Singapore, the banking industry, and Bitcoin

[TheUltraElite]

Everyone is looking at El Salvador to be “the home” of Bitcoin,

It is the hype making people think like that. The real home of bitcoin is in the heart of the people who use it, not a country. Decentralized is the key word here.

Singapore has made a lot of effort on the technological sector. It cannot be said of El Salvador.

Japan has the biggest technologically advanced society out there. So why not Japan? In fact the use of bitcoin in japan has increased much in the recent years and I remember a couple of news that came in 2017 which I will link here:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/12/bitcoin-price-rises-japan-russia-regulation.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/29/bitcoin-exchanges-officially-recognized-by-japan.html

Singapore has clean governance, and almost zero corruption. El Salvador’s government structure might be corrupt everywhere from the bottom to the top.

None of that helps unless the governments are willing to allow cryptocurrencies to be used legally or at least with less problems of the "grey area". I know the combo of a corrupt government and crypto is a bad idea but I feel we are lacking information to comment more on this.

Singapore’s banking industry is what made the country develop into one of the richest countries in the world. It can further develop by embracing the Bitcoin industry.

The skeptic would say that if the fact that banking sector has its roots close, would mean bitcoin would not get any space there. But practically banks can also use blockchain to deliver services and store information at the same time not allowing governments to accept crypto.

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[davis196]

AFAIK Singapore isn't very Bitcoin/cryptocurrency friendly.
Do you have any insider information that Singapore is going to become pro-Bitcoin and accept Bitcoin as a legal tender?Are we going to play the guessing game about which country will be "the new El Salvador"?
Isn't this just wishful thinking about what will happen to Bitcoin,if country X(insert random name of a country) adopts BTC?
I believe that Bitcoin should be a truly global currency/asset.We shouldn't rely on one,two or several countries to be considered "the home of Bitcoin".

[Wind_FURY]

It is not about El Salvador being a hub, it is not a hub, it is about how countries started to see bitcoin as a legal tender and that is the reason why people are seeing it as something good and as long as people keep seeing it as something good then we should not diminish the importance of it neither.

No one is diminshing the importance of the El Salvadorian government’s experiment. I was merely pointing out facts, and the differences between El Salvador and Singapore. Which economic environment would the Bitcoin/cryptocurrency industry flourish more?

AFAIK Singapore isn't very Bitcoin/cryptocurrency friendly.

Do you have any insider information that Singapore is going to become pro-Bitcoin and accept Bitcoin as a legal tender?Are we going to play the guessing game about which country will be "the new El Salvador"?
Isn't this just wishful thinking about what will happen to Bitcoin,if country X(insert random name of a country) adopts BTC?

I believe that Bitcoin should be a truly global currency/asset.We shouldn't rely on one,two or several countries to be considered "the home of Bitcoin".

I don’t have insider information, but everyone knows Jihan Wu is based in Singapore, Vitalik Buterin and the Winklevoss twins considers Singapore Gemini’s home in Asia.

Everyone is looking at El Salvador to be “the home” of Bitcoin,

It is the hype making people think like that. The real home of bitcoin is in the heart of the people who use it, not a country. Decentralized is the key word here.

Singapore has made a lot of effort on the technological sector. It cannot be said of El Salvador.

Japan has the biggest technologically advanced society out there. So why not Japan? In fact the use of bitcoin in japan has increased much in the recent years and I remember a couple of news that came in 2017 which I will link here:

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/12/bitcoin-price-rises-japan-russia-regulation.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/29/bitcoin-exchanges-officially-recognized-by-japan.html

Singapore has clean governance, and almost zero corruption. El Salvador’s government structure might be corrupt everywhere from the bottom to the top.

None of that helps unless the governments are willing to allow cryptocurrencies to be used legally or at least with less problems of the "grey area". I know the combo of a corrupt government and crypto is a bad idea but I feel we are lacking information to comment more on this.

Singapore’s banking industry is what made the country develop into one of the richest countries in the world. It can further develop by embracing the Bitcoin industry.

The skeptic would say that if the fact that banking sector has its roots close, would mean bitcoin would not get any space there. But practically banks can also use blockchain to deliver services and store information at the same time not allowing governments to accept crypto.

