Gemini has won a full Major Payment Institution license in Singapore, clearing a key regulatory hurdle that expands its ability to offer crypto payments and cross-border transfers in one of Asia’s strictest financial hubs. The approval is a real win — but not a blank check, and certainly not proof the business is massive.
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Southeast Asia’s blockchain funding bounced back to $680 million, but the headline is inflated by Crypto.com’s $400 million round. The real takeaway: capital is concentrating in fewer, more mature players, with Singapore still dominating the region.
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BitGo is expanding in Singapore to strengthen its APAC presence and offer more institutional crypto services, from custody and staking to settlement and token management. The move underscores where serious crypto business is heading: regulated hubs, real infrastructure, and less nonsense.
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Stablecoins are getting boxed in from all sides: the BIS is questioning their role as money, Singapore wants stricter safeguards and no yield, and Japan is tweaking tax rules to fit payment tokens better. Useful? Yes. Risk-free? Not even close.
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Visa has joined Singapore’s BLOOM initiative and tapped Nium for a pilot testing seven-day settlement with regulated dollar- and euro-backed stablecoins. It’s a practical bet on faster, compliance-ready cross-border payments — but still just a pilot, not a done deal.
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Paxos has launched USDG, a dollar-backed stablecoin in Singapore, betting on the city-state’s strict reserve, disclosure, and redemption rules to win trust. The move sharpens Asia’s stablecoin race, but USDG is not Paxos’ separate yield-bearing USDL.
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RWA tokenization has grown into a $25B–$36B market, but the real fight is now regulatory: which structures, licenses, and jurisdictions can actually survive scrutiny. Hong Kong, Singapore, and the U.S. are setting the pace as institutions chase utility, not hype.
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BitGo tapped ex-MAS regulator Angela Ang to lead APAC, doubling down on Singapore, compliance, and institutional crypto plumbing across custody, settlement, payments, and stablecoins. It’s a clear sign the region’s serious money wants trust, not hype.
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BitGo Singapore and dtcpay have teamed up to build more secure, regulated crypto payment infrastructure for global markets, with stablecoins doing most of the heavy lifting. BitGo Singapore and dtcpay announced a partnership on Tuesday Focus: secure digital asset payment infrastructure, custody, and compliance dtcpay is pushing stablecoin payments, not Bitcoin or Ethereum Singapore’s regulatory […]
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DBS is putting physical gold on blockchain rails for retail customers, and that is a genuinely useful use case, not just another shiny crypto sideshow. Singapore’s largest bank is preparing a tokenized gold product that will let everyday users buy, trade, and eventually redeem real gold through its banking app, with each token backed by […]
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