Tag: MAS
CBDC
Crypto News: Singapore Is Expanding Its CBDC Pilot With Tokenized Securities
Singapore’s MAS plans a 2026 CBDC pilot for tokenized government bills, expanding stablecoin rules and cross-border digital finance. Singapore is taking another step forward in...
Industry and Adoption
Coinbase To List Singaporean Dollar Stablecoin For Trading
Coinbase and StraitsX launch XSGD on Base, offering 1:1 SGD conversion, MAS approval, and new DeFi use cases for Singapore’s market. Coinbase and StraitsX have...
Market News
Singapore Cracks Down on Crypto as Bitget, Bybit Exit
Bitget and Bybit plan to relocate to Dubai or Hong Kong.
Regulations aim to curb money laundering in cross-border crypto operations.The Monetary Authority...
Market News
Cumberland SG Expands in Singapore After MAS Greenlight
Story HighlightsCumberland SG received in-principle permission for an MPI license.
The license will enable for regulated cryptocurrency payment services in Singapore.
MAS has...
News
Singapore Advances Commercialization of Asset Tokenization
Singapore is enhancing asset tokenization commercialization with new frameworks, collaborative efforts, and initiatives like Project Guardian and Global Layer One.Singapore is actively pursuing the...
Altcoin News
Singapore Continues its March Towards Cryptocurrency Regulations
The city-state of Singapore is cementing its position a progressive destination for both cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based technology. Governmental authorities are now pressing to broaden...
Blockchain Infrastructure
Singapore to Help Cryptocurrency Businesses Set Up Local Bank Accounts
In a new development attesting Singapore’s increasing acceptance of cryptocurrencies, the city-state’s Monetary Authority revealed that it’s willing to assist digital currency companies with...
Blockchain Infrastructure
Singapore’s Central Bank Finds Blockchain to Be ‘Fundamental’ For Financial Services
During the week of Consensus in Singapore, a senior official from the city-state’s Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), which is the de facto Central...
Decentralized Marketplaces
Singapore Warns 8 Digital Currency Exchanges to Stop Trading Unregistered Crypto Tokens
Singapore's central bank and financial regulatory authority has warned eight digital currency exchanges in the country not to allow the trading of tokens without...
FinTech
KPMG Report: Singapore Hits Fintech Funding Record with $229 Million in 2017
Singapore fintech funding rose to a record of US$229.1 million in 2017, driven by two large deals in the fourth quarter.Two of the top...
Industry and Adoption
Speculating Cryptocurrency Investors Could ‘Negatively Impact’ Experimental Value, Says MAS Executive
Cryptocurrency investors who speculate in market prices could adversely affect the growing technology, according to an executive at Singapore's central bank.Speaking to CNBC, Sopnendu Mohanty,...
Bitcoin News
Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister: ‘No Strong Case to Ban Cryptocurrency Trading’
Singapore's deputy prime minister has said that there is 'no strong case to ban cryptocurrency trading' as they don't pose a risk to the...
