Cryptocurrencies

Singapore-based banking group DBS, Southeast Asia’s largest lender by assets, has teamed up with The Sandbox, a blockchain-based Metaverse gaming platform, to develop new...

Myanmar exiles ousted in a 2021 coup are pressing the US Federal Reserve to endorse their bid to use billions of dollars in funds...

The Indonesian government is planning to establish its envisaged “crypto stock exchange” by the end of 2022, DealStreetAsia cited the country’s deputy trade minister...

Cryptocurrency adoption in Singapore has risen despite a hardline approach of the city-state’s financial market regulator, a new survey shows. According to data from Australia-based...

Indonesia’s central bank will issue its own digital currency for use by banks and payment services providers on the wholesale level, Perry Warjiyo, governor...

Ownership of digital assets including cryptocurrencies in Indonesia is among the highest globally as many investors in the country look at those assets as...

Philippines-based fintech company PayMaya, together with GoCash, Coins.ph and Pesopay among the largest online and mobile payment providers in the country, has launched a...

The Indonesian government will charge value-added tax (VAT) on crypto transactions and income tax on capital gains from crypto investments at 0.1% each, starting...

The Thai government finally decided to ban the use of cryptocurrencies as a means of payment for goods and services, fearing that a wider...

If it goes after Malaysia’s communication ministry, the country should follow El Salvador as the next nation to adopt cryptocurrencies as legal tender, Bloomberg...

The Bank of the Lao P.D.R. has issued licenses to two companies to trade in cryptocurrencies, Xinhua reported. The first authorised platform is Lao Digital...

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), after it issued new guidelines for marketing and advertising of cryptocurrency services in the city state on January...

Myanmar’s parallel government opposing the military junta, the National Unity Government (NUG), has recognised crypto currency Tether as an official currency for local use...

Singapore took over the first place from the US in the latest Global Crypto Ranking for the fourth quarter 2021 by Irish fintech startup...

Singapore’s Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, or OCBC, is thinking about the possibility to set up its own crypto exchange to satisfy growing demand from clients,...

Southeast Asia’s small and impoverished nation of Laos has issued new regulations to govern cryptocurrency mining operations and trading platforms in the country after...

The Laos government in its new drive to boost the cryptocurrency ecosystem in the country expects to earn no less than two trillion kip...

The booming market for cryptocurrencies and digital assets in Indonesia was met with a backlash from local religious authorities who are deeming them “haram,”...