
How to buy Bitcoin in Singapore
A practical Singapore guide to buying Bitcoin in SGD through MAS-licensed venues — Singpass, the risk quiz, PayNow deposits, and withdrawing to a wallet you control.
14 October 2026
Independent crypto market guides for readers in Singapore, priced in SGD and read against MAS rules.
Coins
The original site organised the market by coin — Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Dogecoin and XRP — because that is how most readers start. We keep that map, but update it for Digital Payment Token rules, PayNow deposits and the difference between holding a token and using an unlicensed offshore book.

A practical Singapore guide to buying Bitcoin in SGD through MAS-licensed venues — Singpass, the risk quiz, PayNow deposits, and withdrawing to a wallet you control.
14 October 2026

USDT versus USDC versus XSGD in SGD terms — MAS’s stablecoin framework, depeg risk, and how Singaporeans actually on-ramp and off-ramp through licensed books.
6 October 2026

The Payment Services Act definition of a digital payment token, how it differs from e-money and securities, and what a retail customer in Singapore can actually hold.
3 October 2026

How Singaporeans buy ether in SGD on MAS-licensed books — gas versus withdrawal fees, Singpass onboarding, and why exchange staking is not the same as running a validator.
2 October 2026

A Singapore-dollar comparison of Bitcoin and ether — opportunity cost, fees, custody and the same IRAS treatment — written as an explainer, not a buy call.
28 September 2026

How to buy XRP in SGD on MAS-licensed books, why Ripple’s Singapore MPI is not a retail XRP shop, and how to read listings and liquidity before you send a PayNow.
22 September 2026