- Swyftx has unveiled Australia’s first crypto exchange to offer access to traditional assets alongside cryptocurrencies on one platform.
- Eligible retail clients can trade leveraged CFDs across around 100 cryptocurrencies, commodities, major US indices and Magnificent 7 stocks.
- Swyftx says the regulated offering provides a domestic alternative to offshore derivatives platforms and reflects growing demand for multi-asset trading.
Swyftx has become the first Australian cryptocurrency exchange to offer licensed access to traditional financial markets alongside crypto, launching a leveraged trading product that combines digital assets with commodities, major US indices and leading technology stocks on a single platform.
The new Swyftx Leverage service enables eligible Australian retail clients to trade contracts for difference (CFDs) across around 100 cryptocurrencies, as well as gold, silver, crude oil, the Nasdaq 100, the S&P 500 and Magnificent 7 stocks including Nvidia, Tesla, Apple, Amazon and Microsoft. Trading will be offered within the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s retail leverage limits.
According to Swyftx, the launch also marks the first licensed crypto derivatives product introduced by a local cryptocurrency exchange. The company, which has more than one million clients, said customer funds will be held in Australian dollars through segregated client money arrangements with retail client protections.
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Trading Across Markets
Acting co-chief executive Andrea Yuen said traditional financial institutions are expanding into digital assets while cryptocurrency exchanges are broadening their offerings to include conventional markets. She said traders increasingly want access to both asset classes through a single platform.
Yuen also said Australian retail investors are building more diversified portfolios, making multi-asset trading platforms increasingly attractive, particularly with digital asset laws expected next year. She added that the global derivatives market is significantly larger than the spot market and said a regulated Australian alternative is overdue after leveraged trading activity has largely been directed to offshore, unregulated platforms.
Unlike other crypto derivatives offerings, Swyftx Leverage combines crypto-native trading within Australia’s regulated derivatives framework. Client funds are deposited and held in AUD, segregated client money arrangements and retail client protections.
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