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Markets

Alibaba, Google Among More Than 300 Companies Seeking Singapore Crypto Licenses

Companies apply under the Payment Services Act, a comprehensive regulatory framework for companies handling activities relating to digital assets, including payments and trading.

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Singapore Begins Crackdown on Unlicensed Bitcoin Sellers

Singapore authorities charged a 23-year-old woman with breaking the city-state’s months-old ban on unlicensed bitcoin sales.

The charges appear to be Singapore's first attempt to enforce its new ban on unlicensed crypto sellers. (Tremendous Shots/Shutterstock)

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Singapore Announces New AML Rules for Crypto Businesses

Singapore’s newly enacted Payment Services Act brings so-called Digital Payment Token (DPT) services under current anti-money laundering (AML) and counterterrorist-financing (CTF) rules.

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Markets

Singapore's Stock Exchange Backs New Ethereum Security Token Platform

A new security token platform has launched with backing from Singapore stock exchange SGX and technical help from ConsenSys.

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Markets

Central Banks Settle Cross-Border Payments With Blockchain for First Time

The central banks of Canada and Singapore have for the first time settled cross-border payments using blockchain and central bank digital currencies.

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Singapore Taps Blockchain Platform for Selling Tokenized Securities

The Monetary Authority of Singapore and the national exchange are looking to blockchain for selling tokenized digital assets.

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Markets

Singapore Warns 8 Exchanges Over Unregistered Securities Trading

Singapore's central bank has warned eight digital token exchanges and an ICO issuer to stop trading tokens deemed unauthorized securities.

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Singapore Proposes Regulatory Boost for Decentralized Exchanges

Singapore's central bank is proposing a change to existing exchange market rules aimed to ease blockchain adoption and decentralization.

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Markets

Singapore Central Bank Touts Blockchain for Payments

The chief of the Monetary Authority of Singapore has spoken of how blockchain's "strongest" use case is in cross-border settlement.

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Singapore Weighs Need for New Rules to Protect Crypto Investors

Singapore's de facto central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, is looking at whether new regulations are needed to protect crypto investors.

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