Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange TomoChain will launch a peer-to-peer, or P2P, lending feature on June 6 through its TomoDEX’s platform. According to an announcement, TomoDEX is the first decentralized exchange, or DEX, powered by the layer 1 protocol TomoX — which will have a maximum of 150 DEXs running on it. It’s currently in soft launch with spot trading enabled. The DEX boasts a reported speed of 2,000 transactions per second. Long Vuong, CEO of TomoChain said the P2P lending feature does require a trusted custodian and there will be no information asymmetry: “All functionality is handled through auditable smart contracts …

Singapore-based Delta Exchange has announced the launch of interest rate swaps (IRS) on DeFi rates, flash rates on Bitfinex, and interest rates on the BitMEX perpetual swap, starting today. According to the company, Delta will soon launch IRS for USD Coint (USDC) lending rates on Compound Finance and Dai (DAI) lending rates on Compound Finance at 50x leverage. As the name suggests, an interest rate swap is a forward contract in which one stream of future interest payments is exchanged for another based on a specified principal amount. Opening up a bridge between centralized and decentralized exchanges Speaking with Cointelegraph, …

For crypto enthusiasts, choosing a location to live in that supports an ideal lifestyle extends beyond searching for a city with a high number of shops and retail outlets that accept crypto. Sure, any crypto enthusiast will benefit from living in an area with easy access to crypto-related amenities. However, as the world of crypto evolves and more crypto debit cards appear, crypto enthusiasts are realizing that direct crypto spending is not the only factor to consider when choosing a place to call home. The political stability of the location, the weather and internet broadband speed are some of the …

China’s top digital bank, WeBank, has partnered with OpenNodes, a distributed ledger technology platform by Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority. Through the new partnership, WeBank will provide the FISCO BCOS blockchain platform to Singaporean academics to innovate and build on. The initiative seeks to offer the blockchain platform as an “innovation playground“ to Singapore’s student communities to expedite development in the field of DLT. As a requirement of participation in the program, all innovations produced through the FISCO BCOS initiative are made available as open-source. The program hopes to stimulate research into blockchain applications for the supply chain and finance …

Singapore-based multinational banking firm DBS Bank has joined the blockchain trade-finance network Contour, which is built over R3’s Corda. Contour is due for a main-launch later this year. According to a May 11 report by the business news outlet The Business Times, DBS Bank is the first bank from Singapore to join the network. Major institutions such as BNP Paribas, Bangkok Bank, ING, HSBC, Standard Chartered and Citi Ventures founded Contour. Digitizing for efficiency DBS looks forward to digitizing its end-to-end letters of credit settlement process through the platform’s blockchain solutions. The bank aims to reduce settlement time, decrease the …

As 2020 staggers on, the scourge of the coronavirus is showing no sign of relenting any time soon. Since the reality of the pandemic took hold, it has revealed itself to be a black swan the likes of which have never before been seen. Cryptocurrencies suffer from volatility in the best of times, and markets have spent most of the last two years in the red. But companies, markets and entire economies all over the world are tanking. So, is cryptocurrency’s notorious Achilles' heel affecting its banking and payments sector? SoftBank posts hard landing There’s not a business in the …

Last week, Cointelegraph reported that KuCoin’s primary web domain, Kucoin.com, had been locked by a Singaporean court. In a statement posted on its website and in its public Telegram channel throughout the past week, KuCoin alleged that our reporting was “unverified” and “untrue.” In response, Cointelegraph is now publishing further evidence of its original reporting. Authenticity of the email: Confirmed In the original article, Cointelegraph contributor Andrew Capon published a screenshot of a GoDaddy email showing that the web domain registrar is complying with a court order issued by the High Court of Singapore. Cointelegraph has since obtained the original …

The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore, or IRAS, issued updated tax guidance for digital tokens on April 17. The guidelines concern payment tokens, utility tokens, security tokens, and tokens issued through initial coin offerings, or ICOs. Fluctuations in the value tokens held by miners, ICO issuers, businesses, and individuals are not taxable or deductible unless realized. Businesses handling tokens receive usual treatment Despite emphasizing that payment tokens are not legal tender, Singapore’s new guidelines state that transactions executed using payment tokens “are viewed as barter trade.” When receiving payment tokens, a business will incur normal tax obligations based on the …

On the same day that Cointelegraph published an article detailing that KuCoin’s primary web domain was locked from being transferred to other owners, the crypto exchange has announced that its platform can be accessed through two additional domains globally — kucoin.io, and kubi.cc. Anxieties flared on the exchange’s Telegram channel during the hours leading up to KuCoin’s announcement. As followers questioned whether Singapore’s High Court had indeed issued an order against KuCoin, the channel’s administrators shunned their users’ questions — repeating that an announcement would be coming soon while refusing to give an estimated time for publication. While requests mounted, …

KuCoin.com, the primary web domain of cryptocurrency exchange KuCoin, has been locked since the end of March by order of the High Court of Singapore. The court issued a temporary injunction on March 24 barring KuCoin from moving its assets, including its website, from the country. A March 30 email from domain registrar GoDaddy provided to Cointelegraph shows that GoDaddy is complying with the court order. How the exchange will cope with its primary web address locked down is one of many unanswered questions about KuCoin as the company undergoes a major corporate restructuring and faces legal challenges around the …

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) are not new to the sports industry. Some NBA teams began accepting BTC as payment for tickets as early as 2014. Since then, the relationship between sports and crypto has been rapidly evolving. Today, a firm that claims to be the world’s first ever crypto exchange for sport tokens has rolled out trading for its first sports-focused coin. Chiliz.net, a Singapore-based sports blockchain venture and crypto exchange, has listed Juventus Fan Token (JUV), a blockchain token released by Italian professional soccer club, Juventus, in collaboration with sport-focused token platform Socios.com. Chiliz CEO says that Chiliz token …

While global cryptocurrency firms increasingly come to Singapore to benefit from its crypto-friendly ecosystem, some local firms are also expanding their operations beyond local jurisdiction. Bitget, a Singapore-headquartered digital asset platform, has obtained regulatory approval from the United States Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the primary regulator for money service businesses in the country. MSB license is part of Bitget’s strategy to be compliant in “as many regions as possible” According to public records, the FinCEN granted Bitget a Money Service Business License (MSB), authorizing the Singaporean company to act as a money transmitter or foreign exchange dealer in the …