{
  "id": 14669451,
  "title": "Australia’s financial watchdog seeks stiffer rules for crypto exchanges ahead of licensing deadline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/australias-financial-watchdog-seeks-stiffer-rules-for-crypto",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-15T09:53:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "CoinDesk",
    "slug": "coindesk",
    "url": "https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/10/15/australia-s-financial-watchdog-seeks-stiffer-rules-for-crypto-exchanges-ahead-of-licensing-deadline"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The country’s regulator, ASIC, has proposed tougher rules to protect users’ digital assets, crypto trading and to safeguard the country’s financial stability.",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Cointelegraph",
        "title": "Australia seeks feedback on crypto platform rules ahead of 2027 rollout",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/australia-seeks-feedback-on-crypto-platform-rules-ahead-of-2027",
        "published": "2026-10-15T05:00:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}