Virtual currency
Dubai start-up plans to introduce 400 Bitcoin-enabled ATMs
After revealing its first Bitcoin-enabled ATM in Dubai Media City in April, Dubai-based IT start-up Umbrellab said it plans to activate 400 cash machines...
Singapore fears money laundering through Bitcoin
The Singapore government has said it plans to regulate virtual-currency intermediaries including operators of Bitcoin exchanges and vending machines to address potential money-laundering and...
Philippines gets its first Bitcoin exchange
A new online Bitcoin exchange, BuyBitcoin.ph, has been launched in the Philippines, offering an alternative method of sending money to the Philippines, according to bitcoin...
Singapore gives thumbs up to Bitcoin
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has said that it will neither interfere with Bitcoin trading in the city state nor regulate the virtual...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...