cryptocurrencies

HONG KONG (Sept 13): The Great Crypto Crash of 2018 looks more and more like one for the record books.

SINGAPORE (Aug 2): DBS Vickers Securities is maintaining its “buy” call on Catalist-listed Y Ventures Group with an unchanged target price of 77 cents, which is based on 20 times FY19F EV/EBITA and at a 15% discount to larger peers’ 23 times due to

SINGAPORE (July 20): Jorden Tan, an accounts manager at a local job recruitment firm, was introduced to cryptocurrencies by a family member he had met during a relative’s wake last year and he has participated in more than five token sales.

SINGAPORE (Apr 12): Regulation technology (regtech) is set to grow in the coming years, says financial services firm EY in its recent white paper.

(Feb 8): The head of the World Bank compared cryptocurrencies to “Ponzi schemes,” the latest financial voice to raise questions about the legitimacy of digital currencies such as Bitcoin.

SINGAPORE (Jan 19): The high volatility and performance displayed by cryptocurrencies in 2017 have made the ‘crypto bubble’ a most visible one, according to Saxo Bank’s chief economist and CIO, Steen Jakobsen.

SINGAPORE (Dec 22): Not unlike the shadowy world of cryptocurrencies, you may need help with your smartphone GPS to locate Mining.SG, hidden in the maze of industrial buildings a five-minute walk from Aljunied MRT station.

SINGAPORE (Dec 21): Just a street away from Singapore's central bank, a cryptocurrency firm has set up what it claims is the first cafe in the city-state to be owned and operated by a business promoting its own digital coin.

SINGAPORE (Dec 19): The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Tuesday cautioned against investments in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin amid a recent surge in their prices.

SINGAPORE (Dec 18): The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Hong Kong recently announced that by 2019, a cross-border platform will be set up to boost trade finance using distributed ledger, or blockchain technology. The key benefit of this developm