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 SPX perpetual settles in USDC everywhere.
2 venues open SPX6900 perps to traders in Australia.
Aster
HyperliquidFour 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 SPX from Australia: legal.
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC).
KYC obligations and AML compliance are compulsory for cryptocurrency exchanges in Australia, according to ASIC.
Australia traders can fund SPX6900 positions using PayID, Bank transfer / Osko and RTGS (real time gross settlement).
4 platforms serve Australia for SPX6900 trading, among them Aster, GMX and Hyperliquid.