Tag: Singapore

Brad Garlinghouse says Singapore, the U.K., the UAE and Switzerland are jurisdictions with “smart” crypto policies that he thinks the U.S. should adopt. The United States is one of — if not the worst — place to launch a cryptocurrency startup in the world right now, according to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, whose firm is…

“Decentralized financial ecosystem continues to develop in complexity, and it is important to address emerging risks,” said FSA official Mamoru Yanase. On June 26, Japan’s financial regulator, the Financial Services Authority (FSA), announced a partnership with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for the joint regulation and pilot testing of cryptocurrency projects in accordance with the latter’s…

The entrepreneur on spending $69m on a non-fungible token artwork and how an avatar helped him circumvent the status quo — Stefania Palma at FT.com. It was almost a decade ago that Vignesh Sundaresan, googling for ways to transfer funds directly between stock brokerage accounts, chanced on an alternative to the conventional banking system. “I…