According to @business, Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser said Australia’s monetary policy faces an unusual challenge. Source: @business Traders commonly monitor central bank language as a cue for positioning in AUD currency pairs, Australia government bond yields, and ASX financials because monetary policy transmits through interest rates and the exchange rate to asset prices. Source: Reserve Bank of Australia public materials on how monetary policy works Given the rising co-movement between crypto and equities during macro policy shocks, crypto majors such as BTC and ETH can see higher short-term volatility when policy uncertainty is elevated. Source: IMF Global Financial Stability Report, October 2022

According to @business, Australia’s dollar is expected to rally further and deliver a rare annual gain in 2025 as the Reserve Bank of Australia’s relatively restrictive policy favors the local currency, source: Bloomberg/@business on Nov 9, 2025. The report identifies the RBA’s restrictive stance as the key driver for AUD strength, making AUD pairs such as AUD/USD and AUD/JPY the primary crosses to monitor for trend continuation while policy remains tight, source: Bloomberg/@business on Nov 9, 2025.

According to @business, the Reserve Bank of Australia said the operator of Australia’s largest stock exchange has considerable work to do to meet regulator expectations. Source: Bloomberg Business. The exchange operator is ASX Limited, whose ASX Clear and ASX Settlement facilities came under heightened scrutiny after the CHESS replacement project was paused in 2022. Source: Reserve Bank of Australia and ASIC joint statement, November 2022. The RBA’s 2023 assessment outlined governance and project-risk remediation requirements and set milestones for the ASX clearing and settlement facilities. Source: Reserve Bank of Australia 2023 Assessment of the ASX Clearing and Settlement Facilities. For trading, sustained regulatory oversight of ASX market infrastructure is a key operational risk factor to monitor for execution quality and liquidity in Australian equities and ETFs. Source: Reserve Bank of Australia 2023 Assessment of the ASX Clearing and Settlement Facilities. For crypto exposure, spot Bitcoin ETFs listed on ASX, including the VanEck Bitcoin ETF VBTC, rely on the same trading and settlement rails, making the RBA’s findings relevant for monitoring market functioning. Source: VanEck Australia press release on VBTC launch, June 20, 2024; Reserve Bank of Australia 2023 Assessment of the ASX Clearing and Settlement Facilities.