Tag: Singapores
Ravi Menon: Singapore’s Middle Way Regulator
The head of Singapore's central bank has been one of the most influential policymakers in Asia, arguably the most vibrant region currently for crypto [...]
Singapore’s Central Bank MAS to Start Tokenization and ‘Live’ Wholesale CBDC Trials
MAS’ Orchid Blueprint sets out the technology infrastructure required for digital money transfers in the future, and a new set of four trials involvin [...]
Singapore’s central bank slugs Three Arrows founders with 9-year ban
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a nine-year prohibition order to Three Arrows Capital (3AC) founders Kyle Davies and Zhu Su over [...]
Former MAS chair who called crypto ‘highly risky’ wins Singapore’s presidential race
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, former chair of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, has won the election for the city-state’s presidency with more than 70% o [...]
Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Singapore’s New President, Says Crypto Is ‘Slightly Crazy’
That was a role he held between 2011 and 2023, overlapping his time as finance minister between 2007 and 2015. He began his career as an economist at [...]
Singapore’s MAS Orders Crypto Firms to Keep Customer Assets in a Trust by Year-End
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HSBC, Standard Chartered Set to Run Tokenization Trials for Singapore’s MAS
The initiative, Project Guardian, has enlisted 11 institutions to test asset tokenization across financial asset classes. Pilot studies across wealth [...]
Singapore’s Temasek to Exercise Caution in Crypto Space After FTX Nightmare
"Although there was no misconduct by the investment team in reaching their investment recommendation, the investment team and senior management, who a [...]
Crypto Was Singapore’s Top Area of Fintech Investment in 2022 Despite Global Slowdown: KPMG
"The variance between the first half of the year and the second highlights the rapid shift in investor sentiment," said Anton Ruddenklau, Global Head [...]
Singapore’s lobbyists oppose proposed blanket ban on lending crypto tokens
A crypto lobbying group based in Singapore has voiced its opposition to the proposal from the central bank to prohibit crypto firms from lending crypt [...]
Singapore’s Temasek sees ‘reputational damage’ due to FTX, official says
Singapore government-owned investment firm Temasek has suffered a lot more than just financial losses due to investing in FTX, according to Deputy Pri [...]
Singapore’s Financial Regulator Defends Itself After FTX Blowup
Wong also addressed the investment of Singapore’s state-owned investment fund Temasek into FTX, saying that it had caused not just financial loss but [...]
Singapore’s Temasek engages with FTX in liquidity crisis
Singapore’s state-owned investment firm Temasek, a shareholder at FTX, is reportedly engaging with the cryptocurrency exchange in the liquidity crisis [...]
Singapore’s MAS Starts Wholesale CBDC Project With French and Swiss Central Banks
Project Mariana, the measure aimed at foreign exchange and liquidity management, involves MAS, the central bank of France, Banque de France, and the c [...]
Singapore’s DBS Explains How Big Banks Can Implement DeFi, Too
Singapore has quietly been playing host to some of the most advanced explorations into cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi) ever done by bi [...]