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Hong Kong Consults on Proposed Approach to Stablecoin Legislation

Global Fintech & Digital Assets

The proposed regulatory framework would create substantive obligations on issuers of fiat-referencing stablecoins to safeguard the public. The HKMA followed with its own press release announcing a future sandbox arrangement for stablecoin issuers.

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XREX Singapore Gets MAS Greenlight for Crypto Payments License

Fintech News

Dollar (USD), and will support stablecoins like USDT and USDC, adhering to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) travel rule. XREX Pay will accommodate transactions in Singapore Dollar (SGD) and U.S. With this license in hand, XREX Singapore will endeavour to bring blockchain-enabled digital payment currencies to ubiquity.”

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Here’s How 10 APAC Markets Are Approaching Crypto Regulation

Fintech News

2023 marked a pivotal year in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region’s approach to crypto regulation, influenced significantly by the preceding implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange and the collapse of of Terra, the algorithmic stablecoin created by Korean entrepreneur Do Kwon.

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