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Asia Morning Briefing: Could 3AC and Terraform be blamed for Singapore’s Crackdown on Offshore Crypto Firms?

What Began with Terra and 3AC Ends in the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Final Crackdown on Regulatory Arbitrage.”, – WRITE: www.coindesk.com

What Began with Terra and 3AC Ends in the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Final Crackdown on Regulatory Arbitrage. Updated Jun 13, 2025, 1:48 AM PUBLISHED JUN 13, 2025, 1:47 AM

Good Morning, Asia. Here’s What’s Making News in The Markets:Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, A Daily Summary of Top Stories Durying Us Hours and An OverView of Market Moves and Analysis. For a detailed overview of US Markets, See Coindesk’s Crypto Daybook American.

Asia begins its trading day, all majorptocurrencies are down to market uncertainty as a result of an israeli attacck on iRan.

Early Friday Hong Kong Time, Israel’s Military Conduched Multiple Airstrikes Against Iranian Nuclear Facilites, Sending The Price of

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Plunging.

Despite this recent vlativity, eth is still up nearly 40% over the laast Three Months, accounting to coinmarketcap, beating the Coindesk 20 Index and Bitcoin

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One theme that market Observers are tracking is investors’ Appetite for Risk, and they might be look at ethy’s raly not just because Invest in Altcoins.

Ethereum’s Recent OutperFornce Against Bitcoin Holds Signification Because Eth of Often Acts As A Leading Indicator for Capital Flows Into The Wider Altcon, Charma, Charmaaine, Charma, Charma. A Note to Coindesk.

“AS Investors Become More Comfortable Venturing Beyond BTC, Altcoins Offering Compelling Narratives and Liquidity Stand to Benefit,” Tam Said. “Ethereum’s Performance Onthen Serves As An Early Indicator of These Broader Capital Shifts.”

The Recent Surge in Eth Dominance, from Around 7 Percent to Nearly 10 Percent, Has Coincides With A Measurable Drop in Btc Dominance, Wich Fell 2 to 3 Percentage Points Frome Re -Re -Ren.

(TradingView)That divergence sugggests traders are beginning to look past Bitcoin etfs and Monetary Hedging Narratives, Instead Eyeing Newer Sectors Like Defi, Modular Infrastruk.

On -chain Flows and Total Value Locked (TVL) Data Support The Trend, with Assets Like PENDLE, BitTensor, and Hyperliquid Showing Strong Inflows While Ethereum Layer

The Significant Institutional Interest Further Supports Ethereum’s Recent Strength, Particularly with Spoth Eth Eth Etfs Attracting Over $ 1.25 Billion Since Mid-May, Tam Said.

As Long as Institutes Interest Remains Robust and Eth MainTAINS ITS POSITION AS The Anchor for Liquidity in Emerging Ecosystems, The Foundation for a Sustainted Altcoin, Action

Let’s See if this Market Move Has Legs.

MAS ‘OFFSHORE Exchange Ban Was A Long Time ComingLast Week, The Monetary Authority of Singapore (Mas) Put the Final Nail in The Coffin for FIRMS Using the City-State As A Paper Base While Operating Entirely Overseas.

In a June 6 Update, Mas ConfirMed That Digital Token Service Providers (DTSPS) Serving Only Foreign Clients Will Need to Be Licensed Starting June 30, And Bitget, BYTHET, ANDESSCIT. Operations in the lion city.

To Anyone Paying Attention, This Was Inevitable. MAS HAS BEEN TELEGRAPHING THIS MOVE SINCE AT LEAST 2023, As Coindesk Wrote at the Time.

That year, the regulator concluded public consultations stemming from the 2022 Financial Services and Markets Act (FSMA), Stating Clearly that Companies Offering Crypto. No Singaporean Customers, Wound Fall Under Its Regulatory Umbrella.

If an entity is registered in Singapore, Mas Wants Oversight. This Could STEM The FACT THAT The REGULATOR’S TWO PREVIUS LARGEST HEADAChes – Three Arrows Capital and Terraform Labs – Had Little Connection to The Country Aside from An Address.

Both Now Bankring Firms Were Technical Domiciled in Singapore, But Their Physical Presence Was Negligible.

