Virtual currency regulation in Singapore
when many people are doing blockchain, they usually register a foundation to run with ordinary companies. Compared with Singapore foundation, what are the common problems when they register a Singapore foundation to do blockchain, Below, we will sort out and share some of our customers' concerns with you
1. Does the registration fee include the cost of the white paper
A: No, the legal adviser is a personalized business, and the fee depends on the project. The legal adviser can provide services in the whole process. Including the revision of the legal provisions of the white paper, and the issue of professional legal opinions on relevant laws and regulations such as the non securities nature of the token. ICO is the legal consultation in the process of issuing currency
2. About the Singapore foundation. Why should there be a company to operate and what is the relationship with the foundation? Why not register a company directly for ICO and exchange docking
A: the foundation is a public welfare organization and a public sector. It is more concive to attract investment and technology development to use the foundation to issue blockchain. It can also be directly ICO through ordinary companies. It depends on how customers want to operate
3. Isn't ICO a way to raise funds?
A: Yes. Participate in the crowdfunding of the project with the existing real value currency, and exchange for the new cryptocurrency issued by the project. The advantage of fundraisers is that they get the funds to carry out the project, while the participants want the project to be successful. In this way, the newly issued cryptocurrency in their hands is likely to appreciate and arbitrage. The so-called ICO means that investors use bitcoin and other ready-made virtual digital currencies to exchange for new tokens issued by ICO projects. Because there are few new currency owners and the price fluctuates greatly, the selling price on the exchange is likely to be much higher than the issuing price. The sponsors of ICO project use the traditional digital currency to exchange RMB and other legal currencies in the exchange, and then put them into the designated technical projects
4. Why not raise funds through common channels
A: the threshold of common channels is low, and there is no regulatory department. The risk is high
5. How to set up an exchange
A: you can choose an exchange according to your own situation. Generally, you should have strong experience in digital asset security management. There are many platforms
6. Why do you need to make a legal opinion
according to Singapore's financial law and securities law, if a virtual currency with securities nature needs to apply for a special financial license, so it needs to prove that the project does not contain securities nature, it needs a lawyer to issue a legal opinion on the non securitization of token and a legal opinion on compliance of white paper to prove the legality and compliance of the project, both of which are required by most customers
7. How can a registered Singapore foundation open an account in a bank
first of all, there is no need to open an account for a registered public non-profit foundation, and it is useless to open an account because the nature of the foundation itself is non-profit. When it comes to the next year's audit, can't it explain the income and expenditure of the bank account with the monetary authority? Second, the bank has a choice of customers. If the bank is told to do blockchain, the bank will not accept opening an account; Third, whether it's private placement or public offering, all the money raised are virtual currencies like Ethereum bitcoin. Ordinary bank accounts can't accept these currencies, so I don't recommend opening an account in a bank.
after bitcoin, Leyte coin, doggy coin and other encrypted digital currencies were introced into China, they quickly became popular in China, but then the MLM coins became more and more rampant, which seriously hindered the development of domestic economy. But it has its positive side. For example, the token of crowdfunding project on European crowdfunding platform exists as an asset voucher, which is a good application scenario.
Second, if the former agent can't do it, then you need to find another agent
thirdly, these things need to be done by professional lawyers and lawyers in Singapore
fourthly, legal opinion is a general term, which includes a lot of compliance
fifthly, if the price is low, it will cost hundreds of thousands to complete the whole set
sixth: what you don't understand is asking
At present, the supervision is relatively strict when setting up a foundation to issue money on the exchange. However, Singapore has always been very friendly to digital currency and related instries. At present, digifinex, cointiger and dragonex exchanges, which are well-known in the world, are all set up in Singapore. It has become an instry consensus to issue money on the foundation in Singapore with high credibility, You only need to make a legal opinion according to the regulations. There is no problem in issuing currency. Many of our customers have successfully operated it
in order to issue currency, the Singapore foundation needs to prepare for the establishment of the Singapore foundation and the submission of legal opinions on compliance
how to set up the Singapore foundation
1: the name of the foundation is noted as (Foundation Ltd)
2: provide ID cards, passports or identity certificates of at least three members (one Singapore member provided by our company and two members provided by our customers)
3: the registered capital of a non-profit organization is S $1, and there is no share proportion (who can be authorized as the legal representative in the later stage)
4: registered address (provided by our company)
5: guarantee of new party's lawyer and Auditor (provided by our company)
6: Secretary of new party (provided by our company)
7: registered member of new party (provided by our company)
