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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is looking to bolster consumer protections as bears continue dominating the crypto market. Specifically, the regulator mulls introducing new rules that would further limit crypto exposure for retail traders. In a written response to MP Murali Pillai who asked if the regulator plans to introduce further restrictions for crypto trading platforms to protect unsophisticated users, MAS Chairman Tharman Shanmugaratnam said: MAS has been carefully considering the introduction of additional consumer protection safeguards. These may…

Singapore is carefully positioning itself as an international hub for cryptocurrency adoption and industry. The country’s Monetary Authority Managing Director recently said the small state is even preparing for a “tokenized world” by 2030. While he agrees that the crypto space requires regulations, he hopes it will help the technology flourish. Crypto Is The Future MAS director Ravi Menon showed his enthusiasm for the space in an interview with Bloomberg yesterday. When asked for comment on Bitcoin’s record high prices,…

Binance.com is working on cutting off some crypto-related services for Singapore citizens. It comes after the Singapore government put the exchange on an investor's alert list. In addition, the Monetary Authority of Singapore reported that Binance had breached local regulations. To that end, on Thursday, Singapore put the Binance global website on an alert list. The intent was to warn Singapore consumers that the exchange was not regulated or licensed to provide financial services. Binance Restrictions To adhere to the prescribed rules…

Singapore appears to be taking a step closer towards massive blockchain adoption, according to the latest reports. Today, local news revealed that the Singaporean government had launched a blockchain program called Singapore Blockchain Innovation Program (SBIP). The blockchain program is backed by Enterprise Singapore, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), and the National Research Foundation Singapore. $8.9million Grant Made Available For Blockchain Research SIBP was launched with an $8.9 million grant and aimed to strengthen the country’s blockchain infrastructure. SIBP…

Despite their growing popularity, Bitcoin and other virtual currencies are still not accepted in many states and nations. There are varying levels of ‘crypto-friendliness’ in different countries, which refers to each government’s policy regulations to support (or against) cryptocurrencies. Some, like Ecuador and Bolivia, have banned the use of decentralized currencies altogether. However, others have a more accepting or positive stance towards crypto. These five are some of those countries that are generally crypto-friendly: Malta The small nation of Malta,…

Currently, things are not so good in Asia’s cryptocurrency space. This is such that BitMEX Japan stopped operating in recent times due to the newly amended cryptocurrency regulations in the Japan Payment Services Act. Likewise, the termination of Bitberry (in South Korea) was because of blockchain industry uncertainties. Singapore's authority brought cryptocurrency under AML rules in February, thereby leading the cryptocurrency payment provider CoinPip to close down. Recently, Min Kim of ICON Foundation (based in South Korea) featured in a podcast. He discussed cryptocurrency…

People have been considering Asia as the world’s cryptocurrency hub for a long time now. There has been remarkable growth in the cryptocurrency domain in nations such as Japan, Singapore, South Korea, and China. China is in the last stages of creating a central bank digital currency (CBDC), thereby proving that the continent has placed itself ahead of others regarding digital assets. Recently in a podcast, Adam Traidman, the joint founder of one of the pioneering Bitcoin wallets on the app store (BRD) spoke about China’s digital Yuan and…

Cryptocurrency Legislation Over the past 4-5 years, the legislation of cryptocurrencies, blockchain, and similar instruments has become one of the most critical regulatory authorities' tasks. Even though regulation is of utmost importance, the sudden spark has its reasons. Scrupulous practices such as ICO scams, exchange hacks, unregulated creation of monetary schemes, etc., have made it necessary. As a result, governments worldwide acknowledge the importance of regulatory oversight for keeping a check on the space. This has received a lot of…

A Singapore court recently noted that the trade reversal practice on exchanges is not right. The ruling came in favor of trader B2C2 against a cryptocurrency exchange firm dubbed Quoine. & orders by B2C2 were canceled by this exchange firm Quione in the 2017 bull market period. Both parties, in particular transactions, were autonomous algorithms; there was no chance of human errors. Exchange operations involve deriving the prices of the crypto assets from other crypto exchanges.  The other exchange platforms…