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Asia-PacificMay 23 2022

MAS builds up its crypto capabilities

Singapore’s central bank governor provides insight into its regulatory approach to the crypto sector, which aims to mitigate risks while leaving the door open for opportunities to co-create solutions with the industry.
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MAS builds up its crypto capabilities

Q: What guides the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s (MAS’s) approach to the cryptocurrency market and ecosystem?

A: We look at the larger digital asset ecosystem, in which cryptocurrencies are just a small part. There are three distinguishing features: blockchain or distributed ledger, tokenisation and encryption. Taken together, these features make the crypto ecosystem potentially a transformative technology.

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Joy Macknight is the editor of The Banker. She joined the publication in 2015 as transaction banking and technology editor. Previously, she was features editor at Profit & Loss, editorial director at Treasury Today and editor at gtnews. She also worked as a staff writer on Banking Technology and IBM Computer Today, as well as a freelancer on Computer Weekly. She has a BSc from the University of Victoria, Canada.
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