Crypto firm Ripple secures Singapore payments licenceThe licence, granted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), will allow Ripple to provide regulated digital payment token services. I...
04 Oct, 2023, 05.24 PM IST
Crypto exchange Coinbase gets Singapore payments licenceThe licence, granted by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), will allow the largest U.S. crypto exchange to offer digital payment tok...
02 Oct, 2023, 01.51 PM IST
US clampdown has crypto kings looking abroadEarlier this month, Wall Street's regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission, pressed a raft of charges against Binance, the world's...
16 Jun, 2023, 02.38 PM IST
US clampdown has crypto kings looking abroadThe United States financial regulators have stepped up pressure against cryptocurrency companies, with the Securities and Exchange Commissi...
16 Jun, 2023, 11.36 AM IST
Binance buys Japanese crypto exchange SakuraThe world's largest cryptocurrency platform Binance on Wednesday announced its first licence in East Asia with the acquisition of Japan's o...
30 Nov, 2022, 05.06 PM IST
Russia proposes ban on use and mining of cryptocurrenciesRussia has argued for years against cryptocurrencies, saying they could be used in money laundering or to finance terrorism.
21 Jan, 2022, 02.55 PM IST
Russia's central bank calls for crypto crackdownThe move is the latest in a global cryptocurrency crackdown as governments from Asia to the United States worry that privately operated and...
21 Jan, 2022, 09.40 AM IST
Asia’s 1st crypto ETF may roll out in GIFT CityAsia’s first cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) could be launched in India’s GIFT City this year.
14 Jan, 2022, 06.34 AM IST
Binance affiliate says will withdraw Singapore licence applicationThe Singapore affiliate of Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, will withdraw its local licence application and wi...
13 Dec, 2021, 01.53 PM IST
Binance affiliate says will withdraw Singapore licence applicationSingapore is a popular location for cryptocurrency firms due to a comparatively clear regulatory and operating environment and is among the...
13 Dec, 2021, 12.56 PM IST
Crypto-linked stocks plunge in Hong Kong, bitcoin steadiesShares of crypto asset manager and trading firm Huobi Tech, an affiliate of Huobi Global, one of the world's largest exchanges, fell more t...
27 Sep, 2021, 11.39 AM IST
Bitcoin shrugs off UK crackdown on major crypto exchange BinanceThe Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Binance could not conduct any regulated activity in Britain and warned consumers about the platf...
28 Jun, 2021, 09.58 PM IST
Hong Kong to restrict crypto bourses to professional investorsGovernments and financial regulators around the world are still assessing whether and how they should regulate the cryptocurrency industry.
22 May, 2021, 03.49 PM IST
Bitcoin tumbles 10% after China cracks down on mining, trading activitiesChina's Financial Stability and Development Committee, chaired by Vice Premier Liu He, singled out bitcoin as the asset it needs to regulat...
21 May, 2021, 09.56 PM IST
DBS private bank offers wealth succession planning for cryptocurrenciesThis is the latest move into cryptocurrencies by Southeast Asia's largest bank, which late last year launched a cryptoexchange for institut...
14 May, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
Bitcoin tops $10,000 for first time since February pre-halvingBitcoin rose as much as 2.2 per cent to to $10,015 on Friday in early Asia trading, taking it into five figures for the first time since Fe...
08 May, 2020, 08.56 AM IST
Indian bitcoin players wary of Facebook’s stablecoinSome startup founders feel that Facebook’s proposed currency system may not require banks to transfer money to buy or sell digital currency.
13 May, 2019, 08.29 AM IST