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After releasing physically-backed exchange-traded products tracking the performance of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) earlier this year, CoinShares has expanded its portfolio with the addition of a Litecoin ETP. Litecoin ETP Arrives from CoinShares According to an announcement from April 6th, CoinShares has released another exchange-traded product tracking the performance of a cryptocurrency asset called CoinShares Physical Litecoin. The company revealed that the base fee...

Mehr Unternehmen und mehr Mitarbeitende im Crypto Valley Noch zu Beginn der Corona-Krise war nicht klar, wie sich ein Lockdown auf das Crypto Valley und die Blockchain-Unternehmen auswirken würde. Beobachter befürchteten, aus dem prosperierenden, weltweit führenden Blockchain-Ökosystem könnte ein «Death Valley» werden. Wie der neueste CV VC Top 50 Report zeigt, sind diese Prognosen nicht eingetreten. Die aktuellen Zahlen, die den Zeitraum...

A month after launching a Bitcoin ETP on Switzerland’s SIX Exchange, CoinShares has released a physically-backed exchange-traded product following the performance of the second-largest cryptocurrency – Ethereum. Describing itself as “Europe’s largest digital asset investment house,” CoinShares is a cryptocurrency-oriented manager with over $4 billion in AUM. The company, headquartered in London, announced the launch of its latest crypto product – a new physically-backed ETP tracking the...

The narrative that bitcoin is rarely used for payment transactions has been debunked by several fields in the span of a week. Apart from Swiss residents being able to pay their canton taxes in BTC or Portuguese citizens paying their electricity bills, a UK-headquartered private jet charter company said that nearly 20% of its yearly revenue came in the form of the primary cryptocurrency.PrivateFly Gets 19% Of Revenue In BTCFounded in 2005, PrivateFly is a global private jet charter company...

Residents located in the canton of Zug, one of the 26 cantons in the European country, will be able to use Bitcoin and Ethereum to pay their cantonal taxes as of this week. This comes just months after the canton partnered with Bitcoin Suisse to enable the innovative initiative. CryptoPotato reported the partnership between the two parties in September 2020. At the time, Bitcoin Suisse, the crypto broker headquartered in the same canton, agreed to convert the BTC and ETH holdings to Swiss...

Crypto Finance: Brokerage FINMA Licence The Crypto Finance Group, a leading digital asset enabler for the finance sector, is pleased to announce that its brokerage subsidiary, Crypto Broker AG, has been granted a securities house licence by FINMA. The licence will allow the Crypto Finance Group to begin offering new products, services, and trading platform features, which will all meet the standards warranted by prudential regulatory...

Should I buy Bitcoin? Vor einigen Jahren war die UBS noch kritisch und wollte Bitcoin gar zu Grabe tragen. Aber nun tönt es anders. Zum Start ins neue Jahr 2020 publizierte die UBS einen Artikel mit dem Titel: Soll ich Bitcoin kaufen? Die UBS gibt also erstmals den Ratschlag in Bitcoin zu investieren. Allerdings bleibt die UBS skeptisch und schreibt auch, dass ein Investment...

Switzerland’s SEBA bank successfully completes a series B fundraiser, giving further merit to the notion that the country is becoming a hub for cryptocurrency business.Another Successful FundraiserThe Swiss start-up bank has officially completed its second stage of capital fundraising. The institution which sells cryptocurrencies to its customers has been planning the Series B phase since January this year.According to an official publication, the bank has just executed its Extraordinary...

Japanese financial giant SBI Group and Switzerland’s principal stock exchange, SIX Swiss Exchange, will team up for a new cryptocurrency-related platform to establish institutional connections between Europe and Asia.The New Platform Will Launch In SingaporeAs per an official announcement, the digital asset-related arms of both companies – SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) and SBI Digital Asset Holdings – will cooperate to establish the new project. It will target regulated institutional clients...

Project Helvetia, a joint proof-of-concept experiment between the Bank for International Settlements' Innovation Hub Swiss Centre, the Swiss National Bank and the financial infrastructure operator SIX Group, successfully shows the feasibility of integrating tokenised digital assets and central bank money. Project Helvetia, a joint proof-of-concept experiment between the Bank...