Australia's Central Bank to Explore Developing Wholesale Tokenized Asset Markets

CBDC tracker cited in CEPR on the increasing adoption of CBDCs and its macroeconomic effects

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Australia's Central Bank to Explore Developing Wholesale Tokenized Asset Markets

Issuance of pilot wholesale CBDC for testing the use cases will take place on different blockchain platforms, such as Hedera and R3 Corda.

RBA Selects Firms for Tokenized Settlement Research Project

Australia’s central bank has named the industry participants that will participate in a tokenized asset settlement research project.

Project Acacia: innovations in digital money and existing settlement infrastructure

On 10 July 2025, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) announced that Project Acacia, a joint initiative between the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre, had reached a significant milestone. Project Acacia is designed to explore how innovations in digital money and existing settlement infrastructure might support the development of Australian wholesale tokenised asset markets. This …

RBA names three banks for trial on digital Aussie dollar

Image: WorldSpectrum/pixabay.com Work on a digital version of the Aussie is advancing with the selection of trial partners to try out digital dollars by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBS). Project Acacia is a joint research project of the RBA and Digital Finance Co-operative Research Centre (DFCRC). It is also supported by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) and…

Australia Pushes Ahead with CBDC Trials Under Project Acacia

Key Insights: RBA will test 24 use cases involving wholesale CBDCs, stablecoins, and tokenized bank deposits. ASIC grants regulatory relief to enable testing of digital assets beyond current legal frameworks. Hedera forms strong bullish setup as Acacia includes it among trial DLT platforms. Australia is advancing its wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) plans through phase two of Project Acacia. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) con…