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?

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?

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 

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

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 

Singapore has established strong links with Southeast Asia and beyond.

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