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Ravi Menon says the country is instead clearing a path for CBDCs and regulated stablecoins. There will not be a place for private cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) in the monetary scene as many of them fail the “fundamental tests of financial services,” Monetary Authority of Singapore’s managing
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In response to the feedback received on its proposed Digital Payment Token (DPT) regulations, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) laid down measures for DPT service providers to discourage speculation in cryptocurrency investments.The de facto central bank of Singapore, MAS announced five ways DPT service providers can help retail clients avoid
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore is seeking new limitations to harden crypto speculation. Singapore’s financial watchdog, the Monetary Authority of Singapore, is set to impose new rules on retail crypto investors in a bid to safeguard customers from highly speculative assets. In a statement published on Thursday, Nov. 23, MAS proposed new
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The new measures will be rolled out in phases, beginning in mid-2024. One of the incoming rules will ban the use of locally issued credit cards to purchase cryptocurrencies. In a bid to safeguard retail investors amidst the growing number of individuals engaging in digital asset usage, Singapore has taken steps
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has released the final tranche of its responses to feedback on a consultation paper of proposed regulations for crypto service providers. Source
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently unveiled a regulatory framework aimed at enhancing the stability of single-currency stablecoins. The framework, according to Bloomberg, is set to be applicable to non-bank issuers of single-currency stablecoins linked to the Singapore dollar or any G10 currencies, provided their circulation surpasses S$5 million. Singapore’s
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The MAS will collaborate with local banks during the pilot, allowing them to issue tokenized bank liabilities on blockchain technology, streamlining the clearing and settlement processes. Singapore is gearing up for a groundbreaking move into the era of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), with plans to pilot the live issuance and
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XREX, a crypto exchange in Asia focusing on cross-border payments, has secured in-principle approval for a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license in Singapore. On Nov. 17, XREX announced on X (formerly Twitter) that it had received initial approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore for a license that would eventually allow
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A pilot program for a live Singapore dollar-based central bank digital currency (CBDC) was unveiled by Singapore’s central bank with a wholesale CBDC to be used by local banks for settlements. “I am pleased to announce that MAS will pilot the ‘live’ issuance of wholesale CBDCs to instantaneously settle payments across
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The in-principle approval granted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore positions Paxos to offer digital payment token services, marking a significant step towards establishing a foothold in the Singaporean market. Blockchain infrastructure firm Paxos has announced plans to issue a US dollar-backed stablecoin for its customers in Singapore. The initiative comes after
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