Crypto bigwigs are in Singapore for one of the industry’s biggest conferences amid a Bitcoin rally.

About 25,000 people are expected at Marina Bay Sands for Token2049 over Oct. 7-8, including Hyperliquid Chief Executive Officer Jeff Yan, Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan and World Liberty Financial co-founder Eric Trump.

Bitcoin’s rally from US$58,000 (S$74,000) at the end of June to roughly US$85,000 has revived talk of another bull market although there is resistance at the US$87,000 level.

The industry has weathered...

India’s gold demand is expected to fall to a six-year low in 2026, as elevated prices weigh on jewellery sales and investment demand moderates, the World Gold Council (WGC) said on Tuesday.

The country, the world’s biggest gold consumer after China, is grappling with rising living costs in the wake of the Iran war, while a weak monsoon could curtail rural demand for jewellery.

Jewellery demand fell in the first nine months of the year, which will drag down total...

Air quality deteriorated sharply in parts of northern India and adjoining Pakistan on Tuesday, with the onset of pre-winter smog making Lahore the world’s most polluted city and authorities in Delhi imposing curbs to fight the toxic haze over the capital.

Air pollution becomes a severe problem for the region around this time of the year when cold, dense air traps emissions from vehicles, construction sites and crop waste burning, pushing pollution levels to the highest in the world and...

Ambassador for International Law Rena Lee, 57, on Tuesday (Nov 3) became the first Singaporean elected to the International Court of Justice after she securing an absolute majority of votes in both the 193-member UN General Assembly and 15-member UN Security Council in the first round of voting.

She received 151 of 191 votes in the General Assembly and 13 of 15 votes in the Security Council.

Thanking the countries that supported her candidature, she said after her election: “I...

A data breach at reservation-technology provider, Amadeus, has affected about 46,000 Singapore Airlines (SIA) booking records

Data illegally accessed by a third party included customers’ names, booking reference numbers, travel itineraries and booking classes, an SIA spokesperson said.

For about 620 booking records, information including e-mail addresses, phone numbers, travel document details, and KrisFlyer membership numbers may have been accessed, the spokesperson added.

However, Amadeus has confirmed that bank account or credit card information has not been exposed, and no...

Bangladesh’s garment industry, which clothes millions of consumers across Europe and North America, is the country’s economic lifeline, generating four-fifths of export earnings and employing more than four million people.

The sector’s success has been built on a vast, relatively low-paid workforce, with longstanding disputes over wages, working conditions and labour rights.

Protests erupted on Saturday, with striking garment workers demanding more than double the current minimum monthly wage.

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