While the West regulates crypto and AI, Singapore innovates

While Europe and the US debate AI and crypto rules, Singapore deploys live systems in hospitals and refines its crypto licensing through targeted enforcement.

Opinion by: Zac Cheah, co-founder of Pundi AI

The West is regulating itself into irrelevance. With Europe and the United States bogged down in committee meetings and legal drafts, Southeast Asia, specifically Singapore, is running live AI pilots in hospitals, refining crypto licensing through targeted enforcement, and attracting top global talent with a governance model that works.

Singapore’s secret? A sandbox-first approach that treats innovation not as a threat, but as an opportunity to be carefully tested, not endlessly theorized.

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