Crypto Exchange OKX Moves Into Australia’s Self-Managed Super Fund Sector

OKX makes a push on the Australia pension market, despite the fact that crypto is still a remarkably small component.

On Sunday, the exhibition announced the launch of a platform for self-managed Superannuation funds or SMSFs.

These private pension vehicles enable individuals and small groups to manage their own savings directly and offer an alternative to the industrial and retail funds that still dominate Australia’s pension system.

“Adoption is already much higher than many realize: SMSF Crypto Holdings have grown seven times since 2021, with $ 1.7 billion (US $ 1.1 billion) to $ 1.8 billion (US $ 1.2 billion) now invested,” Kate Cooper, told CEO, told, told, told, told Aualia Decrypt.

Cooper said that OKX developed the platform in consultation with trustees and professionals in the industry, with functions such as custody, multi-signature protection and proof-of-reserves reporting on 22 tokens.

“This is not about chasing a trend; it is about offering serious infrastructure for SMSF managers who choose to include digital assets in their portfolios. Managing Australian SMSF managers more money than most sovereign wealth funds,” she added.

OKX claims that the new expansion has been designed to give both individual and business managers a simple path to add crypto to pension portfolios.

It adds infrastructure that specifically meets the SMSF requirements, including final or-year reporting for audits, compliance checks and registered exchange services.

Digital assets have become the fastest-growing piece of Superannuation, with SMSF-Crypto decks between March 2020 and March 2025 with 746%, according to data from the OKX statement. In general, SMSFs manage almost a third of Australia’s $ 4 trillion pension pool.

Fresh facts From the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority shows that the total SMSF assets only grew 5.5% in the year until June 2025, which suggests that although digital assets allocations within those funds rose five years ago from a low base, the broader PETLO of savings savings.

Earlier this month, an Australian tax office report Showed self -managed super funds that kept around $ 3 billion (US $ 1.9 billion) in crypto, which is less than 0.3% of their assets and an even smaller share of the country’s $ 4.3 trillion pension system.

SMSFs remained heavily weighed in the direction of shares, cash and property, with crypto allocations stable after a short peak in the early 2024, according to the report.

At the time, observers noted that investors missed “the rally” by taking a step back after that peak, aligning how SMSFs remain a careful investment product, even when crypto volumes in Asia-Pacific rose around 69% in the same period.

Yet Cooper said that OKX expected “thousands of SMSFs on board in the next 12 to 24 months”, with many of them switching from other fairs.