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Ex-Singapore Parliamentarian’s Swiss Company Launches Swiss Franc and Euro Stablecoins

Singapore investor and former parliamentarian Calvin Cheng's newly rebranded Swiss company, Anchored Coins, was granted membership in the Swiss VQF in early 2023. VQF is the largest and oldest cross-industry self-regulatory organisation in Switzerland and is officially recognised by FINMA, the country's financial services watchdog. Anchored Coins is launching a Swiss Franc-backed stablecoin (ACHF) and a Euro-backed stablecoin (AEUR), and will be issued on the Ethereum and BNB Chain blockchains. DCS Card Centre in Singapore is planning to issue credit cards collateralised by AEUR and ACHF. ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Aug 16,

This Singapore Banking Giant May Offer Crypto Services Soon

Amid Singapore’s ongoing effort to establish itself as a key player in the global crypto economy by laying out a clear regulatory framework, one of the country’s leading banking institutions, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. (OCBC) is considering the incorporation of crypto services by setting up a crypto exchange. The Chief Executive Officer at OCBC, Helen Wong told Bloomberg in an exclusive interview that the bank is researching the subject of starting a crypto exchange. However, she noted that OCBC’s intent to explore the decentralized industry is not driven by its popularity,

Cryptoday 058 – Paano Kumita Gamit ang Katana Dex ng Axie Infinity (Part 2)

Share some Bitpinas love:Isang linggo na ang nakakaraan simula ng lumabas ang Katana, ang decentralized exchange ng Sky Mavis. Ngayon ay mayroon na akong sapat na impormasyon upang makapagbigay ng mga praktikal na payo. Narito ang TLDR; Hindi natin maaaring husgahan ang maaaring kitain sa Katana base lamang sa trading fees. Kapag ginawa natin ito, mag-mimistulang mas mababa ang kita dito kumpara sa AXS staking. Ang tanging paraan upang masuri ito ay ang pag estima ng halaga sa hinaharap ng $RON rewards. At lubos na magiging teknikal ang usaping ito!This

Ripple Price Prediction: XRP/USD Touches $1.171 Resistance

Ripple Price Prediction – October 6 The Ripple price is improving as the coin is now facing up in an intraday zone above the moving averages. XRP/USD Market Key Levels: Resistance levels: $1.30, $1.35, $1.40 Support levels: $0.85, $0.80, $0.75 XRPUSD – Daily Chart XRP/USD is now hovering above the 9-day and 21-day moving averages amid global recovery on the cryptocurrency market. The Ripple price keeps improving as the coin touched the intraday high at $1.171 level. At the time of writing, XRP/USD is still warming up to gain more

Binance halts spot trading, fiat deposit services among others, in Singapore

dditionally, no user will be able to purchase cryptocurrencies through fiat channels and liquid swaps. The development comes after Binance made further changes to comply with the Monetary Authority of Singapore [MAS], by ceasing all related trades. Now, Binance has asked its Singapore users to withdraw fiat assets and redeem tokens by Wednesday, 26 October, 04:00 AM UTC to avoid potential trading disputes. Earlier this month, the country’s central bank had ordered Binance to stop soliciting trades for Singapore’s resident customers. Following this, the exchange had stopped offering SGD trading pairs

Singapore Monetary Authority Adds Binance to Investor Warning List

Singapore’s financial regulator, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has added Binance to its investor warning list, becoming yet another country to warn investors.Sponsored Sponsored The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the country’s financial regulator, has added Binance to its investor alert list. The list warns investors of companies or firms that “may have been wrongly perceived as being licensed or regulated by MAS.” This is similar to a warning issued by the U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority. Bloomberg asked the MAS questions about the incident — and it may be

BIS partners with Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa for CBDC trials

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), spearheaded by Singapore, will test the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for efficient global payments. Via a recent press release, the BIS announced that it is joining forces with the central banks of Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Africa to examine a direct, shared platform for international payments. The experiment, under Project Dunbar, aims to reduce costs and increase the speed between cross-border payments by institutions. According to Andrew McCormack, Head of the BIS Innovation Hub Centre in Singapore, “Project Dunbar brings

Binance flagged by Singapore’s MAS, placed on Investor Alert List

While Binance has continued to accelerate its compliance efforts, its regulatory woes just keep mounting. The Monetary Authority of Singapore [MAS] is in the news today after it put the cryptocurrency exchange on its regulatory radar. The exchange platform was placed on the central bank’s Investor Alert List on 2 September. The list contains companies or entities that have not been licensed by the regulatory body but may have been wrongly perceived by investors to be regulated. Now, while no further details about the flagging have been provided, it comes

Singapore Regulator Allows Crypto Exchange to Offer Digital Payment Token Services

Singapore has taken another step towards securing its position as the region’s fintech hub with the in-principal regulatory approval of digital token payment services for a crypto exchange.Sponsored Sponsored The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has granted an “in-principle approval” to cryptocurrency exchange Independent Reserve allowing it to operate as a regulated provider for digital payment token services. Singaporean financial regulators classify digital payment tokens as any “cryptographically-secured digital representation of value that is used or intended to be used as a medium of exchange.”Sponsored Sponsored According to Bloomberg, it

The Price of Bitcoin Is Facing Its Final Resistance Zone Before $15K

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) is facing its final resistance zone until the bull market is on fire. However, will it break through this resistance zone in one attempt? The charts suggest that the $11,600-12,000 area is a crucial level to break if the price of BTC is to continue moving higher. As the price of Bitcoin couldn’t break through that resistance zone, a slight drop occurred on Friday from $11,900 to $11,350, after which BTC has managed to pare most of the losses since.Crypto market daily performance. Source: Coin360Bitcoin faces