Bank · Australia
ANZ
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited · anz.com.au (opens source in new tab)
Crypto readiness score
2/3 status dimensions verified · 1 initiative · last verified 2026-10-24
Score breakdown
How the number above is built — every input is a verified tracker status with a dated source.
| Component | Weight | Points | Basis (verified input) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commercial availability | 35 | 10.5 | Pilot / proof of concept · initiative |
| Regulatory standing | 25 | — | No verified status — not scored |
| Technical delivery | 20 | 15 | Live — restricted / specific counterparties · initiative |
| Product breadth | 15 | 5 | 1 product category with a verified status: Stablecoin issuance |
| Recent verified activity | 5 | 0 | No verified change in the last 365 days |
Score = sum of points, rounded. Only verified tracker statuses count; “Unknown” earns nothing and is never estimated. Methodology
Initiatives (1)
Regulatory, technical and commercial status are kept separate: an authorisation is not a launch.
Stablecoin issuance · Australia
A$DC Australian-dollar stablecoin
- regulatory
- Unknown
- technical
- Live — restricted / specific counterparties2022-03-24
- commercial
- Pilot / proof of concept2022-03-24
ANZ minted A$30 million of its A$DC stablecoin and executed what it described as the first Australian-bank-issued AUD stablecoin payment on a public permissionless blockchain, for Victor Smorgon Group via Zerocap (March 2022).
Scope: One executed client payment; ANZ said it would continue to trial the capability.
In tracker · last verified 2026-10-24
Licences & registrations
Regulator records (or MiCA Art. 60 notifications — a notification, not an authorisation).
No licence or registration record in our verified data. This means “not reviewed”, not “unlicensed”.
Partners & providers
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- Ethereum · network stated (tracker)
A$DC Australian-dollar stablecoin — ANZ (opens source in new tab)
Regulator records & actions
Register entries and regulator publications that name this institution.
None in our verified data.
Markets (from stated target markets): Australia
Timeline
Status changes (tracker history), verified items and regulatory dates, newest first.
2022-03-24 · Status
First A$DC payment executed on a public permissionless blockchain.
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