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Canvas CEO David Lavecky on Open USD and the Future of Tokenised Markets | Ausbiz, 9 July 2026

Canvas CEO David Lavecky joins Ausbiz to discuss Open USD (OUSD), a new US dollar stablecoin backed by a global coalition including Visa, Mastercard, BlackRock, Stripe and Google. David explains why a shared USD settlement asset matters for tokenised markets, how Canvas Prime and Canvas Connect will support OUSD across custody, transaction and settlement layers once live, and how this builds on Canvas's work in RBA and DFCRC's Project Acacia.

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Canvas CEO speaks at 2023 AFR Crypto Currency Summit on Use of Blockchain for New Financial Markets and CBD

CANVAS CEO shares his insights on blockchain’s impact on financial markets and our experience with the eAUD CBDC pilot on the Australian Financial Review Crypto Currency Summit 2023 panel “The use of blockchain for new financial markets and role of CBDC“. David shares the discussion with fellow panellists, Sophie Gilder, Managing Director, Blockchain & Digital Assets at Commonwealth Bank, Andreas Furche, CEO, Digital Finance CRC and moderated by James Eyers, Senior Reporter, The Australian Financial Review.

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Canvas CEO speaks at 2023 AFR Crypto Currency Summit on Use of Blockchain for New Financial Markets and CBDCs

CANVAS CEO shares his insights on blockchain’s impact on financial markets and our experience with the eAUD CBDC pilot on the Australian Financial Review Crypto Currency Summit 2023 panel “The use of blockchain for new financial markets and role of CBDC“. David shares the discussion with fellow panellists, Sophie Gilder, Managing Director, Blockchain & Digital Assets at Commonwealth Bank, Andreas Furche, CEO, Digital Finance CRC and moderated by James Eyers, Senior Reporter, The Australian Financial Review.

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‘Critical development for digital finance in Australia’: RBA moves ahead with CBDC pilot as fintech Canvas takes centre stage

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), in collaboration with the Digital Finance Cooperative Research Centre (DFRC), is holding a CBDC pilot demo day today in Sydney. The Canvas demo focused on how foreign exchange (forex) trading of an AUD CBDC for USDC (one of the crypto industry’s leading US-dollar stablecoins) can work on Canvas’ Financial Market Applications and on its ZK Layer 2 privacy network – Canvas Connect.

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