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1 case

12 Dec 2024 Bit Trade Pty Ltd (Betreiber der Kryptobörse Kraken)Kraken operator Bit Trade: AUD 8m penalty for missing target market determination AustraliaOrganisational requirements €4.87m

From October 2021 Bit Trade offered more than 1,100 Australian customers a “margin extension” product, which the Court classified as a credit facility, without having made the required target market determination. Customers paid more than USD 7 million in fees and interest and suffered trading losses of more than USD 5 million. The Court imposed AUD 8 million; it was the first penalty for a missing target market determination.

What organisations can take from it

Crypto providers too must check whether their products are regulated financial products and make a target market determination before distribution.

Relevance to training and awareness

Product approval and target market determinations for new financial and crypto products

Authority / court
Federal Court of Australia (auf Antrag der Australian Securities and Investments Commission, ASIC)
Area of law
Capital markets and financial supervision · Organisational requirements
Legal basis
Design and Distribution Obligations des Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Pflicht zur Target Market Determination)
Action
Fine
Status of proceedings
unknown
Sector
Financial services and insurance
Published
12 Dec 2024

Original amount 8,000,000 AUD, converted at the ECB reference rate of 12 Dec 2024.

Checked against the official source on 3 Oct 2026 · Direct link

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