Milestones

Key milestones and important events in this wiki's history

Founded Xfers

1st January 2014

Co-founded Xfers, a payment processing gateway for Southeast Asia, to solve payment reconciliation issues for developers and SMEs.

Attended Stanford University

1st January 2010

Participated in the National University of Singapore (NUS) Overseas College program, which involved studying at Stanford University and working at startups in the Bay Area.

Joined Y Combinator

1st April 2015

Left his role as a software engineer at Amazon to join the Y Combinator accelerator program with his company, Xfers, in 2015.

Launched StraitsX and XSGD

1st January 2019

Pivoted the company to launch StraitsX and issued XSGD, the world's first Singapore Dollar-backed stablecoin, to meet demand from Web3 clients for on-chain payments.

Received MAS In-Principle License

1st November 2023

StraitsX was granted an in-principle license by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) under its framework for issuing well-regulated stablecoins.

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