Japan is advanced in Electronics and Robotics, and they don’t have the same environment for money markets, and investment banking that could provide capital to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency start ups.

[RealMalatesta]

Japan is advanced in Electronics and Robotics, and they don’t have the same environment for money markets, and investment banking that could provide capital to Bitcoin and cryptocurrency start ups.

You are wrong about Japan its economics. They do have a huge huge market and they have amazing big companies that not only grew huge in Japan but grew big internationally, there are only a handful of nations that have companies that make 1+ billion dollars a year in profit, USA has a lot, European nations have few nations like UK, France, Germany and so forth, Japan is one of those nations and they are very big on finances because of that, since it allows them to actually end up handling tons of money, you can't just ignore it when you reach those levels.

This is why bitcoin was so big the moment it started in Japan, and this is why they had laws and regulations the moment it got some traction, while rest of the world was just watching Japan was getting legislature ready regarding crypto, hence why it could always be hub of bitcoin, but when USA is so much richer than everyone else, usually they take that spot.

[Lorence.xD]

El salvador is one big step for bitcoin adoption. They proved that even a small country could adopt Cryptocurrency and could implement it without problems. However, when it comes to improvements in bitcoin usage, Singapore is the one with their advance technology added by their clean government aiming for the best for its community.

Nope it doesn't prove anything because a small country is easily manageable to adopt bitcoin compared to a big one. Plus, El Salvador isn't like an influential country on he international stage so it's not that big of a deal.

[Semar Mesem]

Everyone is looking at El Salvador to be “the home” of Bitcoin, but I believe Singapore is better to be the true hub of the Bitcoin industry, with serious players.

Singapore has made a lot of effort on the technological sector. It cannot be said of El Salvador.

Singapore has clean governance, and almost zero corruption. El Salvador’s government structure might be corrupt everywhere from the bottom to the top.

Singapore’s banking industry is what made the country develop into one of the richest countries in the world. It can further develop by embracing the Bitcoin industry.

It must be admitted that Singapore is one of the countries with the best banking industry development in Asia or maybe the world, with a government that is clean of corruption, it makes world investors happy to invest in Singapore, actually there are many big projects based in Singapore but I see no serious support from the state with crypto.

[just_Alice]

Singapore certainly is much more developed, there's no question about that. The reason why everyone goes on about El Salvador as a future country of Bitcoin is that, unlike Singapore, they have no currency of their own and are much tied to the US dollar.

They don't have a fully functional self-sufficing financial system and currently are in large debts. That is why many seem to think that adopting Bitcoin will be a good option for El Salvador. However, it is a matter of question to me. I mean, if the country couldn't even implement their own fiat system, what are the chances that they'll handle crypto system?

[Cling18]

Singapore is one of the countries that are adaptive to the latest technology and that includes cryptocurrency. However, just like other Asian countries, they're more strict when it comes to currency. I believe that they will adapt Bitcoin yet it couldn't replace their own currency which is the Singaporean dollar but their banking system, to be honest, is better than any banking system in SouthEast Asia.

[Xinarae*]

In Singapore the banking industry bitcoin digital currency is a currency that will be approved by central banks and they will oversee transactions. Eighty percent of the world's central banks are researching this technology the united states china russia japan have come a long way the us federal reserve and  are conducting joint research on the crypto project. The goal of the project is to figure out how digital currency will work and what kind of system to build and banking systems to allow crypto.

[Review Master]

El Salvador recently planned to launch a national stablecoin called "Colón-Dollar" , don't know if all countries including Singapore will do the samething or not after adopting bitcoin in their banking system or other government related works. Though it can't be denied about the technological development of Singapore, but it'll best for bitcoiners to wait for the final outcome before calling it the “the home” of Bitcoin, IMHO. 

[Coroline]

Everyone is looking at El Salvador to be “the home” of Bitcoin, but I believe Singapore is better to be the true hub of the Bitcoin industry, with serious players.

The "legal tender" and the fact that's rather close to US make El Salvador very important.

