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Der Swiss Market Index ist als Blue-Chip-Index der bedeutendste Aktienindex der Schweiz. Aktien glänzen derzeit mit hohen Zuwachsraten. Aktien erweisen sich seit Jahren als resistent gegen alle Horrormeldungen, die den Crash und die damit zusammenhängende Panik an den Aktienmärkten voraussagen. Das Gegenteil von dem, was in den letzten Tagen des Jahres 2018 von vielen Medien, auch von Spiegel-Online, prognostiziert wurde, trat ein. Aktien...

Daura: Raiffeisen und Swisscom digitalisieren Aktien für KMU Akteure des Schweizer Ökosystems für digitale Assets bündeln Kräfte: Die Kollaboration bestehend aus Swisscom, daura, Sygnum, Custodigit und MME spannt neu mit SIX zusammen. SIX fügt sich mittels einer Beteiligung an der daura AG ein. Diese Zusammenarbeit ermöglicht die verstärkte Etablierung einheitlicher technischer Standards und Arbeitsabläufe im Schweizer Ökosystem für...

In diesem Newsletter werfen wir einen Blick auf das Potenzial offener Netzwerke. Der Geschäftsführer von Twitter hat uns inspiriert: Jack Dorsey gab bekannt, dass er ein kleines Team finanzieren wird, um einen offenen und dezentralen Standard für soziale Medien zu entwickeln. Jetzt, wo dieses Jahr fast zu Ende geht, sollten wir alle erkannt haben, dass das wertvollste Einhorn des Jahrzehnts ein Open-Source-Protokoll für Geld mit dem Namen Bitcoin ist. Offene Netzwerke sind...

The bitcoin price continues to plummet from its 2019 record near $14,000. Crypto investors are worried while critics are gloating. But the cryptocurrency remains the highest performing asset in 2019. And dollar cost averaging BTC investments even outperformed the same Dow exposure since bitcoin’s all time high price in 2017. Bitcoin’s price is continuing its long slide since June. As the Dow set another all time record high Monday, bitcoin took another steep plunge below $7,000. A second...

Bitcoin’s price plunged 4% to $6,584, its lowest in over three weeks. Altcoins hastened their decline, sending the total crypto market to fresh six-month lows. Since peaking in late June, cryptoassets have shed more than $180 billion in combined market cap. Bitcoin’s price printed fresh three-week lows on Tuesday, as fear and uncertainty continued to dictate the trend for the number one cryptocurrency. Now, bitcoin is veering towards a re-test of long-term psychological support, threatening...

Karuschain – a blockchain company that seeks to connect distributed ledger technology to the world of precious metals – has hired the “Bitcoin Man,” Herbert R. Sim, as its latest adviser and investor.Karuschain Mixes Blockchain with Precious MetalsIn a statement, the company’s CEO Richard Verkley announced:We are pleased to have ‘the Bitcoin Man’ himself coming in as a lead investor, and simultaneously as a key adviser. His years of experience in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry...

With the long-awaited Istanbul hard fork now live on the Ethereum blockchain, the network will undergo an emergency hard fork in two weeks to resolve an old issue that seems to be pressurizing the entire ecosystem. The Istanbul update aims to solve issues like rebalancing gas costs, more privacy, and interoperability with cryptocurrencies like Zcash. You can read what to expect from the latest improvements here.While the Istanbul hard fork introduces new features, Ethereum developers made a...

It’s happened again, folks. Another massive cryptocurrency hack is in the books. This time, the subject of the attack is VeChain, an enterprise blockchain platform that’s reporting losses of nearly $7 million.VeChain Is In the PitsApproximately 1.1 billion VET tokens – the official cryptocurrency of VeChain – have been stolen, amounting to roughly $6.53 million USD. In a blog post, the company states that the hack came about due to “human error” and the “mismanagement of the private key by...

One of the largest American financial services corporations, Fidelity, is preparing to enter the European market with a product orientated towards digital assets. The branch called Fidelity Digital Assets is already operating in the U.S. since last year, delivering cryptocurrencies to institutional investors.Fidelity Digital Assets Enters EuropeLast year, Fidelity Investments Inc, launched a new business venture in the U.S. oriented towards cryptocurrencies. It’s called Fidelity Digital...

Oh, Nicolas Maduro… When are you going to take a hint and realize that the people of your country aren’t interested in your silly little Petro coin?The Petro Isn’t That PopularIn his never-ending quest to push a centralized, socialist form of cryptocurrency, Nicolas Maduro – president of Venezuela – has announced that he will invoke an airdrop in which one unit of Petro will be offered to every public worker living within his country’s borders.The airdrop is set to take place at around...