XDC Network and AUDC move to ease payments for Australian SMEs with AUDDapt grant program 

• The program offers grants, technical support, and direct access to XDC’s enterprise-grade, low-cost infrastructure.
• It targets outdated financial rails for Australia’s over 2.5 million SMEs, especially for cross-border payments.
• AUDD has strong traction, processing $1 billion+ in transactions and expanding across multiple blockchains.

XDC Network, the global blockchain infrastructure provider, has collaborated with AUDC, the issuer of the Australian-regulated digital dollar, AUDD, to launch the AUDDapt grant program. 

According to official documentation, the grant program is designed to give Australian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access to faster, cheaper, and more transparent ways to move money. 

AUDC will lead project selection and grant allocation, while XDC Network will cover the infrastructure access and introductions to ecosystem partners portion. 

AUDDapt launches support for Australian small businesses

The businesses selected for the AUDDapt program will receive grant funding alongside hands-on technical guidance. 

Businesses that opt for the XDC track will be given direct access to XDC Network’s blockchain infrastructure, which is a high-performance, ISO 20022-compliant Layer-1 network built for enterprise-grade security and high transaction volumes at low cost.

The program aims to help reduce the complexity and cost barriers that plague businesses, especially those in the SME space.

“There are 2.5 million small businesses in Australia contributing around 57 per cent of GDP, yet the majority still rely on financial infrastructure that has not meaningfully changed in decades,” said Sean White, XDC Network’s Australian Ecosystem and Business Development Manager. “AUDDapt is targeting that gap directly. Through this payment integration, we expect to support at least one really strong cross-border platform, with the ambition to create a blueprint that scales across the entire SME sector.” 

Effie Dimitropoulos, the CEO of AUDC, stated that “Partnering with XDC Network means the businesses we support through AUDDapt will have world-class infrastructure to build on from day one.”

The XDC track is open to Australian-based businesses; however, the organizers also opened a path for a limited number of international applicants. Entries by international applicants will only be considered on a case-by-case basis, according to the organizers.

Both AUDC and XDC have indicated plans to increase the reach of the program to the whole SME sector in subsequent phases.

XDC Network and AUDC offer Australian SMEs reliable Web3 partners 

XDC Network has been championing development across the financial sector, providing solutions that cut across trade and decentralized finance. 

The network’s foundation is also in its third accelerator, where it trains and helps founders build on the XDC blockchain. This current cohort will be targeting startups that are “developing on-chain liquidity solutions, institutional DeFi rails, and composable infrastructure designed to bring tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) fully into the DeFi ecosystem.”

AUDD has processed over $1 billion in organic transactions on the Stellar blockchain, and AUDC successfully raised $5 million in an oversubscribed pre-series in December 2025.

AUDD is now deployed across a multi-chain framework spanning Ethereum, Stellar, XRPL, Solana, Hedera, and XDC, giving businesses access to a currency that works across a wide range of platforms and use cases. The stablecoin reportedly crossed $1 billion on Stellar blockchain in November 2025.

And the general stablecoin environment is shifting in their favor as stablecoin transaction volume increased by more than 72% in 2025, with transaction value hitting $33 trillion, as regulators and businesses in Australia begin to look more favorably at digital currency infrastructure.