Digital Assets

Cryptocurrency

MAS Grants Fourth Digital Payment Token Licence

By Editors | 30/11/2021

Crypto payments firm TripleA is the fourth company to receive a DPT licence in Singapore after FOMO Pay, DBS Vickers and Independent Reserve.

Cryptocurrency

SEC Thailand Proposes Regulations to Ban Privacy Coins

By Editors | 28/11/2021

The proposed ban is aimed at preventing the misuse of digital assets as a tool to commit crime, the SEC said.

Cryptocurrency

Can Crypto be Green?

By ESG Investor | 26/11/2021

Energy-intensive and unregulated, institutional investors are proving reluctant to back the rapidly growing asset class.

Cryptocurrency

US Regulators Pledge to Provide Clarity on Crypto Next Year

By Editors | 26/11/2021

The Fed, OCC and FDIC plan to provide clarity on whether certain crypto-related activities conducted by banks are “legally permissible”.

Cryptocurrency

FSC Korea Seeks to Criminalise Crypto Market Manipulation

By Editors | 26/11/2021

Those who obtain unfair profits from crypto trading would face at least one year in prison and at least three times the amount gained in fines.

Cryptocurrency

Japanese Banks, Companies to Test Run Digital Currency

By Manesh Samtani | 24/11/2021

A group of over 70 companies, banks, and organisations plans to bring a digital currency known as DCJPY into circulation in the second half of 2022.

Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrencies No Longer On The Fringes, says ASIC Chair

By Mark Johnston | 24/11/2021

ASIC chair Joe Longo sees crypto as no longer on the fringes of the financial services industry, but cautions investors against involvement.

Custody & Infrastructure

Blockchain Projects Featured in Beijing Innovation Trials

By Darien Choong | 24/11/2021

Four of the selected projects, out of 51 submitted, are based on blockchain. One selected project seeks to use the digital yuan in securities trading.

CBDCs

WEF Releases White Paper Series on Digital Currency Governance

By Mark Johnston | 24/11/2021

The private sector can make critical contributions to CBDC design and development, says StanChart’s John Ho, who co-authored the papers.