Tag Archive: Blockchain/Bitcoin

Swiss Central Bank Payment Vision Outlining Focus on DLT, Tokenization and Instant Payments

2023-04-13

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2023-04-13

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has shared how it intends to “future-proof” the domestic payment ecosystem, outlining its ambition to leverage technologies and processes including tokenization and distributed ledger technology (DLT) to establish an “efficient, reliable and secure ecosystem” that’s geared towards “the future of cashless payments in Switzerland,” SNB governing board member, Andréa Maechler, said during an event on March 30, 2023. The...

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Incore Bank Signs Maerki Baumann as First Client For SDX Ethereum Staking

2023-04-05

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2023-04-05

InCore Bank can now offer Ethereum staking capabilities that are fully compliant with Know-Your-Client (KYC) and Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) regulations to their clients. In this collaboration, InCore Bank provides crypto brokerage, banking operations and custody services, while SDX Web3 provides crypto custody and non-custodial-staking services. The Zurich-based private bank Maerki Baumann launched its crypto strategy in 2019. Apart from corporate...

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Postfinance Partners With Sygnum Bank to Offer Cryptocurrencies

2023-04-05

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2023-04-05

PostFinance partners with Sygnum, the world’s first digital asset bank, to offer its customers a range of regulated digital asset banking services via Sygnum’s B2B banking platform. PostFinance’s partnership with Sygnum Bank enables the launch and ongoing expansion of regulated, bank-grade digital asset products and services for its customers PostFinance’s customers will be able to buy, store and sell leading cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and...

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UBS Completes Cross-Border Intraday Trade On Broadridge’s Blockchain-Powered Platform

2023-04-04

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2023-04-04

Global financial technology company Broadridge Financial Solutions announced that UBS and a global Asian bank have successfully executed a cross-border intraday repo transaction on its blockchain-enabled platform. This intraday trade marks the launch of the next phase in the rollout of Broadridge’s Distributed Ledger Repo (DLR) platform. This platform provides a utility where market participants can agree, execute, and settle repo transactions,...

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CV Labs Selects 9 Startups for the Fifth Batch of Its Blockchain Accelerator

2023-03-29

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2023-03-29

CV Labs, the international ecosystem builder of blockchain venture capital firm CV VC, announced the fifth batch of its global blockchain business accelerator. Nine startups were selected from over sixty countries for the Batch_05 based on the impact and utility that their solution will bring. The CV Labs Accelerator provides each participant up to US$135,000 capital, access to other capital avenues, one-on-one mentorship, and customised growth...

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8 Hot DeFi Startups in Europe to Watch in 2023

2023-03-21

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2023-03-21

Despite slumping markets, the decentralized finance (DeFi) industry continued to grow last year, driven by sustained funding activity and increased user adoption. In 2022, DeFi users growth averaged 44% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ), according to a report by crypto fund HashKey Capital. In Q3 2022, the industry reached a milestone, surpassing the five million DeFi wallet threshold. This growth came amid sustained support from investors in the...

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Gründung der Swiss Metaverse Association

2023-03-09

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2023-03-09

Das Ziel dieses jüngst in Bern gegründeten Vereins ist es, ein breit abgestütztes Metaverse-Ökosystem zu schaffen und sich für attraktive Rahmenbedingungen in der Schweiz einzusetzen, so dass neue Geschäftsmodelle, Firmen und Arbeitsplätze entstehen können. Präsidiert wird die Swiss Metaverse Association von Tina Balzli, Partner und Leiterin der Fintech & Blockchain Abteilung bei CMS, und Alexandra Hofer, Senior Consultant bei furrerhugi....

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Shift Crypto und Pocket Bitcoin verkünden langfristige Partnerschaft

2023-03-09

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2023-03-09

Shift Crypto, der Schweizer Hardware-Wallet-Hersteller, geht eine Partnerschaft mit Pocket Bitcoin ein. Pocket Bitcoin ist ein Schweizer Bitcoin-Broker, der die einfachste Möglichkeit bietet, Bitcoin direkt auf die eigene Wallet zu stacken. Beide Unternehmen haben ihren Sitz in der Schweiz und verfolgen das gemeinsame Ziel, den Zugang zu und die Verwahrung von Bitcoin einfacher und sicherer zu machen. Die Unternehmen arbeiten zusammen, um eine...

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Schweizer Bitcoin Startup Relai schliesst $4.5M Finanzierungsrunde ab

2023-03-07

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2023-03-07

Relai, die Schweizer Bitcoin-App, gibt eine Investitionsrunde in Höhe von 4,5 Millionen US-Dollar bekannt, die von ego death capital angeführt wird. Weitere Investoren sind Timechain, Cabrit Capital und Lightning Ventures. An der Investitionsrunde beteiligten sich auch der Hauptinvestor von Relai, Redalpine, und der Seed-Stage-Investor Fulgur Ventures, die beide erneut investierten. In Juni 2021 hatte Relai deren Series A (2.5Mio CHF) abgeschlossen...

