1. Singapore Plans to Optimize Bank Capital Rules for Crypto Assets with More Lenient Treatment for Public Blockchain Assets link

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued a consultation paper on April 17, 2026, planning to establish more favorable regulatory capital guidelines for crypto assets on permissionless blockchains prior to the implementation of the new Basel capital rules for crypto assets. The current Basel rules are deemed stringent in the classification of public chain assets and may curb innovation in the banking sector. MAS intends to abandon the one-size-fits-all classification approach and allow public chain crypto assets that meet a set of principled requirements to be classified as Group 1 crypto assets with…