC), under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, Part 6A, a requirement widened in March 2026. A licensing law for platforms and custody, the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Act 2026, takes effect in April 2027, with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) regulating digital asset platforms from then.
How long does a licence take in Australia, and what capital does it need?
Anvesan has not verified decision timelines or capital thresholds for Australia yet, so this page does not publish them. It publishes no figure it cannot cite.
How these numbers are made
Registers read
The official registers used for this regime, named in the Registers read line. Where a public register does not provide a record, the source is identified separately.
Cadence
Checked daily. Changes are recorded when they appear in the register, together with the date they were seen. Last checked 4 November 2026.
Licence detail reviewed
9 October 2026. Counts are refreshed daily. Licence terms, timelines and capital thresholds are reviewed separately because they come from the underlying rules rather than the register.
Known gap
“Unavailable” means the figure does not yet exist or has not been published. “Not sourced” means the figure exists but Anvesan has not yet verified it. Neither is estimated.