Crypto Exchange has launched a platform for self-managed Superannuation funds in Australia, because it hopes to use the one $ 4.3 trillion pension saving pool of the country.
Summary
- With Austrac-registered SMSF, OKX launches crypto platform with compliance and reporting functions.
- Australian SMSF -Crypto companies fell in 2025, but remain 40% higher than 2023 levels.
Announcing the move via a September 15th announcementKate Cooper, who currently functions the CEO of OKX Australia, said that the platform, which is registered under Austrac, managers and service providers, would offer “tools to buy, manage and report on digital assets”.
“All too often, managers are left together to Cobble solutions through spreadsheets, generic portals or, even worse, offshore support that does not understand how SMSF’s actually works. It changes what a considered investment decision should be in a compliance headache and a Cooper said.”
OKX tackles this by offering customers a specially built interface that is specially tailor-made for SMSF needs. The most important characteristics of the new platform are integrated portfolio dashboards, custody of institutional quality, real-time transaction tracking and automated end-of-year reports for compliance and audit requirements.
According to Cooper, the platform offers a simple onboarding process and accounts can be set in minutes. OKX has also established local support teams that are available via telephone, e -mail or live chat to guide users through the process.
“With OKX, SMSF managers have access to infrastructure that supports compliance, transparency and local help. Our goal is to be easier to deal with digital assets via an SMSF,” she added.
Reports that OKX, together with its competitor Coinbase, was looking for the Australia pension market that appeared for the first time this month.
At the time, both companies told Bloomberg that the demand for SMSF-oriented crypto platforms would be strong, especially among younger Australians who choose to increasingly take pension planning in their own hands.
According to Coinbase, more than 500 investors had already become members of the waiting list for his upcoming SMSF offer, which still has to be announced.
Although SMSFs only represent a part of the Australia pension system, they jointly manage about a quarter of the A $ 4.3 trillion pension pool.
As previously reported by crypto.news, Australians had trimmed a small part of their SMSF-Crypto-blot position in the past year, which was characterized by a decrease in the total participation of a $ 3.119 billion in 2024 to a $ 3.018 billion in mid-2025.
Australian regulators have repeated warnings since the beginning of 2019 that Superannuation is intended to deliver income in retirement, not as a speculative bet. Last year the securities ruler of the country, ASIC, took action against blockchain -mining companies that reportedly encouraged to transfer funds of regulated Superannuation funds to SMSFs for conversion in cryptocurrency.
However, that did not stop with crypto enthusiasts. Zooming out, the total SMSF -Crypto companies increased by 40% compared to numbers reported in 2023.
