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MAS Managing Director Chia Der Jiun on building trusted foundations for digital finance

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  • Tokenized deposits
  • CBDC
  • Regulation

Executive summaryFact

In a keynote on 9 October 2026, MAS Managing Director Chia Der Jiun set out MAS's approach to digital assets, digital money and digital infrastructure, saying tokenised transactions will only scale if settled in safe, trusted digital money. He referred to Project Guardian and MAS's guidance on how securities laws apply to tokenised capital markets products.

Primary source: Monetary Authority of Singapore ↗

Key factsFact

Jurisdiction
APAC
Source
Monetary Authority of Singapore
Source tier
Tier 1 · Regulator / central bank

From the sourceFact

“For digital finance, this means getting the foundational building blocks of legal and regulatory frameworks, industry standards and trusted infrastructure right across all three layers: digital assets, digital money and digital infrastructure.”

Verbatim from Monetary Authority of Singapore✓ string-matched against the live page 2026-10-22

Why it matters for banksAnalysis

MAS is signalling that settlement assets such as tokenised bank deposits and regulated stablecoins are central to its tokenisation agenda, making settlement-asset readiness a priority for banks active in Singapore.

Editorial analysis based on the facts above and the sources below; not legal or investment advice.

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