Built to be the standard, not a startup
Digital Asset Compliance Solutions Pty Ltd (DACS) is a Melbourne-based verification specialist. We apply professional auditing standards to digital asset holdings — a market that has long lacked them.
Why DACS exists
Super funds, companies and institutions hold digital assets, and their auditors must sign off on them. Until DACS, the evidence available rarely met the standard the rest of the audit was held to. Peter Christo founded DACS — after two decades in financial technology and regulated financial services.
To close that gap:
Independent findings on existence, control and valuation, from agreed-upon procedures under ASRS 4400 — the evidence your auditor needs.
Milestones
- 2018
DACS founded in Melbourne
Established as an over-the-counter exchange and custody service for SMSFs, companies and private clients entering digital assets. Originally called Digital Asset Custody Solutions.
- 2023
The first verifications
Trustees start asking for evidence their auditor can rely on, not trades. DACS begins independent verification of holdings — the work that becomes the business.
- JANUARY 2025
Submission to Treasury's Crypto Asset Reporting Framework consultation
- 2025
DAVO™
The Digital Asset Valuation Oracle, built in 2025 and pricing every DACS report since mid-2025.
- MID-2025
Verification becomes the whole business
Over-the-counter trading and custody stop. The DACS portal launches — quote, verification and reporting in one place.
- MAY 2026
DACS returns its AUSTRAC digital currency exchange registration and becomes Digital Asset Compliance Solutions
A verification business should hold no licence that could compromise its independence. The name catches up with the work: we verify; we never custody.
Our Values
Independence
We verify. We do not custody, trade, advise or sell assets and we hold no licence that would tempt us to.
Evidence
Every figure in a DACS report traces to a source we collected ourselves — an exchange API, a blockchain, a verified price feed.
Plain dealing
Fixed prices, plain English, no lock-in. A quote you can accept in minutes and a report your auditor can check without asking us.
Regulatory standing
DACS performs agreed-upon procedures engagements under ASRS 4400. We track the Corporations Amendment (Digital Assets Framework) Act 2026 closely and contribute to policy development where we can add technical value — including our January 2025 submission to the Australian Treasury's consultation on the Crypto Asset Reporting Framework.
DACS does not provide financial product advice and does not take custody of client assets.