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  • Bitstamp Compliance Officer Raynold Poh Part 1 of 2 // Web3 Accountant Radio Ep20 Transcript

    Wei Xiang

    Bitstamp Compliance Officer Raynold Poh Part 1 of 2 // Web3 Accountant Radio Ep20 Transcript Raynold Poh is the Compliance Officer of Bitstamp Bitstamp is the world’s longest running crypto exchange. Bitstamp holds an IPA for the MPI license to provide CBMT and DPT Services in Singapore under the PSA. In this conversation, we dive… Read more

  • Catax Co-founder Gaurav // Web3 Accountant Radio Ep19 Transcript

    Wei Xiang

    Catax Co-founder Gaurav // Web3 Accountant Radio Ep19 Transcript Gaurav Mehta has over 11 years of experience in cryptocurrency. He studied Digital Currency at the University of Nicosia back in 2015, before crypto was widely known. Since 2013, he’s been an active participant on BitcoinTalk with the handle BTCIndia. He became India’s first TEDx speaker… Read more

  • Beosin CEO Joe // Web3 Accountant Radio Ep18 Transcript

    Wei Xiang

    Beosin CEO Joe // Web3 Accountant Radio Ep18 Transcript As a practitioner with 20 years’ career in Hong Kong’s financial industry which spans investment banking, asset management, regulator and market operator, and most recently in Virtual Asset Service Providers (“VASP”), Joe is very confident that his expertise, experiences and especially his networks with the financial… Read more

  • Block Ledger Founder Leon // Web3 Accountant Radio Ep17 Transcript

    Wei Xiang

    Block Ledger Founder Leon // Web3 Accountant Radio Ep17 Transcript Leon Low is the Founder of Block Ledger and he runs his own ethereum node. Block Ledger is a professional service and accounting firm in Singapore providing services to more than 300 clients over 12 years. In this conversation, we dive into: 1. Common accounting… Read more

  • [Bitcoin Policy Institute] The Case for Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset

    [Bitcoin Policy Institute] The Case for Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset

    Wei Xiang

    Bitcoin possesses some unique investment characteristics that could help central banks diversify against several risks, including those related to inflation, geopolitical tensions, capital controls, sovereign default, bank failures, and financial sanctions. To the extent that gold is a reserve asset, so is Bitcoin https://www.btcpolicy.org/articles/the-case-for-bitcoin-as-a-reserve-asset Read more

  • [BINANCE] Spot ETFs in Crypto Markets

    [BINANCE] Spot ETFs in Crypto Markets

    Wei Xiang

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  • MAS Announces Plans to Support Commercialisation of Asset Tokenisation

    MAS Announces Plans to Support Commercialisation of Asset Tokenisation

    Wei Xiang

    Singapore, 4 November 2024… The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today announced plans to advance tokenisation in financial services. These include:  Deepening liquidity of tokenised assets through formation of commercial networks: By connecting a broader set of participants’ products and services across multiple currencies and assets, greater improvements in capital raising, secondary trading, asset servicing… Read more

  • [S&P Global] Tokenized Private Credit: A New Digital Frontier for Real World Assets

    [S&P Global] Tokenized Private Credit: A New Digital Frontier for Real World Assets

    Wei Xiang

    Tokenization could help to address some inherent challenges in private credit, potentially facilitating enhanced liquidity, efficiency, and transparency. The firm, then known as Cadence, issued its first tokenized private debt product in 2019, intending to cut back-office costs by standardizing and re-using smart contract templates for structured offerings. It ran into three problems at the… Read more

  • [The Accountant Quits] Best Practices for Accounting Firms to Onboard Crypto Clients

    [The Accountant Quits] Best Practices for Accounting Firms to Onboard Crypto Clients

    Wei Xiang

    One of the most important parts of running a crypto accounting practice is having a fleshed-out strategy for vetting and onboarding clients. Some potential clients are a can of worms and you might not want to work with them. It’s important to figure out what your ideal crypto client is and build a strong pipeline,… Read more

  • [pwc] Taking stock of Singapore’s FinTech landscape, 2024

    [pwc] Taking stock of Singapore’s FinTech landscape, 2024

    Wei Xiang

    Based on the FinTech’s state of play 2.0 survey results, the top three sectors of FinTech by count of companies are: Payments, Web3,RegTech.The count of Web3 companies has grown significantly from just 5% of the Singapore FinTech ecosystem in 2022 to 16% in 2024. Number of Web3, InsurTech and ESGTech companies continues to grow while… Read more