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Paxos Gains Full Approval From Singapore’s Monetary Authority for Digital Token Services
2.7.2024
Paxos has secured full approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to offer digital payment token services, positioning Singapore as a key player in Paxos’s global stablecoin operations. The approval permits the issuance of stablecoins compliant with MAS’s forthcoming regulatory...
Singapore ups crypto exchanges risk factor under new law update
2.7.2024
The update aims to prevent Terrorist groups and organizations from exploiting Singapore’s economic openness as an international financial, business, and transport hub
Singapore Imposes New Rules for Digital Payment Token Services
3.4.2024
Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has announced amendments to the Payment Services Act to impose additional requirements on digital payment token service providers and broaden the scope of regulated services. The central bank warned that entities that do...
Singapore Proposes Rules to Tighten Crypto Speculation in Retail Markets – Here’s the Latest
23.11.2023
Source: Pixabay / Sasin Tipchai The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has proposed revised guidelines to curb the growing rate of digital asset speculation in retail markets. In a recent publication, the Central Bank released amended regulations for digital payment token providers and related...
Asia-based Crypto Exchange XREX Secures In-Principle Approval for Major Payment Institution License in Singapore
17.11.2023
Source: AdobeStock / Richie Chan On November 16, XREX, an Asia-based cryptocurrency exchange specializing in cross-border payments, achieved a significant milestone by receiving in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for a Major Payment Institution (MPI) license. This...
Stablecoin Issuer Paxos Receives Preliminary Nod from Singapore Regulator
16.11.2023
Source: Paxos Blockchain infrastructure firm Paxos has obtained a preliminary license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for its new entity. With the in-principal approval, Paxos Digital Singapore, the new entity, will offer digital payment token services to Singaporeans. Further, Paxos...
Ripple earns Singapore Digital Payment Token Services license
4.10.2023
Ripple announced receiving the MAS’s (Monetary Authority of Singapore) approval for the MPI (Major Payments Institution) license. Now, the blockchain can legally offer its digital payment services in Singapore. Ripple will use its Singapore-based subsidiary, Ripple Markets APAC Pte Limited...
Ripple Obtains In-Principle Approval for Major Payments Institution License in Singapore
22.6.2023
Authorities in Singapore have awarded 190 Major Payment licenses, and 11 of these have gone to Digital Payment Token companies
Coinbase Receives In-Principle Approval to Provide Crypto Services in Singapore
12.10.2022
Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has given Coinbase “in-principle approval” allowing the crypto exchange to “offer regulated digital payment token products and services in the island state.” Coinbase stressed:...
Coinbase Gets Singapore Digital Payment Token License
11.10.2022
Coinbase joins Crypto.com and DBS Vickers as major institutions with a Digital Payment Token (DPT) license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore
100 digital payment token firms in Singapore fail to win licenses: Report
22.12.2021
The Monetary Authority of Singapore wants to support crypto and blockchain adoption in the country but it’s also willing to recognize the risks