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Finance

Singapore's DBS Bank Starts New Suite of Tokenized Banking Services for Institutional Clients

The Singaporean banking giant wants to help clients optimize liquidity management and streamline operational workflows.

Night view of Singapore from the habor. (Larry Teo/Unsplash)

Policy

Singapore Court Grants WazirX Four-Month Conditional Moratorium

WazirX, which lost $234 million in a hack, had filed an application with the Singapore High Court for a six-month moratorium.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Policy

Sygnum Unit Receives Liechtenstein License as a Crypto Asset Service Provider

The registration paves the way for the Switzerland and Singapore-based banking group to expand into the European Union and European Economic Area.

Liechtenstein (Unsplash+ / Resource Database)

Policy

OKX Singapore's New CEO Says Custodian Arrangements Were ‘Most Important, Most Difficult’ Part of MPI License

Crypto custodianship has been in the spotlight since the collapse of FTX.

Night view of Singapore from the habor. (Larry Teo/Unsplash)

Policy

Decentralized AI Society Launched to Fight Tech Giants Who 'Own the Regulators'

Eight founding member projects include Morpheus and Filecoin Foundation, with Michael Casey, CoinDesk's former chief content officer, as chairman of the new industry group.

DAIS Chair Michael Casey moderating a panel at the DeAI Summit Singapore. (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)

Videos

Will September Be More Difficult for Bitcoin Miners?; Worldcoin Faces Scrutiny in Singapore

"CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as a Jefferies report said that bitcoin mining was notably less profitable in August than July. Plus, Singapore is investigating seven people for offering Worldcoin services, and India and Nigeria top the world in terms of grassroots crypto adoption.

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Policy

Singapore Investigating Seven People for Providing Worldcoin Services

On Aug. 7, Singapore's police warned the public against giving away or selling their Worldcoin accounts or tokens.

Night view of Singapore from the habor. (Larry Teo/Unsplash)

Finance

Nansen Buys StakeWithUs, Expanding Beyond Data Provision Into Crypto Investment

The company will also become one of the first validators on the Berachain mainnet.

Nansen co-founders Alex Svanevik and Evgeny Medvedev. (Nansen)

Finance

Extremely Unlikely WazirX Customers Will Be Made Whole in Crypto Terms: Legal Advisers

WazirX co-founder Nischal Shetty said the numbers are as of today and the objective is to reduce the gap through various efforts.

WazirX CEO Nischal Shetty (WazirX)

Policy

OKX Receives Major Payment Institution License in Singapore

The company has also appointed Gracie Lin as CEO of OKX SG to oversee the development of new products and services it is now permitted to offer Singaporean customers

Night view of Singapore from the habor. (Larry Teo/Unsplash)