{"id":78907,"date":"2026-10-01T06:26:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/singapores-crypto-activity-hits-284-billion-as-institutional-activity-jumps-94\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T06:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T06:26:10","slug":"singapores-crypto-activity-hits-284-billion-as-institutional-activity-jumps-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/singapores-crypto-activity-hits-284-billion-as-institutional-activity-jumps-94\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore&#8217;s Crypto Activity Hits $284 Billion as Institutional Activity Jumps 94%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News )<\/b><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"@container mb-[25px] rounded-sm overflow-clip py-0.5 pr-0.5 pl-2.5 bg-success-100\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-col gap-m overflow-clip rounded-[6px] !bg-success-10 p-3 @[420px]:p-m\">\n<h2 class=\"m-0 flex items-center gap-s text-[19px] !text-[#1c1c1c] md:text-[20px]\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 10\" fill=\"none\" class=\"shrink-0 text-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><path d=\"M1 1.5h14\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M1 8.5h10\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2.5\" stroke-linecap=\"round\"\/><\/svg><span>Key Takeaways<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"m-0 flex list-none flex-col gap-m pl-0\">\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Singapore\u2019s measured crypto activity grew 55.4% year over year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Institutional-platform activity climbed 94% to $60 billion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m-0 flex items-start gap-s !text-[#434248]\"><span class=\"mt-2 size-2 shrink-0 rounded-full bg-success-100\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><span class=\"text-body\">Three Southeast Asian markets handled 14.4% of global small-value transfers.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Singapore Records $60 Billion in Institutional Crypto Activity<\/h2>\n<p>Crypto trading and financial services expanded in Singapore even as activity declined across Central and Southeast Asia and Oceania. Blockchain analytics company Chainalysis detailed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chainalysis.com\/blog\/central-southeast-asia-oceania-crypto-adoption-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Singapore\u2019s $284 billion in crypto activity<\/a> in a Sept. 30 analysis covering July 1, 2025, through June 30. The country recorded the region\u2019s largest measured crypto economy, up 55.4% year over year.<\/p>\n<p>Institutional-platform business rose 94% to $60 billion, with much of it concentrated among market makers, which provide trading liquidity, over-the-counter firms, which negotiate transactions privately, and institutional brokerages. Daniel Yang, head of compliance at Singapore-based trading firm QCP Group, described the broader shift:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe narrative has broadened beyond trading returns to include payments, treasury management, and market infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Treasury management involves managing an organization\u2019s cash, funding, and financial risks.<\/p>\n<p>Growth also extended to exchanges, with flows into centralized platforms operated by intermediaries increasing 30% and decentralized venues using blockchain-based trading protocols advancing 69%. Institutional expansion outpaced the 19% increase across the rest of the region and 15% elsewhere globally. The financial center also remained a net recipient of cross-border crypto transfers, with cumulative net inflows reaching approximately $5 billion by midyear.<\/p>\n<p>Singapore\u2019s lead extended beyond institutional trading to the broader regional comparison shown in Chainalysis\u2019 chart. The measure combines value received through services, transfers between individuals within countries, and cross-border inflows during the reporting period. Singapore\u2019s total was approximately $111 billion above Australia\u2019s, while Vietnam ranked fourth at $122.2 billion, followed by Indonesia at $83.2 billion and Thailand at $82.8 billion.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_852189\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-852189\" style=\"width:1920px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-852189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singapore led Central and Southeast Asia and Oceania with $284.1 billion in measured crypto value received from July 2025 through June 2026. Source: Chainalysis.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Stablecoins Connect Crypto Growth With Cross-Border Payments<\/h2>\n<p>Cross-border stablecoin activity exceeded domestic activity in every regional market examined, with the overall value ratio reaching 3.2 to 1. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitcoin.com\/get-started\/altcoins-and-tokens\/stablecoins\/what-are-stablecoins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stablecoins are designed to track a reference asset<\/a>, typically a national currency. Their payment applications sit alongside trading uses, while established domestic systems can reduce demand for alternative ways to transfer money locally.<\/p>\n<p>Smaller transfers between individuals showed a distinct adoption pattern in the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam during the same period. Together, they registered 5.4 million transactions under $10,000, accounting for 14.4% of the global total despite representing just 2.5% of worldwide crypto activity. More than four in five domestic transfers in those countries were below $1,000.<\/p>\n<p>Singapore-based businesses also attracted capital during the reporting period as investors backed infrastructure connecting digital assets with traditional currencies. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/stablecoin-to-fiat-payments-startup-tazapay-raises-36m-led-by-circle-ventures\/\">Tazapay\u2019s Series B financing reached $36 million<\/a> following a March extension led by Circle Ventures. The company\u2019s settlement technology connects stablecoins with local fiat currencies, or government-issued money, across international markets.<\/p>\n<p>Investment continued after the measurement period, with Japanese financial conglomerate SBI Holdings Inc. (Tokyo: 8473) announcing a Dtcpay investment Sept. 18. Singapore-based <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/crypto-news\/sbi-invests-in-singapores-dtcpay-to-scale-stablecoin-rails\/\">Dtcpay\u2019s completed Series A totaled $25 million<\/a>. Its technology exchanges and settles digital tokens and fiat currencies, while the funding supports merchant expansion, technical development, and new business and consumer features.<\/p>\n<h2>Singapore Advances Stablecoin Rules as Crypto Licensing Expands<\/h2>\n<p>The wider regional economy contracted 6.8%, though institutional platforms processed $152.3 billion, up 40% year over year. Australia remained second-largest at $173.1 billion despite a 5.6% decline; its institutional business increased 33.3% to $39.92 billion. India ranked third at $135 billion and led centralized exchange inflows with $88.4 billion, compared with $82.3 billion for Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>Regulated market access expanded after June as exchanges continued developing local operations serving both individual and institutional customers. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/exchanges\/singapore-grants-gemini-major-crypto-license-for-trading-push\/\">Gemini secured a Major Payment Institution license<\/a>, announced Sept. 8, covering digital payment token and cross-border money transfer services. The exchange provides spot trading, or direct asset purchases and sales, custody, meaning asset safekeeping, and over-the-counter services in the country, where it has operated since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Stablecoin regulation is also advancing through proposed legislation addressing issuer qualifications, financial safeguards, and consumer protection requirements. The Monetary Authority of Singapore opened its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mas.gov.sg\/news\/media-releases\/2026\/mas-consults-on-legislative-amendments-to-implement-stablecoin-regulatory-framework\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">stablecoin legislative consultation<\/a> Sept. 1. Proposals include prohibiting interest payments on MAS-regulated tokens, requiring stress tests, and establishing recovery and orderly wind-down plans. Comments are due Oct. 16.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/featured\/singapores-crypto-activity-hits-284-billion-as-institutional-activity-jumps-94\/\">Source link <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Originally posted on : Bitcoin News ) Key Takeaways Singapore\u2019s measured crypto activity grew 55.4% year over year. Institutional-platform activity climbed 94% to $60 billion. Three Southeast Asian markets handled 14.4% of global small-value transfers. Singapore Records $60 Billion in Institutional Crypto Activity Crypto trading and financial services expanded in Singapore even as activity declined [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":78908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}