Woo Jun Jie

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE INSTITUTE OF POLICY STUDIES, NUS

governments are not the only ones interested in stablecoins, with major private players also taking notice.

Stablecoins and the global crypto regulatory arms race: What’s at stake for Singapore?

The race to become a leading hub of digital assets will increasingly involve cities strengthening their regulatory frameworks to favour stability over...

While Hong Kong's proposed security law and Singapore's Fica both deal with matters of national security, the two pieces of legislation are quite different.
THE BROAD VIEW

Do tougher laws hamper or aid financial hubs?

IN A bid to fast-track the legislation process of its new security law, Hong Kong gazetted its Safeguarding National Security Bill on...

Policymakers and regulators are concerned about linking digital assets to real economic value.
THE BROAD VIEW

Digital money needs to be bound to the real world 

THE emergence of digital money has raised important questions pertaining to the nature and function of money.

In Switzerland, the rapid appreciation of the Swiss franc over the past year has helped to blunt the impact of imported inflation.

Keeping inflation at bay, the Swiss way

SPARKED off by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and compounded subsequently by disruptions in global supply chains and economic uncertainty, inflation has been...

More can be done for decentralised policy processes through the use of Web 3.0 technologies such as blockchain.

Governance in a Web 3.0 future 

As a smart nation, Singapore needs to explore new and digitally-enabled ways to enhance its policy processes and foster social cohesiveness. 

Singapore has established strong links with Southeast Asia and beyond.

Hong Kong and Singapore: What it takes to be a leading crypto hub

MUCH ink has been spilled over the impending competition between Hong Kong and Singapore to be Asia’s cryptocurrency hub.

Despite the advantages of digitisation and decentralisation, the risks associated with cryptocurrency are increasingly obvious to even the most casual of observers.

Singapore should be a hub for digital assets but not cryptocurrency

Strict regulations on retail crypto investments will help Singapore separate the dross of market volatility, rug pulls and money laundering from the...