Hex Trust, a leading digital asset custodian, has obtained in-principle approval from Singapore's financial regulator for a major payment institution (MPI) licence. This development, announced on July 24, will enable Hex Trust to offer regulated "Digital Payment Token" services in Singapore, including custody and over-the-counter trading. According to the announcement, ...
Deutsche Bank, a German multinational investment bank, has announced its collaboration with Singapore's central bank to explore asset tokenization opportunities. The bank has joined the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS) Project Guardian initiative, which focuses on tokenizing assets in wholesale funding markets and DeFi applications. The project is a multi-year ...
The future of the monetary system, as envisioned by Ravi Menon, the Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), will consist of three crucial elements: central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), tokenized bank liabilities, and regulated stablecoins. Menon shared this insight in a panel session on the Future of ...
Popular stablecoin issuer Paxos is set to introduce a new U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin in Singapore, marking a significant step in its global expansion strategy. In an official statement released on November 15, 2023, Paxos revealed that it obtained an in-principle approval from Singapore's top financial regulator, the Monetary Authority of ...
Umar Farooq, JPMorgan's Global Head of Financial Institution Payments, has projected that the bank's premier flagship digital asset, JPM Coin, will soon start processing daily transactions of over $ 10 billion within the next one or two years. Farooq shared this projection during an interview with Bloomberg Television on November ...
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has initiated a significant collaboration with financial regulators from Japan, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom to foster the development of cross-border digital currency products and services. In a statement released on October 30, 2023, the MAS announced the formation of a policymaker group, including ...
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the central banks of France, Singapore, and Switzerland have completed a collaborative experimental test focused on cross-border trading and settlement involving wholesale central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). According to a report published by the Banque de France on September 28, 2023, the experimental ...
Singapore's Monetary Authority (MAS) has imposed a nine-year ban on Zhu Su and Kyle Davies, the founders of the now-defunct crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC), for their alleged breaches of the country's securities laws. The MAS announced this decision in a statement published on September 14, 2023. This ...
Circle has announced a strategic partnership with Grab, a prominent ride-hailing and delivery company in Southeast Asia, to introduce Web3 payment services to consumers in Singapore. 1/ We are excited to unveil our partnership with @GrabSG to pilot #Web3 consumer experiences in Singapore through the integration of our new Web3 ...
Despite the liquidator's objections, a Singaporean court has ruled that the legal proceedings concerning the $140 million dispute between Teneo Capital, Three Arrows Capital (3AC)'s liquidators, and DeFiance Capital must take place within the country. These contested funds are currently managed by DeFiance Capital, an independently managed investment fund that ...
