Daily Briefing: SingPost acquires self-storage business for $12m; Top bitcoin company launches in Singapore

And here are 3 things you didn't know were crowdfunded in Singapore.

General Storage Company (GSC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Singapore Post, has acquired the Store Friendly Self Storage Group (SFG) from Store Friendly Asia - the largest self-storage network in the region. Read more here.

Coinbase, one of the world’s most popular bitcoin exchanges and wallet services, announced today it has expanded into Southeast Asia, and now offers its services in Singapore. The San Francisco-headquartered firm says the push into the region is part of an effort to make the bitcoin cryptocurrency more accessible around the world. Find out more here.

It is no secret that the crowdfunding industry is relatively new to the Southeast Asian region but even with that, there are already a good number of projects crowdfunded in Singapore that you might not know about. The region has been relying on Singapore as the beacon of the social funding industry and they have been offering success stories to help inspire the region. Read more here.
 

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