{"id":29813,"date":"2020-10-08T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=29813"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T16:05:07","slug":"bitcoin-exchange-okcoin-opens-singapore-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/bitcoin-exchange-okcoin-opens-singapore-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin exchange OKCoin opens Singapore office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Singapore, the Chinese cryptocurrency exchange OKCoin has opened an office. It will serve as a hub for traders across Asia and Oceania.<!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\"><p>\\n<\/p>\n<p dir=\\\"ltr\\\" lang=\\\"en\\\">\ud83d\udea8 Big news ICYMI! Today we officially announce our expansion to <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Singapore?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#Singapore<\/a> \ud83d\ude80\ud83c\udf89! <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Crypto?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">#Crypto<\/a> traders can purchase <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BTC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$BTC<\/a>, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$ETH<\/a>, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24BCH&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$BCH<\/a>, <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24LTC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$LTC<\/a> and <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%24ETC&#038;src=ctag&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">$ETC<\/a> with Singapore and US dollars. \ud83d\ude00\ud83d\udc4d Learn more: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/qyAe4lBROT\\\">https:\/\/t.co\/qyAe4lBROT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OKCoin (@OKCoin) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OKCoin\/status\/1314000051975475202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">October 8, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Users can trade Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin and Ethereum Classic in pairs with the US dollar. For SGD-denominated operations, only BTC and ETH are available.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>OKCoin noted Singapore&#8217;s efforts in regulating the cryptocurrency industry, saying authorities have found the right balance between oversight and supporting innovation.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of 2020, crypto firms operating in Singapore have been required to register and obtain a payment-services licence. The digital-token services are subject to anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorism financing rules.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Singaporean authorities exempted from taxation cryptocurrencies obtained from hard forks and free airdrops, as well as those mined by individual miners.<\/p>\n<p>\\n<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog&#8217;s channel on <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCC9FnXTC8_ENzaNSO5cHQ6g\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\\\"> YouTube<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OKCoin opened an office in Singapore, to serve traders across Asia and Oceania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1166,231,946],"class_list":["post-29813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-centralized-exchanges-cex","tag-okcoin","tag-singapore"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"20","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29815,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29813\/revisions\/29815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}