Australian crypto: 24 Aug – 6 Sept 2026

Every fortnight we record what actually happened here, with sources — and what the market did around it.

The fortnight's local story was Australia gives crypto firms until Sept. 30 to get licensed or risk enforcement. Bitcoin moved +0.6% in AUD terms (A$110,106 → A$110,814), Ethereum +0.2%, and 72 of the 134 coins with records covering the fortnight finished higher. Sentiment averaged 69/100 on the Fear & Greed Index.

What happened in Australia

Stories that named an Australian regulator, platform or market — deduplicated, so one event reported by five outlets appears once.

Australia gives crypto firms until Sept. 30 to get licensed or risk enforcement CryptoSlate · 4 Sept · also covered by 2 other outlets
RBA Opens Settlement System to Tokenised Finance, Rules Out Retail CBDC Crypto News Australia · 4 Sept
ASIC’s Crypto Crackdown Countdown: Sept. 30 Deadline Looms Crypto News Australia · 4 Sept
Australia is cracking down on crypto businesses as its strict new regulatory deadline nears CoinDesk · 3 Sept
ASX to fall as Warsh forces rate pivot; gold, bitcoin drop Australian Financial Review · 30 Aug

What the market did

Biggest risers — 24 Aug – 6 Sept 2026

ARB Arbitrum	A$0.136 → A$0.2543	+87.0%
DASH Dash	A$57.62 → A$98.37	+70.7%
UNI Uniswap	A$5.97 → A$9.9	+65.8%

Biggest fallers — 24 Aug – 6 Sept 2026

JTO Jito	A$0.7835 → A$0.6244	−20.3%
PUMP Pump.fun	A$0.0066 → A$0.0054	−18.4%
POL POL (ex-MATIC)	A$0.1602 → A$0.1353	−15.6%

Bitcoin dominance moved from 59.1% to 59.2% over the fortnight — what that measures.

Elsewhere

Wider-market stories from the same fortnight, for context.

Coldcard Hacker Starts Swapping Stolen Bitcoin for Ether Crypto News Australia · 4 Sept
Liquid Sidechain Paused After 3,998 BTC Leaves Federation Wallet The Defiant · 6 Sept
This Crypto Project Just Funded 1,000 Student Loans Entirely On-Chain Decrypt · 6 Sept
Three DeFi projects face possible exclusion from future Arbitrum DAO programs CryptoSlate · 6 Sept
Bitcoin’s faces a weird new macro reality as the Fed turns off the tap and Treasury opens the floodgates CryptoSlate · 6 Sept

A fortnight is a short window — the coins at the top of one are regularly at the bottom of the next. For the live picture, today's wrap; for the longer view, the monthly recaps; and for what any of it means for your own holdings, the portfolio tracker.

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Stories are recorded from our news sources at the end of each fortnight and kept unchanged afterwards, so this page reads the same in a year as it does today. Headlines link to the original publisher; we do not republish their reporting. Market figures are computed from our own daily AUD records (powered by CoinGecko), covering coins with at least 8 days of data in the period. Past performance does not indicate future returns. General information only, not financial advice.