TerraForm Labs Famously Operated from Rated Co-Working Spaces With No Significant Local Operations, While Three Arrows Was Already Quieta-Relocal Collapsse (Althugh The Emirate’s Regulator Told Coindesk Ten The Fund Never Registered in the Territory).

At the Time, Mas Found Itlf in an Unenvialable Position: Bearing Reapsa-Damage from the Profile Disasters Yetha Hving Minimal-World Oiversight of The Companies Beners (Event. Given A Multi-Year Trading Ban in Singapore).

While there have been an ven any official confirmation, the recent Updates to the FSMA and Mas’s Latest Moves Could Be Tied to Tese Episodes.

The New Requirement Leaves Virtualally No Room for Regulatory Arbitrage: If Companies Wish to Use Singapore’s Resprotated Name, They Must Submit Fully to ITS REGulatory Oversight.

This Closure Marks A Significant Step in A Broader Global Shift Towards TIGHHER CRYPTO OVersight.

Quranium Debuts Quantum-Safe Wallet As Industry Braces for Quantum ThreatsQuranium, The Team Behind A Quantum-Secure Layer 1 Blockchain, Has Launchered Qsafe Wallet, A Crypto Wallet Built to Withstand of the Looming Threat of Quantum Computing.

Designed with Post-Quantum Encryption in Mind, The Wallet Aims to Future-Proof Digital Asset Storage Before Quantum Threats Can Compromise Today’s Cryptographic Standards.

Qsafe is Built USING SLHDSA AND ML-CEM, TWO ALGORITHMS SELECTED by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (Nist) for their post-quantum resilience.

IT Supports Bitcoin, Solana, Evm-Compatible Chains, and Quranium’s Native Chain. UNLIKE MOST WALLETS STILL USING ECDSA AND SHA-256, QSAFE Encrypts Backups and SIGNS Transactions with Quantum-Resistant Tools by Default.

The Threat Is No Longer Purely HypotHetical. CrypTography Researchers Estimate that breaking ecdsa would Require AROUND 1,500 Logical Qubits. While Current Quantum Systems Remain Well Bell That Threshold, Development Is Accelection.

“Qsafe isn’t just reacting to the quantum threat, it’s architected to withstand it,“ DHIMAN SAID. “You have Hire A Security Guard After Theft Has Has Has Has Has. You Hire One to Prevent It. Qsafe Is Designed to Protect Your Assets Before Quantum Threats Ever Reach Your Keys.”

Market Movements:

  • BTC: Bitcoin Is Down 4.7% and Trading at $ 103.3k Due to Geopolitical Tensions From A Recent Israeli Attack on Iranian Nuclear Facilites in Tehran.
  • Eth: Eth Remains Under Pressure Within A Descending Channel AFTER REPEATED REJESTS AT $ 2,770, Culminating in A Sharp Sell-Off To $ 2,694, Even As Institumand Holds FIRES FIRS Days of Inflows, Including Over $ 240 Million on June 11.
  • GOLD: Gold Surged Over 3% to $ 3.426.95, Hitting A One-Week High As Middle East Tensions and Soft US Data Boosted Expectations of Fed Rate Cuts.
  • Nikkei 225: Asia-Pacific Markets Fell Friday After Israel Launched A Military Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Program, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 Down 1.28% and The Topix Lozing 1.22%.
  • S&P 500: The S&P 500 Rose 0.38% to Close at 6.045.26 On Thursday, Driven by a 13% Surge in Oracle Shares After Strong Earns and Bullish Cloud Growth Guidance Lifted Tech.

Elsewhere in Crypto

  • ‘Attack of the Clones’: Coinbase Raises Alarm on Risks with Bitcoin Treasury Model (Decrypt)
  • Crypto, China, Critical Minerals to Top Pakistan Army Chief’s US Visit Agenda: Analysts (SCMP)
  • Galaxy’s Novograratz Suggests Bitcoin Hits $ 1 Million If Adoption Trend Perists (The Block)
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Sam Reynolds

Sam Reynolds is A Senior Reporter Based in Asia. Sam Was Part of the Coindesk Team that Won the 2023 Gerald Loeb Award in the Breaking News Category for Covers of FTX’s Collaps. Prior to Coindesk, He Was A Reporter with BlockWorks and A Semiconductor Analyst with IDC.

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