Temasek
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A shifting regulatory landscape is causing a rethink to digital asset investments from one of Singapore’s largest funds
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The decision to back the exchange, which negatively impacted Temasek’s reputation, has resulted in a pay cut for those behind its doomed $275 million investment
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Amber Group secures funding at an even valuation amid a tough crypto market, which has seen the firm cut staff and cancel expansion plans
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Asia’s largest blockchain investment firm has just secured another $100 million to fund its metaverse ambitions
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Funding will go toward scaling efforts and future product innovations that will attempt to bridge traditional and digital finance, ADDX said
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Unstoppable Domains taps former Twitch, IBM pros to onboard more Web3 users in Europe and Asia
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Lots of fresh capital entered the crypto space this week, up 36% from last week’s $1.34 billion
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Blockworks Exclusive: The latest capital-raising effort comes after the venture firm raised $200 million for an early-stage crypto fund last fall
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The crypto platform was founded in 2017 and works with over 1,000 clients in institutional and consumer markets.
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Company looks to build on 12,000% user growth in 2021 after $400 million funding round
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Private equity firm KKR to lead the Anchorage Series D investment round, signaling growing interest in digital asset custody.
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In a quirky nod to meme-fueled crypto culture, the company raised $420,690,000.
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Metaco has been at the center of digital bond issuance in Europe. Now, it has set its sights on Asia adding a Singapore office.
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Hong Kong patches on existing securities laws to digital assets infrastructure while Singapore is building something new from the ground up, explains Hex Trust CEO Alessio Quaglini
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Overall the bank said that earnings for the first quarter rose by 72% to SGD 2.01 billion from SGD 1.17 billion a year ago.
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Singapore is home to two sovereign wealth funds, GIC and Temasek, which are some of the world’s largest non-carbon derived funds. The two funds have different strategies: GIC is seen as the more conservative of the two, investing safe bets such as infrastructure while Temasek is the higher-risk leaning fund that might be thought of as taking an investment approach similar to Masayoshi Son’s Softbank.
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Sovereign wealth funds, the investment arms of cash-rich nations, are coming for bitcoin as they look at new strategies to protect their interests after the last 18 months of global economic turmoil.
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Singapore’s GIC and Temasek rank in the top 10 of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. When one of them makes a move like investing in Anchorage, the “crypto bank” for financial institutions, Asia’s money watchers take note. GIC generally focuses […]
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