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Siemens Issues First Digital Bond on Blockchain

2023-02-15

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2023-02-15

Siemens is one of the first companies in Germany to issue a digital bond, in accordance with Germany’s Electronic Securities Act.

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OneSpan Inks Deal to Acquire Aussie Blockchain Tech Provider ProvenDB

2023-02-14

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2023-02-14

Cybersecurity technology company OneSpan has inked a deal to acquire Australia-based blockchain technology provider ProvenDB for an undisclosed sum. The transaction is anticipated to close during the first quarter of 2023 and is subject to customary closing conditions.

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Crypto Money Laundering Reaches New Heights; Totaled US$23.8B in 2022

2023-02-09

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2023-02-09

In 2022, cryptocurrency money laundering reached a new record, with illicit addresses sending US$23.8 billion worth of crypto, a figure which represents a 68% year-on-year (YoY) increase, new data from Chainalysis, an American blockchain analysis firm, show. Total cryptocurrency laundered by year, 2015-2022 Source: Chainalysis, Jan 2023 Just under half of the funds sent from these addresses traveled directly to centralized exchanges, making these...

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ABN AMRO Issues Digital Bond on Stellar Blockchain

2023-01-12

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2023-01-12

ABN Amro became the first bank in the Netherlands to register a digital bond on the public blockchain, using Fireblocks. The digital bond was issued to a select group of investors to raise funds on behalf of APOC, an ABN Amro commercial client in the aerospace industry.

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Switzerland’s Premier Crypto Conference Returns With a Two-Day Format in Zurich & Davos

2023-01-04

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2023-01-04

Wrapped around the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), the CryptoSummit.ch will kick off on Monday, 16th January 2023 at the Hyatt Circle Conference Centre at Zurich airport. The second day of the event is set to take place on Friday, 20th January 2023 in Davos. The theme of CryptoSummit.ch 2023 The theme of the CryptoSummit.ch 2023 is regaining trust in crypto and advancing technology. It is set to open with the keynote from...

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UBS Issues USD 50 Million Tokenized Debt Securities for Asia Pacific

2022-12-19

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2022-12-19

UBS has closed the first tokenized debt transaction for Asia Pacific investors, underlining its commitment to expand regional investment opportunities. UBS AG London branch issued USD 50 million in digital fixed rate security tokens (‘digital securities’) using blockchain technology to a series of high net worth and global family and institutional wealth investors across Hong Kong and Singapore.

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Governments, International Bodies Ramp up Crypto Tax Regulations

2022-12-19

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2022-12-19

Over the past year, governments and regulatory bodies from around the world have increased their focus on the taxation of the cryptocurrency industry, a trend that comes on the back of increasing investment, adoption and innovation in the space despite collapsing prices and high profile business failures, a new report by consulting firm PwC says. PwC’s 2022 Global Crypto Tax Report, released earlier this month, looks at the state of crypto taxation...

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BX Swiss: Test Trades in Swiss Francs via a Decentralized Public-Blockchain.

2022-12-13

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2022-12-13

Together with major Swiss banks, the Swiss stock exchange BX Swiss is taking the financial market infrastructure for tokenized securities to the next level. In a test, trades on BX Swiss were settled for the first time directly in Swiss francs via a decentralized public-blockchain.

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BX Swiss: Test Trades in Swiss Francs via a Decentralized Public-Blockchain.

2022-12-13

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2022-12-13

Together with major Swiss banks, the Swiss stock exchange BX Swiss is taking the financial market infrastructure for tokenized securities to the next level. In a test, trades on BX Swiss were settled for the first time directly in Swiss francs via a decentralized public-blockchain. The test was conducted as part of a proof of concept under the auspices of the Capital Markets Technology Association (CMTA). In the process, structured products were...

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EIB and Goldman Sachs Issue First Euro-Denominated Digital Bond on a Private Blockchain

2022-12-05

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2022-12-05

The European Investment Bank (EIB) — in collaboration with Goldman Sachs Bank Europe, Santander and Société Générale — launched Project Venus, their second euro-denominated digitally native bond issue and first using private blockchain technology.

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The State of the German Blockchain Ecosystem

2022-12-05

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2022-12-05

Despite a global venture capital (VC) pullback, shrinking valuations and public market turmoil, Germany’s blockchain VC funding market remained stable this year, with companies in the space securing a total of US$218 million across 20 deals year-to-date (YTD), just US$37 million short of 2021’s US$255 million, a new report by CV VC, a Swiss VC and private equity firm specialized in cryptocurrency and blockchain solutions, shows.

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