Blockchain / Crypto

This startup allows you to trade, own & gift luxury wine NFTs which comes with actual physical bottles

The Co-Founders also shared about BlockBar’s ambition and plans, and how NFT is disrupting the world of luxury spirits, among others.

Crypto winter exacerbated by FTX fallout; What’s ahead in 2023?

From promoting better crypto investment education to constructively working with regulators, trust building takes time and requires consistent, careful management.

MetaComp gets nod to provide digital payment token services in Singapore

Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange MetaComp Pte. Ltd. has been awarded a licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to provide digital payment token services as a major payment institution in Singapore.

Binance enters Japan after acquiring Sakura Exchange BitCoin

Binance, the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider, announced Wednesday it has acquired 100 percent of Sakura Exchange BitCoin (SEBC), the Japanese-registered crypto exchange service provider. Through this acquisition, Binance enters the Japanese market, as a Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA) regulated……

Singapore Blockchain Innovation Program launches hackathon to accelerate blockchain adoption

S$80,000 in prizes for the nation's best hackers to bring their blockchain innovation to life.

Binance Labs makes strategic investment in Belgium’s hardware wallet maker NGRAVE

Binance Labs, the venture capital arm and accelerator of Binance, has made a strategic investment in and will be leading the upcoming Series A round of NGRAVE, a Belgium-based blockchain and digital asset security provider specialized in  user-friendly, maximum security solutions for crypto users, from creating keys to advanced key recovery.

South Korea’s Paycoin partners Singapore’s TripleA for global crypto payments

Paycoin, a crypto payments company based in South Korea, has kickstarted its expansion into the global crypto payments market through a partnership with Singapore-based crypto payment firm TripleA. Payprotocol AG, the issuer of Paycoin (PCI) has on Friday announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with TripleA, to collaborate on building a global crypto…

Binance to commit $1B for “Industry Recovery Initiative” for Web3

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, on Thursday announced the launch of a recovery initiative for the crypto industry, through which the exchange and other participants will evaluate investment opportunities in companies and projects that are facing significant short-term difficulties.

DBS becomes first bank in Asia to complete intraday repurchase transaction on a blockchain based network

Singapore-based bank DBS announced Wednesday that it has become the first bank in Asia to complete an intraday repurchase transaction on J.P. Morgan’s intraday repurchase application on Onyx Digital Assets, a blockchain based network which supports instant settlements and maturity of the transactions within hours instead of the current industry norm of one…

Revisiting the Terra crash: The cause and the impact it had

This piece seeks to examine what happened back in May leading up to the Terra crash and the impact it had on the crypto market afterward. But first, let us briefly explore what the Terra network was all about to put things into context.