Speech Feb 22 BIS’ Carstens: “Digital currencies and the future of the monetary system” Why does the economy need digital currencies? Digital money is not new an... 8195
Opinions Feb 22 R3’s Ghosh: “Asia Pacific countries lead the charge towards CBDCs” Central banks in Asia Pacific are ahead of US and UK in digital currency implementation Central banks explore new technologies ari... 7005
Datafiles Feb 22 Ethereum dominates DeFi market, while Terra overtakes BSC as the second largest DeFi blockchain Ethereum lost its DeFi market share due to its scalability issue and strong growth of its competitors Total value locked in DeFi o... 6428
Speech Feb 22 MAS’ Menon: “Open crypto networks are not at the stage to meet high standards of governance, security and resilience” In his speech at Singapore FinTech Festival 2021, Monetary Authority of Singapore managing director Ravi Menon highlighted the fina... 28288
Panel discussion Feb 22 Digital money changes everything The rapid surge of digitalisation, fintech innovation, and the emergence of cryptocurrencies has led to a profound transformation in the... 4839
Panel discussion Feb 22 Cloud migration— Pandora’s box of data, culture and core replacement The Building the Business of the Future roundtable was attended by leaders from financial institutions and finte... 4228
Feature Feb 22 Rise of digital assets and tokenisation The digital asset universe has caught the interest of many and proven that it‘s here to stay. For most, the first thing that springs to mind when... 9551
Feature Feb 22 Scaling asset tokenisation and DLT in finance The financial industry is undergoing rapid transformation as asset tokenisation and distributed ledger technology (DLT) gain prominence for improvi... 1895
Opinions Feb 22 Bridging two worlds: Why stablecoins can be the missing link The limitations of current banking systems have been apparent for a long time. Traditional international transfers often involve manual multiple in... 1359
Speech Feb 22 Emmanuel Daniel: “We are coming to the end of the platform era” Daniel outlined three central themes in digital banking: the personalisation of finance, the shift from platforms to personalisation, and the idea ... 2353
Interviews Feb 22 Circle’s Yam Ki Chan: “Stablecoins can reduce transaction time and cost for Asian businesses” He noted that stablecoins can alleviate poverty especially in Asia Pacific, highlighting the impact on businesses not just in terms of c... 2503
Interviews Feb 22 Paxos drives institutional stablecoin adoption with scalable solutions and ecosystems New York-based stablecoin issuer and blockchain infrastructure provider, Paxos, is addressing barriers to stablecoin adoption with the launch of th... 1909
Interviews Feb 22 EMURGO’s Nikhil Joshi on institutional adoption, asset tokenisation, and Asia’s digital asset leadership Digital assets have matured dramatically over the past decade, moving from speculative investments to established components of... 1374
Interviews Feb 22 StraitsX partners with Alipay+ and Grab to drive stablecoin payment adoption StraitsX, a digital assets provider based in Singapore, is working to integrate stablecoins into everyday transactions in Southeast Asia, where dig... 1949
Speech Feb 22 DeFi is setting new rules for the future of banking Emmanuel Daniel, chairman of TAB Global highlighted how DeFi is changing the rules of banking, setting new standards that traditional financial sy... 928
