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On Tuesday (October 27), Singapore-based DBS Bank, the largest bank (by assets) in South East Asia, announced the launch of “DBS Digital Exchange”, a bank-backed digital exchange.
DBS Digital Exchange, which is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore, is backed by the leading Asian financial services group DBS Bank. It provides trading services “from fiat currencies to four of the top digital currencies in circulation – Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Ether, and XRP.”
Here is what is special about the DBS Digital Exchange — it does not hold any cryptoassets. Here is DBS explaining this idea:
Unlike most digital exchanges today, DBS Digital Exchange does not hold any digital assets. Instead, all digital assets are kept at DBS Bank, which is globally recognised for its custodial services. To keep customers’ digital assets safe, DBS Bank has deployed DBS Digital Custody, an institutional-grade custody solution specially tailored for safekeeping digital assets.
These are the trading pairs that are currently available on the platform:
BTC/SGD | BTC/HKD | BTC/USD | BTC/JPY, BCH/SGD | BCH/HKD | BCH/USD | BCH/JPY, ETH/SGD | ETH/HKD | ETH/USD | ETC/JPY, XRP/SGD | XRP/HKD | XRP/USD | XRP/JPY
The total exchange fees are 10bps. The order types allowed are “Market, Limit and FAK (Fill-and-Kill).”
DBS Digital Exchange also plans to support security tokens (which are “listed cryptographic tokens backed by real assets such as equities, physical properties, fixed income instruments, and even fine art”)in the future.
Su Zhu, Co-Founder, CIO, and CEO of Singapore-based crypto-focused hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, says that this will “become the easiest on-ramp for those who bank in Singapore”:
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