digital assets

Malaysia, Thailand central banks join MAS cross-border payment initiative

2026-10-23T03:58:03.000Z
Tokenised asset settlement was identified as a leading use case among institutional investors in State Street’s survey in October.

Apac institutional investors call for greater regulatory clarity on digital assets: report

2026-10-12T06:19:45.000Z
Chia Der Jiun, managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, says financial institutions will have to “sharpen their value proposition”.

MAS flags risks of using AI agents in digital-asset trading

2026-10-09T10:15:58.000Z
National Research Foundation chairman Heng Swee Keat urged the industry to study how technology will fundamentally reshape finance.

Scalability of digital assets hinges on ‘boring’ risk-management systems: summit participants

2026-10-06T13:40:07.000Z
Tokenisation reshapes how money managers govern technology, service providers and, in particular, operational risk.

Tokenisation demands organisational change from investment managers

2026-09-23T23:00:00.000Z
MAS stopped issuing the S$1,000 note in 2021 to mitigate “higher money laundering and terrorism financing risks”.

Cashless society? Singapore’s currency in circulation still hitting new highs at S$69 billion

2026-09-10T23:00:00.000Z
Seh Huan Kiat, CEO of Symphony Digital Assets, hopes the company’s Kazakhstan unit can build on PhillipCapital’s business relationships in Central Asia.

Phillip’s Web3 arm Symphony bets on Kazakhstan for Central Asia push

2026-09-10T03:00:00.000Z
Calvin Cheng, founder and chairman of regulated digital asset infrastructure provider Paymonade, notes that the era of lightly regulated crypto is ending.

Singapore-founded Paymonade secures licence to offer crypto-asset services across EEA

2026-07-16T13:43:54.000Z
The move by JPMorgan frees companies operating in Singapore from the constraints of traditional market closures.

JPMorgan adds Singapore dollar to blockchain network for 24/7 corporate payments

2026-06-30T03:36:51.000Z
In digital custody, ownership and control is typically exercised through cryptographic private keys.
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Key to the future: What is digital asset custody, and how does it work?

2026-06-19T06:00:00.000Z