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Project Acacia: RBA and DFCRC announce chosen industry participants and ASIC provides regulatory relief for tokenised asset settlement research project

Project Acacia has today reached a significant milestone with a number of industry participants (see below) selected to explore how innovations in digital money and existing settlement infrastructure might support the development of Australian wholesale tokenised asset markets. Project Acacia is a joint initiative between the Reserve Bank of Australia [...]

Imperium Markets Tokenises Bank Deposits & Securities In An Australian-First

MEDIA RELEASE  Imperium Markets has proven that the tokenisation of assets and settlement in wholesale bank deposits, money market securities and annuities is possible following the successful completion of its Project Acacia use cases. As part of the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and Digital Finance CRC’s (DFCRC) Project Acacia, [...]

First Ever Tokenised Corporate Bond Issued In Australia

MEDIA RELEASE FIRST EVER TOKENISED CORPORATE BOND ISSUED IN AUSTRALIA Imperium Markets has issued the first ever tokenised corporate bond in Australia as part of Project Acacia’s wholesale tokenised asset and settlement research project. In a use case led by Macropod, the bond was issued on Imperium’s ASIC-licenced marketplace and settled on [...]

AFR: Top banks trial stablecoin loan deals, but a bigger threat is looming

James Eyers Senior Reporter Feb 8, 2026 Australian banks and super funds are taking their first tentative steps in the use of stablecoins, deploying the digital currency in trial capital market transactions to speed up settlement times and reduce costs. Offshore, stablecoins are increasingly being used for payments – forcing [...]

Ex-Westpac treasurer named to Imperium Markets advisory board

Fintech Imperium Markets has put together a top-notch independent advisory board to help it engage with the banks and regulators as more financial market participants explore trading and settling transactions with blockchain technology. [...]

MEDIA RELEASE – Imperium Markets Announces Independent Advisory Board

Imperium Markets Pty Limited has established an Independent Advisory Board that consists of Imperium Chairman Rod Lewis, former Westpac Group Treasurer Curt Zuber, and former MBIA UK Chairman and CEO Chris Weeks. The Independent Advisory Board will ensure that Imperium’s platform delivers issuance, trading, custody and settlement capabilities in the most [...]

Imperium to Get ASX Benchmark Nod

Imperium Markets says it has received indicative approval from ASX Benchmarks as an Approved Trading Venue (ATV) for the purposes of Australian benchmark BBSW (Bank Bill Swap Rate). [...]

Digital $A to Slash Bond Market Settlement Time to Zero

One of the pilots for a new digital Australian dollar will seek to compress the time it takes to settle trades in the $1.5 trillion bond market from two days to zero, removing settlement risks and cutting costs for banks and investors.

Imperium Markets [...]

Blockchain Comes to Bank Wholesale Deposits in Bid to Slash Costs

Major banks will begin digitising contracts that govern their debt financing, and explore trading and settling money market transactions using blockchain technology, in a project that Imperium Markets and the Digital Finance Co-operative Research Centre (DFCRC) will launch in the coming months. [...]

Imperium Uses Simulation in Quest to Bring Key Money Markets to the Blockchain

Imperium Markets will launch a major research project into digitalising the $3 trillion wholesale bond and deposit market and running it on blockchain. [...]

Pilot to Test Tokenisation of Australian Money Markets and Debt Capital Markets

Imperium Markets and Digital Finance CRC (DFCRC) will pilot a research project into how the tokenisation of assets and settlements can benefit Australian Money Markets and Debt Capital Markets. [...]

‘Tokenised’ Assets Could Save Markets $17b a Year: RBA

The Reserve Bank of Australia says creating real-world financial assets in a “tokenised” form could unlock billions of dollars in annual savings for banks and other financial institutions by streamlining settlement processes and automating registries. [...]

Westpac, CBA Dip into Money Markets using Digital Aussie Dollar

* Two major banks have used a real central bank digital currency to trade deposit securities.
* It is the first time this has happened using a CBDC that is a claim on the central bank.
* A Senate committee heard lack of regulation [...]

Reserve Bank and Digital Finance CRC Complete CBDC Research Project

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) and the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFCRC) have released a report on the findings from the joint research project involving industry that explored potential use cases for a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in Australia. [...]

Imperium Markets Wants to Settle Money Market Transactions Instantly

Australia’s major banks are using a new financial market that will shift settlement of term deposits for institutional investors to real-time using similar blockchain technology that the ASX has failed to implement for the equity market. [...]

GTreasury and Imperium Markets Partner to Provide Treasurers with Seamless Data Connectivity Between the Two Platforms

Imperium Markets clients can now have trades automatically pushed into their GTreasury portfolio – streamlining workflows and reducing risks by eliminating manual data entry [...]

Imperium Markets and r3 Announces Partnership to Transform Australia’s Financial Markets Ecosystem

Imperium Markets, an ASIC licensed fintech firm, and r3, a leading provider of enterprise technology and services, today announced a new partnership which will deliver for the first time, the full potential of blockchain for Australia's financial markets. [...]

Macquarie Bank-Backed Fintech Signs New Deal

Former ANZ chief executive Mike Smith isn't the only big name backing regtech/fintech player Imperium Markets.

Street Talk can reveal Macquarie Bank tipped into the rising star's capital raising that closed in September. [...]