Singapore bank DBS starts currency and crypto exchange

City-state moves forward on digitization to cement financial hub status

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DBS' new digital exchange will allow for trading in Singapore dollars, U.S. dollars, Hong Kong dollars, Japanese yen and four cryptocurrencies. © Reuters

DYLAN LOH, Nikkei staff writer

SINGAPORE -- A digital exchange, which is being touted as the first for trading fiat money and cryptocurrencies with backing from a traditional bank in Singapore, was launched on Friday.

The full-service platform uses blockchain, or distributed ledger technology, to allow traders to exchange four currencies -- Singapore, U.S. and Hong Kong dollars, and the Japanese yen -- for four cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin, Ether, Bitcoin Cash and XRP.

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