Singapore's financial watchdog pushes back against Terra and 3AC associations
According to the MAS managing director, TerraForm Labs, Luna Foundation Guard and Vauld were “not licensed or regulated" by Singapore's financial watchdog. Ravi Menon, the managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, or MAS, said companies often labeled by the media in connection to the recent market volatility as “Singapore-based” were not representative of the country’s approach to crypto regulation.In a speech on the MAS Annual Report on Tuesday, Menon said crypto-related companies including TerraForm Labs and Three Arrows Capital, or 3AC, had “little to do” with crypto....
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