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“Singapore has developed into one of the leading fintech and digital asset hubs striking the balance between innovation, consumer protection and responsible growth,” said Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, in a statement, adding that the country has been the company’s Asia Pacific headquarters for six years. Source
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Sygnum Singapore, a subsidiary of Switzerland-based cryptocurrency bank Sygnum, received a license to offer crypto brokerage services to accredited investors and institutions in Singapore.On Oct. 3, Sygnum Singapore announced receiving its Major Payment Institution Licence (MPIL) from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). Speaking to Cryptox, a Sygnum Singapore spokesperson
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Last week the company attained regulatory approval in Bermuda and registered with Spains central bank. Source
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The United States-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is expanding operations in Singapore by securing major regulatory approval from the country’s central bank.Coinbase has obtained a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the firm announced on Oct. 1. The new license, coming one year after Coinbase’s initial
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By securing the latest regulatory approval, Coinbase would be able to offer its eligible customers access to regulated perpetual futures contracts on the Coinbase Advanced platform. Coinbase International Exchange, holding a class F license granted by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA), has disclosed that it has secured further regulatory clearance.
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Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has received an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) from the Central Bank of Ireland and registration as a virtual asset service provider (VASP) from the Bank of Spain.According to the Sept. 26 announcement, the EMI license enables Kraken to expand euro-to-crypto trading services to 27 European Union (EU)
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“We see a firm foundation for crypto in Europe, which has forward-looking regulation that enables us to grow with confidence," said Curtis Ting, Kraken’s vice president of global operations. "We are grateful for the constructive approach to regulating industry growth set by the Central Bank of Ireland and the Bank
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A number of cryptocurrency platforms reporting billions in daily trades on CoinMarketCap appear to have been misleading their customers about holding certain crypto licenses, an investigation by Cryptox has found.Bitspay, a crypto exchange that reports $1.4 billion daily trades on CoinMarketCap, claimed that it held a licence in and was
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The development aligns with Coinbase’s goals of expanding its business across Europe. The Bank of Spain has approved for American crypto exchange Coinbase to begin offering its range of services to retail and institutional investors within the country. This follows after it found the exchange to have duly registered and in
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According to the SCMP, four other companies have applied for licenses – HKVAX, HKBitEx, Hong Kong BGE Limited, and Victory Fintech Company Limited – but these are relatively small and unknown. Many major crypto exchanges have not signaled their intent to become licensed in Hong Kong. Source
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