Glossary

Terms in their legal sense

Where technologists and lawyers use a term differently, the glossary gives the legal usage adopted in the book. Where a term has a statutory definition, the entry says so and gives the source.

Readers who meet a term in a Singapore document or in a regulator's notice can check it here, then go on to the chapter on classification.

Where terms mislead

A digital payment token under the Payment Services Act 2019 and a capital markets product under the Securities and Futures Act 2001 are legal categories, and a token's market name decides neither.

Check all terms against the current official sources before you rely on them in a legal document.

In this section

Start with the glossary of technical terms, the Singapore taxonomy or why classification comes first.