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Singapore's MAS hopes to bring Silicon Valley to 'Nairobi, Jakarta, and São Paulo' with its latest ambitious global network initiative.

StraitsX and XREX have become the latest two blockchain firms to receive approval from MAS as major payment institutions (MPI) under the city’s payment service providers licensing scheme. They discussed their plans with FA.

The new China-Singapore Green Finance Taskforce is expected to facilitate easier access to green bonds in both markets through stock exchange connections and digital trading.

The central banks of both jurisdictions have issued statements on the back of Credit Suisse’s merger with UBS that saw $17 billion in AT1 bonds wiped out.

ChainUp has announced the appointment of former Singapore prime minister and MAS chairman, Goh Chok Tong to its board, the completion of its acquisition of Bedrock Trust Pte, and further strategic expansion through partnerships.

Tokenisation will soon represent a $16 trillion business opportunity, the report’s authors claim. A “crypto winter” is contributing to this.

ESGenome has launched in Singapore as part of an effort to improve corporate ESG reporting.

The issuance marks the city-state’s first ever 50-year bond and the longest-tenor green bond issued by a sovereign to date.

The US private markets leader is offering exposure to its Global Private Assets (GPA) strategy through the Singapore-regulated digital securities platform.