Australia’s government has identified artificial intelligence as a key force that will reshape the economy over the next 40 years, but left out cryptocurrencies and digital assets from its long-term economic outlook. The Treasury’s latest Intergenerational Report lists AI among five major shifts, alongside geopolitical conflict, ageing, the clean energy transition and a move toward services. Industry figures said the report overlooks financial infrastructure needed for AI-driven transactions, even as other government documents discuss programmable, interoperable payments.

AhnLab Blockchain Company (ABC), AhnLab’s digital asset infrastructure unit, said on Sept. 22 it launched TRUSS, an enterprise digital asset platform that can be built directly on financial institutions’ internal networks. The on-premises solution integrates functions needed to start digital asset operations and keeps cryptographic keys, approval policies and transaction data inside the institution. It offers an integrated architecture, flexible key management and approvals, and a modular structure that can be expanded by licensing.