DBS
DBS Will Focus on Institutional Crypto Before Looking at Retail Trading Desk
CEO Piyush Gupta said that institutional and accredited crypto clients are the focus for now without entirely ruling out a retail crypto platform

DBS Makes Crypto U-Turn; China’s E-CNY Expansion
DBS makes U-turn over retail crypto trading plans. China confirms expansion of e-CNY trials, but what’s needed to really spur adoption? Experts: USD-backed stablecoins to continue dominance in the market. New owner gives Pudgy Penguins NFTs happy feet.

DBS Plans to Launch Retail Digital Assets Trading Desk by Year End
DBS CEO Piyush Gupta says there’s a lot of work to be done, but the bank expects platform to be live by end of 2022.

Crypto Trading Volume Revs Up at Singapore's DBS Bank
DBS Digital Exchange saw its – albeit modest – trading volume in Q4 2021 grow to $595.5 million, more than double the preceding three quarters.

OCBC Bank Mulls Setting Up Crypto Exchange: CEO
Southeast Asia’s second-largest bank is looking into a digital asset exchange to satisfy customer demand.

DBS Becomes First Southeast Asian Bank to Join Hedera Governing Council
The Singapore lender joins a group that supports Hedera’s Hashgraph distributed ledger technology.

DBS Bank’s Brokerage Arm Receives License From Singapore Regulator Under Payment Services Act
The broker says the move enables it to provide its services in the island state through its DBS Digital Exchange.

DBS Vickers Gets Greenlight From Singapore Regulator to Provide Crypto Services
DBSV said it is one of the first few among financial institutions to receive such approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

Singapore’s DBS Bank Enlists Nivaura’s ‘One-Click’ Blockchain Security Issuance
Nivaura is also launching the open-source GLML Foundation to help create automated tokenized securities.

DBS Issues $15M Digital Bond in First Security Token Offering
The DBS Digital Bond, issued via its Digital Exchange (DDEx), has a sixth-month expiry and a coupon rate of 0.6% per annum.

