Swyftx Secures Australian Financial Services Licence, Pivots Toward Crypto Payments
Swyftx has secured an Australian Financial Services Licence with a non-cash payment facility authorisation, signalling a strategic shift beyond spot crypto trading.
Nadia Rahman is CoinScoop's Markets Editor. She covers Bitcoin, macro liquidity and the spot-ETF complex, and previously reported on rates and FX for a global newswire.
Swyftx has secured an Australian Financial Services Licence with a non-cash payment facility authorisation, signalling a strategic shift beyond spot crypto trading.
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