MORE than seven in 10 Singapore small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are investing in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) solutions to stay competitive amid macroeconomic uncertainty, DBS’ ...
Tokenized RWA markets return to ATH levels as tokens lead crypto recovery
Real-world asset tokenization markets have returned to their all-time high in terms of value tokenized onchain as related RWA tokens led crypto market recovery on Feb. 3. The total value locked ...
‘Very volatile’: Beijing retaliates with tariffs on US imports, Google probe
Singapore: China has launched an investigation into Google and will slap additional tariffs of 10 to 15 per cent on certain US imports including coal and natural gas within days, as it retaliated in ...
Rich Asians fuel Singapore crypto craze on Trump, bitcoin hype
SINGAPORE -- Over steak and wine at a swanky restaurant in downtown Singapore a week after Donald Trump won November's U.S. presidential election, Gerald Goh pitched a bright future for digital assets ...
No reason to believe DeepSeek obtained chips from Singapore: report
The company said its Singapore shipments were insignificant. United States-based company Nvidia stated there is no reason to believe that DeepSeek obtained any export-controlled products from ...
Woman who stole US$4.2mil worth of crypto gets six weeks’ jail for disobeying civil court order
SINGAPORE: A woman who cheated a company out of US$4.2 million (S$5.7 million) worth of cryptocurrency was ordered by a civil court not to use the funds.
Singapore seen taking indirect hit from Trump’s tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico
Analysts say global trade and economic growth is at risk from a wider trade war. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Singapore factory activity cools in January, amid region-wide slowdown
SINGAPORE’S overall factory activity dipped marginally in January, mirroring a regional slowdown for the manufacturing sector. Read more at The Business Times.
2 arrested for drug, GST-related offences after seizure of duty-unpaid cigarettes at Petir Road
The man and woman were arrested on Jan 23 at Petir Road following a Singapore Customs operation. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Monochrome Brings First Aussie Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs to Singapore Market
Singapore is opening its doors to Australian crypto ETFs as institutions eye a regulated entry into a turbulent crypto market.
Ether, memecoins plunge as traders shed risk after Trump tariffs
Ether, the second-largest digital asset by market value, fell as much as 26.53% to US$2,135 on Monday morning, the token’s largest intra-day decline in percentage terms since May 2021.
2 suspects arrested for evading more than S$450,000 in duty and GST
Singapore Customs conducted an operation at Petir Road on Jan 23, seizing 4,228 cartons of contraband cigarettes and two vans.
Woman who stole $5.6m worth of crypto gets 6 weeks’ jail for disobeying civil court order
The six-week jail term arose out of a High Court civil case that the company, ByBit Fintech, filed against Ho to recover the stolen cryptocurrency. From June 2022, Ho used the stolen monies to live a ...
Bitcoin slides below $100,000 as tariffs rattle markets
Cryptocurrency prices slid as the spectre of a global trade war put investors on edge and pushed them out of risky assets.
Singapore in rough spot if Trump’s tariffs escalate into trade war: analysts
SINGAPORE may have to brace itself for serious economic fallouts and double down on trade pacts if the US’ sweeping new tariffs – on imports from China, Canada and Mexico – pave the way for a major ...
Nvidia expected to abide by US curbs, S’pore laws, says MTI in reply to queries on DeepSeek’s chips
S'pore has come under the spotlight in a US probe into whether the AI firm circumvented curbs. Read more at straitstimes.com.