A Strategic Leap Forward for Global Trade on XDC Network! At XDC Network, we're excited to announce the execution of a pivotal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Murundi Group Pty Ltd. ​This international partnership brings together @XDC_Australia and @XDC_Labs India, with support from XDC Innovation Labs and the Melbourne-based Murundi Group, to deploy advanced blockchain-powered solutions for supply chain traceability and digital trade documentation, and to align with our global trade finance ecosystem. It begins by digitising and optimising the high-growth India-Australia trade corridor, with clear pathways to scale globally. India and Australia represent two powerhouse economies with deepening ties, amplified by the Australia-India Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement and the recent Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) for organic products. This collaboration is strategically vital because it leverages XDC Network's hybrid blockchain infrastructure, enterprise-grade, EVM-compatible, low-cost, and high-speed, to address real-world pain points in international trade: paper-based inefficiencies, opaque provenance, delayed settlements, and limited access to finance. By focusing on proven lanes like India-Australia, we're creating a scalable model that enhances trust, reduces friction, and unlocks liquidity - ultimately fostering greater economic inclusion for traders, exporters, and SMEs across borders. Central to this effort is the XDC Trade dApp (part of the broader @XDCTradeNetwork suite), which serves as the core engine for transforming trade processes via MLETR-compliant digital trade documents and matching Trade Funding. In Phase 1 (launching Q1 2026), we'll pilot these capabilities on established India-Australia flows for rice and coffee beans. Success here will accelerate Phase 2, extending the platform to Murundi’s emerging corridors in the Americas and Europe, all the while building a seamless, global blockchain ecosystem that maximises trade volume, liquidity, and efficiency. A heartfelt thank you to @SeanoftheWeb3 (@XDC_Australia ), @kishanBalaji (XDC India), @AnilChinchawale & @omkarxinfin (@XDC_Labs Innovation Labs INDIA), and @madhump (Murundi Group) for championing this initiative. This pivotal MoU underscores XDC Network's commitment to revolutionising supplychain, trade, and tradefinance through practical, interoperable, and compliant blockchain innovation. With January 26 fast approaching, we are honouring Australia Day and India's Republic Day together; this partnership symbolises the power of collaboration between our forward-thinking nations. The future of borderless, trustworthy trade is here. Join us in shaping it!

This time next week, the Australian Trade and Trade Finance industry will gather at @ANZ_AU HQ in Docklands to test ideas, share best practices, and expand their networks, further enhancing the competitiveness and productivity of the sector. This is a new thing for Australia - moving from Paper, Swift, Cables, even Cloud - to #Web3 with #DLT infra like #Blockchain supports. This event marks the second installment of the annual "#ACITI International Trade and Trade Finance in the Digital Economy Conference"... frankly, a title that befits a movement that is certainly 'more than a mouthful'. Building on the first year, the scheduling is an even better barometer of trends in #trade and #tradefi, that are actually becoming realities. Join #XDC Australia Eco/BDM @SeanoftheWeb3 and hear and see the expanding networks and developments that @XDC_Network_ is helping lift into this nascent #DigitalEconomy. #XDCNetwork Proud Sponsors! Read more: aciti.org.au/international-t… @CloudTechGrp @CTCustody @AUDD_digital $AUDD @USDC @DECAustralia @DigiFinanceCRC @ethicaltradeall @ChainDoX_XDC @DigichainInno @KasuFinance #TradeDigitalAus2025

So... are we all pretending it's still fine to use a mix of wet signatures, cloud, fax machines, and international document couriers - then tolerate the occasional hack (and data leak), while consuming days of 'processing' time, terawatts of cloud and gigatonnes of paper - to shift goods from border to border, and fulfill our supply chains? In a couple of weeks, @XDC_Network_ #Australia @SeanoftheWeb3 has the responsibility to deliver a message to Canberra - one that was placed by the Digital Economy Council of Australia (@DECAustralia) when asked to chair the #TradeDigitalisation Policy Roundtable back in March - but it may not be all rainbows and lollipops. But, guaranteed, it will be fun, aspirational, ...and Productive! Since the Australian @Treasury_AU reaffirmed it was sexy again to talk up #Productivity with next month's #EconomicReformRoundtable and, leading on from the recent (and #web3 deprived) Productivity Commission @ozprodcom findings, could there be reasons to feel hopeful, buoyant, even? Possibly, emboldened?! There has never been a more obvious and receptive global embrace of #Blockchain #DLT & #AI for enterprise and government. Brazil & Zanzibar, both exploring XDC #subnets, alone. And deliciously, for the combining the best of emerging and foundational technologies in Trade Digitalisation - when looking at the immediate commercial side of 'Trade' - this whole conversation got a little more tasty when considering the #InternetOfValue and #RWA secret sauce: #ISO20022 #Payments and #TradeFi. Sean is very much looking forward to the upcoming release of this DECA Policy Advisement, alongside the respective findings in #Tokenisation, and #Taxation - and looking forward to this opportunity to finally lay it bare to Parliamentarians, Policy Advisors, and Departmental Executives, in this #PFOB closed-door event. All is set for a pertinent presentation, a rollicking read, and (hopefully) even better corridor conversations! The emerging, committed agents in our nascent #DigitalEconomy are assembling around this pivot-point, and thanks to DECA and their industry support, we might pierce the veil and bring some more light and oxygen to the #Trade conversation in an important corner of this Great Southern Land. @XDCTradeNetwork | @iccwbo | @TFDInitiative | @Austrade | @dfat | @ethicaltradeall | @GLEIF | @wto | @wef | @UNESCAP | #TradeFinance #Blockchain #XDC #Australia #TradeTech #SupplyChain #Fintech #PaperlessTrade #DECAPolicyForum2025 #DataNotPaper #MLETR

Day 3 #DECon2025 hits its groove with the first of the Executive Roundtables, and with special words from Cabinet Secretary and Assistant Minister for Australia's Digital Economy, Sen Andrew Charlton. #DEConference2025 @XDC_Network_ $XDC #MoreThanTrade @DECAustralia #DigitalEconomy

The Digital Economy Council of Australia (@DECAustralia ) Policy Forum 2025 is a landmark initiative focused on proactive policy formation in the digital asset sector. XDCNetwork is committed to fostering innovation and regulatory clarity to support industry growth. 📌 Four focus groups will craft strategic policy recommendations in Taxation, Tokenisation, Trade Digitalisation, and Banking, providing policymakers with a clear roadmap to advance Australia’s digital asset landscape. @SeanOfTheWeb3, Australian Lead for Ecosystem and Business Development at XDC Network, will take the chair on this formal prelude to Parliamentary advice. 📅 March 13, 2025 📍 Parliament House, Sydney Kudos to @DECAustralia for leading this important initiative! Join the conversation. Let’s build a stronger, more efficient digital economy together! Find more details: deca.org.au/2025policyforum/ #MLETR #PaperlessTrade #Payments #TradeFinance #TradeDigitalisation #DECAPolicyForum2025 #XDCNetwork #Blockchain #regulation

Our thanks to the Digital Economy Council of Australia @DECAustralia for their visionary initiative supporting this edition of #DECAPolicyForum2025 with a #TradeDigitalisation inclusion. @SeanOfTheWeb3 takes the chair on this formal prelude to Parliamentary advice. @XDC_Network