business scope
1. Development of other software and programming activities n.e.c.
2 Software consultation (the scope of blockchain ICO is basically these two)
registered capital
s $1 (non-profit government stipulates that only S $1)
registration takes 3-5 weeks; After signing and submitting the registration application, the company's establishment can be inquired online within 2-3 working days, and a full set of documents such as certificates and seals can be obtained within 3-5 weeks:
ICO legal opinion. In order to comply with MAS supervision, the stock exchange needs to provide:
< UL >legal opinion: legal opinion to issue token non securities Certificate in accordance with Singapore regulations
white paper: white paper legal compliance lawyer's opinion: prove that the project is legal and does not touch or violate any existing Singapore regulatory regulations
purchase agreement: according to the requirements of Singapore regulations, the private placement terms for raising funds by issuing token of the project are issued
Singapore law governed terms, conditions for public
not everything needs to be done. If you don't issue currency, you only need to do the first two. If you want to issue currency, you need to do all of them< br />
in order to issue currency, the Singapore foundation needs to prepare for the establishment of the Singapore foundation and the submission of legal opinions on compliance
how to set up the Singapore foundation
1: the name of the foundation is (Foundation Ltd.); 2: Provide identification and address proof of at least 2 members (Singapore member, provided by our company and 1 by the customer himself); 3: The registered capital of non-profit organization is S $1; 4: Registered address (provided by our company) 5: new party lawyer auditor guarantee (provided by our company) 6: New Party Secretary (provided by our company) 7: new party registered member (provided by our company) business scope 1, development of other software and programming activities n.e.c.2 Software consultation (the basic scope of blockchain ICO is both of these two) needs 3-5 weeks to register with the registered capital of SGD 1 (only SGD 1 according to the regulations of non-profit government); After signing and submitting the registration application, you can inquire about the establishment of the company online within 2-3 working days, and obtain a complete set of documents such as certificates and seals within 3-5 weeks
legal opinion: in order to comply with MAS regulation, the stock exchange should provide legal opinion to issue token certificate of non securities nature in accordance with Singapore regulation
white paper: white paper legal compliance lawyer's opinion: prove that the project is legal and does not touch or violate any existing Singapore regulatory regulations
purchase agreement: according to the requirements of Singapore regulations, private placement terms for raising funds by issuing token of the project are issued
Singapore law governed terms, conditions for public
not everything needs to be done. If you don't issue currency, you only need to do the first two. If you want to issue currency, you need to do all of them.
The monetary authority of Singapore (MAS) is the Central Bank of Singapore and is also a comprehensive regulator. The license issued by the monetary authority of Singapore is called CMS
type of MAS regulatory license in Singapore:
it has three types of license, namely "currency exchange" license“ "Standard payment" license and "large payment institution" license
3. "Currency exchange" license:
the currency exchange license is used to exchange currency services. The scope of supervision of the license is small, and the business involved is small in scale and low in risk
4. "Standard payment institution" license:
the license has restrictions on the amount of payment / transfer in the instries of account opening, domestic and foreign transfer, commercial procurement, electronic payment and currency exchange, that is, the average annual amount of monthly business is less than or equal to 3 million SGD / or the average annual amount of monthly business is less than or equal to 6 million SGD
5. "Large payment institution" license:
the amount of business involved exceeds the instries listed in the "standard payment" license, and the license approval is relatively strict