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    45 Providers Struck Off One Register, a Final Deadline on the Other: Australia's Digital Asset Squeeze

    AUSTRAC has cancelled, suspended or refused to renew 45 remittance and virtual asset registrations in a year, and ASIC's final licensing window for digital asset businesses closes on 30 September 2026. The two announcements are one story: holding a place on an Australian register is no longer passive, at either end of the regime.

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