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BitGo Grows Crypto Custody Options With New Swiss and Germany Entities
10.2.2020
The U.S.-based custodian is expanding its crypto custody service to Europe with the launch of two new entities in Switzerland and Germany
Swiss Financial Watchdog Proposes $1,000 Client Identification Threshold for Crypto Transactions
8.2.2020
Famous for its favorable business climate that has attracted hundreds of crypto companies, Switzerland is now expanding its financial regulatory framework. Some of the upcoming rules will increase oversight in the blockchain industry in compliance with new international standards regarding...
US Bank Silvergate Sees Growth in Crypto Clients, Despite Decreasing Deposits From the Sector
31.1.2020
Financial results released by two U.S. banks providing services to the crypto industry have indicated a decline in deposits from digital currency customers. However, a positive trend has been observed as well. One of the crypto-friendly institutions, Silvergate Bank, has seen an increasing number...
Swiss Resort Town Zermatt Accepts Bitcoin for Government Services
30.1.2020
Zermatt, a municipality in Switzerland at the foot of the Matterhorn known for its ski resort, has started accepting bitcoin for government services. The Zermatt town hall now has a point-of-sale solution, installed by Zug-based Bitcoin Suisse, to accept the cryptocurrency. A spokesperson for...
Swiss Company Gets Green Light to Incorporate for a Blockchain IPO
29.1.2020
In what's being called a first for Switzerland, a company has been allowed to incorporate for an IPO offering of tokenized shares on a blockchain
Swiss Firm Poised to Launch Compliant IPO on Ethereum Blockchain
29.1.2020
Swiss blockchain firm Overture will launch a full-compliant IPO and offer its ordinary class-A shares natively on the Ethereum blockchain
Swiss Bank Julius Baer Offers New Digital Asset Services With Licensed Crypto Bank SEBA
28.1.2020
Switzerland, a nation that’s been quite positive towards crypto business, is facilitating the integration between its traditional financial sector and the blockchain industry. With greater regulatory clarity and stability coming, established banks are plucking up the courage to offer digital...
Major Swiss Banking Firm Julius Baer Launches Services for Cryptocurrencies
27.1.2020
Major Swiss private banking and wealth management group Julius Baer has launched crypto trading and custodial services following a partnership with licensed crypto bank Seba
Dubai Launching Crypto Valley in Tax-Free Zone
26.1.2020
A Dubai government authority has announced that it is launching a crypto valley in the country’s free zone there is no personal or corporate income tax. With the help of its partners from the Swiss crypto valley, Dubai will offer a variety of services such as incubation for startups...
Companies Keep Flocking to Swiss Crypto Valley, Over 1,000 Jobs Added in a Year
26.1.2020
Crypto Valley, a fintech-friendly region centered on the canton of Zug, has been expanding to other parts of Switzerland and neighboring Liechtenstein. Despite all the challenges facing the blockchain industry, favorable regulations and improving access to banking and legal services are attracting...
Leading Swiss Stock Exchange Offers 12 Crypto Exchange-Traded Products With One That Shorts Bitcoin
25.1.2020
Switzerland’s principal stock exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, now has 12 cryptocurrency exchange-traded products listed. The latest addition, the 21shares Short Bitcoin, allows investors to profit from falling prices of the digital currency. Other listed crypto products include those that track...
Amun Launched Short Bitcoin ETP on Leading Swiss Exchange SIX
23.1.2020
Swiss cryptocurrency financial firm Amun AG listed a derivative giving inverse exposure to Bitcoin on Switzerland’s leading stock exchange, Six Exchange
Tether Says Its Newest Stablecoin Is Backed by Gold in Swiss Vault
23.1.2020
Tether is issuing a new stablecoin as ERC-20 and TRC20 tokens, backing their price with one ounce of gold
Swiss Banks Enter the Age of Bitcoin
22.1.2020
An emerging trend in wealth-stashing Switzerland: crypto-friendly banks
3 More Execs Leave Swiss Stock Exchange’s $100M Blockchain Project
21.1.2020
Three executives have left SDX, the blockchain-based venue for digital asset trading owned by Swiss stock exchange operator SIX Group, since the year began, including two founding team members
6 Central Banks Form Digital Currency Use Case Working Group
21.1.2020
The working group will pool research into CBDCs
The Modern Lovers
20.1.2020
I love stuff like this.
The Modern Lovers, a rock band in the 70's, play a show in Boston, probably having some poster of their own for the show.
Mike Joyce is inspired by the music and combines his love of it with the design style of Swiss Modernism to create a new poster for it.
Pete Barr...
Swiss-Regulated Digital Asset Bank Plans $95M Capital Raise
18.1.2020
Seba, a licensed Swiss bank offering crypto services looks to attract over $95 million in a secondary capital raise
Swiss Real Estate Company Closes A $134 Million Deal Using Blockchain
16.1.2020
The first Swiss real estate sale powered by the blockchain has formally closed, and there was a significant amount of money involved
Swiss Crypto Assets & Institutional Investors Summit Will Be Held on January 18–19, 2020
13.1.2020
HCX to host Crypto Assets & Institutional Investors Summit during World Economic Forum on January 18–19, 2020, in St. Moritz to give a boost to digital securities and crypto economy. “We are reimagining capital markets, and creating a platform for wall street and crypto projects to do business...