Singapore has one of the strictest requirements for Crypto Exchanges to obtain crypto exchange licenses. This has resulted in the small number of exchanges being granted licenses and some of the biggest names failing to obtain licenses. While Singapore's drive for "Best In Class" regulations may bring some short-term competitiveness issues, ultimately this could place Singapore as the main crypto exchange hub in the long run.

Andrea Ng, partner with Singapore-based law firm Shook Lin & Bok LLP joined us to discuss everything about crypto exchanges in Singapore and what the future holds.

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Andrea specialises in trust, asset and wealth management matters with a focus on REITs. She advises on securities, funds, capital markets intermediaries and trusts-related regulatory matters such as capital markets licensing and securities offering requirements, private trusts and wealth management matters. She also advises on the establishment of private funds and handles the full range of fund documentation.

Andrea also advises on a wide range of corporate finance matters, such as listed company transactions, as well as general corporate matters, such as private equity investments and start-up funding matters.

More recently, Andrea has been advising on regulatory and transactional matters related to virtual assets/digital tokens and in particular, the regulatory regime surrounding token offerings. She has also advised intermediaries operating in the virtual assets/cryptocurrency space such as issuers and platform operators on the relevant licensing and regulatory requirements.