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Luno, Malaysia’s leading regulated digital asset exchange, has on Wednesday announced that it is adding two more cryptocurrencies to its platform: Cardano (ADA) and Solana (SOL), further expanding their range of investible digital assets.

Indonesia-based insurtech PasarPolis has partnered with e-commerce giant Shopee to provide affordable and accessible insurance for customers across Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. With expansion plans across Southeast Asia, PasarPolis currently has partnerships with over 50 insurance providers and digital giants including Gojek, IKEA, Xiaomi, and more.

Singapore and Indonesia-based digital financial services group Fazz (previously known as Fazz Financial Group), announced Wednesday a $100 million Series C funding round. This consists of $75 million in equity, which includes investment from existing investors such as Tiger Global, DST Investment, B Capital, Insignia Ventures Partners and ACE & Company.

An unwavering determination is something that many startup founders have, but the greater challenge was ultimately to be comfortable with instability and change and make difficult decisions to move the business forward. Here are some changes that I had to experience and the decisions I had to make to grow my startup over the last few years.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) on Monday jointly launched ESGenome, a digital disclosure portal for companies to report environmental, social and governance (ESG) data in a structured and efficient manner, and for investors to access such data in a consistent and comparable format.

Singapore digital bank Trust announced Tuesday that its community of customers has reached 100,000 following its launch on 1 September.

Playground, a Singapore-based platform dedicated to Web3 Gaming and non-fungible token (NFT) discovery, announced Tuesday the completion of its oversubscribed pre-seed funding round co-led by East Ventures and Mirana Ventures.

M-DAQ Global, a Singapore-headquartered fintech company, announced Monday that it has expanded its global footprint with the opening of its Japanese office through its wholly-owned Japanese subsidiary, M-DAQ Japan K.K.

Game streaming is leading the charge of the recent proliferation of online content. An amalgamation of gaming and live streaming, the industry’s meteoric rise has been driven by the captivating nature of gaming itself – where its audio-visual simulation excites game streamers and audiences who wish to live vicariously through them. 

Forward, a Thai digital asset and blockchain startup focusing on protocol development for decentralized derivative exchange and DeFi platform, said Monday it has successfully closed its $5 million seed round within just six months of fundraising.