The fact that other countries are Bitcoin friendly doesn't mean that much. And while El Salvador has its place in history now, Singapore will probably have quite a competition into becoming a "hub" (and probably not from El Salvador).

Singapore has made a lot of effort on the technological sector. It cannot be said of El Salvador.
Singapore has clean governance, and almost zero corruption. El Salvador’s government structure might be corrupt everywhere from the bottom to the top.
Singapore’s banking industry is what made the country develop into one of the richest countries in the world. It can further develop by embracing the Bitcoin industry.

Imho these don't matter that much and the comparison is uneven. And you tried to compare apples with oranges, making a fruit salad.

As long as the banking industry didn't embrace Bitcoin in Singapore, all you are saying is wishful thinking.
And the history has shown that the "possibly more corrupt government structure" has already done a step the "almost zero corruption" govt of Singapore was afraid to make. So comparing the corruption may not bring anything useful.

I think that El Salvador will probably not become a tech hub for Bitcoin. It may very well be that even Singapore won't be that. Imho, whether we like it or not, US has bigger chance for that.

The United States is considered to be the country most ready to adopt cryptocurrencies. Based on the Crypto Head report, the United States' score in the 2021 Crypto Readiness Index is 7.13 on a scale of 0-10 points. The higher the score, the more ready the country is to adopt cryptocurrencies. One of the reasons for the US's readiness to adopt this digital currency is that it has 17,436 crypto automated teller machines (ATMs). Every single crypto ATM is used by 19,023 people. US law also permits the ownership of cryptocurrencies and their use in banks. As a result, searches for cryptocurrencies have increased by 140% in the past year.

[NeuroticFish]

Imho, whether we like it or not, US has bigger chance for that.

The United States is considered to be the country most ready to adopt cryptocurrencies. Based on the Crypto Head report, the United States' score in the 2021 Crypto Readiness Index is 7.13 on a scale of 0-10 points. The higher the score, the more ready the country is to adopt cryptocurrencies. One of the reasons for the US's readiness to adopt this digital currency is that it has 17,436 crypto automated teller machines (ATMs). Every single crypto ATM is used by 19,023 people. US law also permits the ownership of cryptocurrencies and their use in banks. As a result, searches for cryptocurrencies have increased by 140% in the past year.

Yep.
The only thing with US that it's a country made of states which have their own laws. And while some states welcome openly crypto, others try to regulate it as strongly as they can (almost to a limit close to banning, but banning will probably not happen).

So while it's not the entire US bitcoin friendly, you can find plenty of places in US who have all it takes to become a crypto hub tomorrow.

[BrewMaster]

that is true but there is a big gap between being bitcoin friendly and actually adopting bitcoin. El Salvador is important these days and will keep on growing in bitcoin world because they have taken that step over the gap and are already on the other side while Singapore is still on the other side and is not taking that jump over. until they do, other countries will be in the lead and at some point it will be too late to catch up.

[imstillthebest]

one of the reason why some country adopt btc is because they have a corupt government and this can make their currency suck but singapore is a non corupt country so they dont have a problem in their currency and they wont be needing btc for now   .
 there was a site that i visit and they have a canditate for which countries are next to follow el salvador,   i never see singapore in thier list but only venezuela , vietnam and others.

[sapnu]

Everyone is looking at El Salvador to be “the home” of Bitcoin, but I believe Singapore is better to be the true hub of the Bitcoin industry, with serious players.

Singapore has made a lot of effort on the technological sector. It cannot be said of El Salvador.

Singapore has clean governance, and almost zero corruption. El Salvador’s government structure might be corrupt everywhere from the bottom to the top.

Singapore’s banking industry is what made the country develop into one of the richest countries in the world. It can further develop by embracing the Bitcoin industry.

As you've mentioned the difference between the two countries, we can already see why Singapore didn't initiate on making bitcoin a legal tender. Maybe it could be because the government has a very low corruption record that they do not need the aid of bitcoin on reviving their economy. As for El Salvador, you said there are a lot of corrupt politicians and maybe soon it will show up on how they are planning to use bitcoin as something that might mess up their country's economic state as well as bitcoin's repuation once their plan fails to succeed.