Crypto / Digital Assets

Market Infrastructure

BIS: Public Payment Systems Boost Welfare But Could Raise Merchant Fees

By Manesh Samtani | 14/11/2025

A new BIS paper finds public options like CBDCs can improve financial inclusion but may disintermediate banks and increase merchant fees.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Cybercrime Surges as AI-Powered Threats and Real-Time Scams Challenge Banks

By Nathan Lynch | 14/11/2025

AI-driven cyberattacks, real-time payment scams and “dynamic friction” were hot topics at this year’s Singapore Fintech Festival.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Taiwan to Study Inclusion of Bitcoin in Strategic Reserves

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 14/11/2025

The central bank to draft rules and pilot a treasury programme using seized assets, following calls to reduce reliance on the US dollar.

Crypto / Digital Assets

UK Jails Chinese Fraud Mastermind Over Multi-Billion Bitcoin Laundering

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 13/11/2025

The case involved one of Britain's largest-ever cryptocurrency seizures, stemming from a massive Ponzi scheme affecting 128,000 Chinese investors.

Crypto / Digital Assets

DBS, JP Morgan to Develop Cross-border Tokenised Deposit Framework

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/11/2025

The collaboration aims to create an interoperability framework enabling real-time exchange and settlement of tokenised deposits across multiple blockchains.

Crypto / Digital Assets

US Authorities Strike at Southeast Asia’s Crypto Scam Networks

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/11/2025

The DOJ and OFAC coordinate on new Scam Centre Strike Force and sanctions against transnational fraud rings

Crypto / Digital Assets

DBS, Franklin Templeton Launch Singapore’s First Tokenised Retail Fund

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/11/2025

The tokenised money market Fund utilises blockchain to lower entry thresholds and broaden investor access to high-quality assets.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Korea to Share Rental Fraud Data, Bring Crypto Firms Under Credit Law

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 13/11/2025

The FSC says the proposed rules will allow sharing of malicious landlord data without their consent and formally classify virtual asset firms as credit information providers.

Sanctions

Following the Flow of Funds Behind Illicit DPRK IT Worker Threat

By Chandana Seshadri | 13/11/2025

Disrupting North Korea’s illicit IT workers requires a focus on both identity fraud and dismantling complex financial networks.