Cryptocurrency

(June 12): Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, experts have warned that the virus could spread via physical money as the monetary notes and coins may carry viruses and up to 3,000 types of bacteria.

(May 15): Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings Pte has joined the Libra Association -- the organization behind Facebook Inc.’s proposed digital currency.

(May 8): It has been left for dead more than once, written off as nothing but a bubble and denounced as rat poison by one of the world’s most famous investors.

SINGAPORE (Mar 5): Matrixport, the crypto-finance venture founded by Bitmain Technologies Ltd.’s billionaire chief Wu Jihan, is seeking to raise $40 million in a funding round at a post-investment

(Feb 17): Binance Holdings, operator of one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, has applied for an operating license in Singapore under the government’s new payments legislation.

SINGAPORE (Jan 28): Singapore is introducing new payments legislation that offers global cryptocurrency firms a chance to expand their operations in the country by applying for operating licenses f

(Dec 2): Interest in bitcoins and other cryptocurrencies seems to be waning, according to Google Trends.

(Nov 26): Bitcoin sank to the lowest level in six months, extending this month’s slide on concerns about a crackdown on cryptocurrency operations by China.

(Nov 20): Singapore’s financial regulator has proposed green-lighting crypto-token derivatives to list and trade on approved domestic exchanges.

SINGAPORE (Nov 1): A cryptocurrency exchange that halted Singapore activities two years ago is resuming services there after two local banks opened accounts for the firm, a sign that the country’s