RBA × DFCRC · Final Report · May 2026

Project Acacia - overview

Australia's flagship study of digital money in wholesale tokenised markets - twenty industry experiments, a pilot wCBDC, and a clear-eyed read on what's blocking the next leg. Distilled into seven sections you can navigate in an afternoon.

20
Use cases delivered
12 pilots + 8 proofs of concept
A$4.4M
Pilot wCBDC issued
Up to A$250k per individual transaction
A$24B
Est. annual gains
DFCRC potential if fully realised
11
Post-Acacia initiatives
Across regulator, industry, RBA
The dashboard

Seven sections, one report.

Each section maps to a chapter of the original report. Skim the headlines, dig into the figures, then jump into the 20 industry experiments.

Executive summary

Six key findings

01

Two-tier monetary system reaffirmed

Central bank money remains the 'anchor and enabler' - tokenised forms of private money (stablecoins, deposit tokens) can complement it without displacing it.

02

Atomic settlement unlocks real efficiency

Co-locating tokenised assets and money enables instantaneous, all-or-nothing DvP - cutting counterparty risk and freeing collateral.

03

Fixed income leads adoption interest

13 of 20 use cases were in fixed income, mirroring international experience. Largest gains expected from post-trade automation and settlement compression.

04

Interoperability is the bottleneck

Walled gardens won't deliver the prize. Synchronisation, bridges, and multilateral interchange utilities are needed across new and traditional rails.

05

Sandbox + longer runway over short pilots

Larger institutions ran out of time for internal risk reviews. A DFMI sandbox with stage-gates is the preferred next step.

06

Coordination, not just code

Network effects and incumbent inertia have stymied wholesale-market dynamism. Persistent industry-regulator forums are essential.

Build with rem

The pilots are done. The build is just starting.

rem is the strategic partner for issuers, banks and market infrastructure teams turning Acacia's lessons into production wholesale rails.

Talk to rem →A conversation, not a pitch.