Australia treats spot crypto and crypto derivatives as different regulatory objects and gives them different answers, but neither is banned. Holding and trading crypto is lawful — ASIC's consumer site describes buying and selling crypto on a trading platform as an ordinary thing to do while warning it is highly speculative — though it is careful to say that crypto-assets, even Australian dollar stablecoins, are not legal tender in Australia and are not widely accepted as payment. The government was consulting on exposure-draft legislation to bring digital asset platforms and tokenised custody platforms in as new financial products when INFO 225 was last updated, so this perimeter is expected to move.
The contract itself does not change by geography: a DRAM perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.
11 venues open DRAM Price Index perps to traders in Australia.
ApeX
Aster
Hyperliquid
Lighter
Ondo
Ostium
Pacifica
Paradex
VestFour steps from sign-up to an open position.
Cryptocurrency in Australia is taxed at rates between 0% and 45%, with a 50% capital gains discount for crypto held longer than a year before disposal.
Trading DRAM from Australia: legal.
From Australia, you can fund a DRAM Price Index position using PayID, Bank transfer / Osko and RTGS (real time gross settlement).
13 platforms serve Australia for DRAM Price Index trading, among them Aevo, ApeX and Aster.
On Canborsa, traders in Australia can use up to 20x leverage on DRAM Price Index.
On Canborsa, DRAM Price Index trading from Australia costs 0.07% per side.