Singapore Government-Owned Investment Firm 'Experiments' With Bitcoin
A triple-A rated investment company owned by the government of Singapore has been "experimenting" with bitcoin, according to a report in Today Online. Temasek Holdings has a $172bn portfolio and had a net income of $12.1bn in 2013. According to the news report, the firm launched its first office in New York City yesterday, throwing a lavish party and promising that it will "seize opportunities in the entire American continent". The most surprising part of the launch came in Chairman Lim Boon Heng's speech, in which he said the company had recently conducted a company-wide "bitcoin....
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