@GeoffWilsonWAM Btw, Geoff. Might I invite a representative from WAM to roundtable with the Web3/AI Digital Innovation community next Monday (15th) on this matter, at #DECON2026?
Sheraton Hyde Park - I can facilitate that 😉 LMK!
@toy59496 The effect is jarring. It's like they are operating to remove a kidney to sell on the black market - but the unwitting patient is starting to wake up 😂
🌅ASEAN just delivered a wake-up call for Australia!
Last week in Manila, ASEAN Member States concluded negotiations on the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (#DEFA) — the world’s first comprehensive region-wide digital economy pact. 🎯Target signing: November 2026.
The agreement explicitly covers:
✅Digital trade facilitation & simplified procedures
✅Trusted cross-border data flows
✅Digital payments and electronic transactions
✅Greater digital interoperability
✅Fintech, AI and forward-looking rules
This is not just another trade agreement. It is the clearest signal yet that digital trade will be inseparable from digital payments and tokenised trade finance. The writing is on the wall. For Australia’s central agencies and lawmakers, the message is urgent: Accelerating #MLETR implementation is no longer optional.
Interoperability standards and regulated digital payments infrastructure are now table stakes. Tokenisation of trade lending and real-time liquidity will dominate the next decade of trade — not as a “nice-to-have”, but as the competitive edge.
#ASEAN is moving at speed. Australia cannot afford to be a spectator in its own backyard. The practical bridge is already being built — through corridors such as the India–Australia supply chain facilitated by Murundi Group and @XDCTradeNetwork (with #TradeTrust-powered partners), where documents, payments and tokenised finance are to be tested.
Whole-of-government coordination, co-design with industry, and a permanent technology & infrastructure voice on the NCTF have never been more important. The future of trade is digital and financial.
Let’s make sure Australia leads, not lags. #DigitalTrade #ASEANDEFA #TradeFinance #Tokenisation #MLETR #AustraliaASEAN #DTF2026
@XDCNetwork@DECAustralia@Austrade@DFAT@HomeAffairsAus @AGD_AU @ASEAN
@VinceRugari What a tasty bit of news to start your media coverage this #WC2026, Vince.
Will be looking forward to your insights, hot takes, and reactions!
Enjoy!
#GoSocceroos
@toy59496 I haven't figured it out yet, either. No rush ofc.. a robust democracy - with fair elections is the minimum. I'd say we are at least achieving some of those lengths here. Cheers