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Report: Singapore’s State Investor Temasek Is Engaging With Embattled Crypto Exchange FTX
10.11.2022
According to a report published on Nov. 9, 2022, Temasek Holdings, the Singaporean state holding company owned by the government of Singapore is allegedly engaging with FTX amid Binance’s plans to bail out the crypto trading firm. Singapore’s state investor has been known to have invested in...
Singapore's Temasek engages with FTX in liquidity crisis
9.11.2022
Temasek invested in a series of FTX's round findings that led to its $32 billion valuation in January
Crypto News Summary: UK Santander to Block Payments to Exchanges, BTC 50K Silk Road Guilty Plea, Ledger Live & Solana Mobile Stack Integration
7.11.2022
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Stablecoin Issuer Paxos Plans to Hire at Least 130 in Singapore: Report
7.11.2022
Paxos plans to make at least 130 hires in Singapore having obtained a central bank license to offer crypto products and services, Bloomberg reported Monday
Crypto Exchange Bybit Does Not Plan to Sanction Russian Users Despite MAS Call, Report
6.11.2022
Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has no intention to introduce restrictions for Russian traders, despite a recent reminder by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) about the obligations of crypto providers in that respect. According to a crypto media report, the platform shared its position...
‘Atomic Settlement’ — New York Fed Completes First Phase of Digital Dollar Experiment Called ‘Project Cedar’
4.11.2022
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has published findings stemming from an experiment dubbed “Project Cedar,” a protocol that uses a wholesale digital dollar in order to improve financial transactions. Michelle Neal, head of the bank’s Markets Group remarked on Friday that...
Crypto News Summary: NEAR Wallet Users Jump from 2M to 20M, IRS Preparing 'Hundreds' of Crypto Cases, Top 10 Whitehats Made $42M
4.11.2022
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Singapore Approves In-Principle License for Crypto Fund Manager Hashkey
4.11.2022
The license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore will allow Hashkey Capital's local arm to conduct fund management services
JPMorgan, DBS Bank, SBI Complete Live Defi Trades on Public Blockchain
4.11.2022
JPMorgan, DBS Bank, and SBI Digital Asset Holdings have completed their first lives trades on a public blockchain using decentralized finance (defi), tokenized deposits, and verifiable credentials under the supervision of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Singapore’s central bank...
Union Bank of Philippines Launches Crypto Trading Services – Which Coins Are Included?
3.11.2022
Digital asset management technology METACO announced that the Union Bank of the Philippines is now live on its flagship platform Harmonize, to launch a pilot program for crypto custody and trading services for select retail customers.
The pilot will include bitcoin (BTC) and ethereum...
Crypto Exchanges Must Comply With Russia Sanctions, Singapore Central Bank Says
3.11.2022
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has reiterated that cryptocurrency exchanges need to conform to restrictions on Russian users imposed over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. The reminder comes after researchers established that pro-Russia activists have raised millions of dollars in digital...
Singapore's MAS Starts Wholesale CBDC Project With French and Swiss Central Banks
3.11.2022
The project comes a day after the central bank announced new projects aimed at trade finance and wealth management
JP Morgan executes first DeFi trade on public blockchain
3.11.2022
The MAS Chief Fintech Officer said the successful test was “a big step towards enabling more efficient and integrated global financial networks.”
Crypto News Summary: DBS Adopts DeFi Protocols for FX & Government Securities Transactions, Union Bank of Philippines to Launch BTC & ETH Custody & Trading
2.11.2022
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France, Switzerland, Singapore to Test DeFi in Forex Markets
2.11.2022
The countries' central banks started Project Mariana because they reason decentralization could be the future of finance
Stablecoin issuers Circle and Paxos gain approvals in Singapore
2.11.2022
The approvals came after the Monetary Authority of Singapore issued two consultation papers that proposed to ease regulatory hurdles for digital asset service providers
Singapore Carries Out First Trades in DeFi Pilot for Wholesale Funding Market
2.11.2022
The banks involved in the pilot were DBS, JPMorgan, and SBI Digital Asset
Singapore bank DBS uses DeFi to trade FX and state securities
2.11.2022
Major Asian financial institution DBS Bank has applied DeFi technology for a project backed by the Monetary Authority of Singapore
Singapore’s DBS Explains How Big Banks Can Implement DeFi, Too
2.11.2022
Singapore has quietly been playing host to some of the most advanced explorations into cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi) ever done by big banks, institutions and regulators
Singapore Grants Stablecoin Issuer Circle In-Principle License to Offer Payment Products
2.11.2022
Circle received an in-principle license as a major payments institution in Singapore, allowing it to offer cross-border and domestic payment services