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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...

Swisscom 5G Antenne, Luzern Uninterrupted, good quality mobile phone reception is extremely important to rail passengers. In technical terms, it’s the pièce de résistance for every network provider because the demands on bandwidth increase with data-intensive applications. Swisscom has now successfully achieved a transmission speed of over 1 Gigabit per second on a moving train under test conditions. This result sets a new benchmark for...

A new consultation process on blockchain laws is set to begin in Switzerland. Initiated by the country’s Federal Department of Finance, the operation is focused on initiating a blanket ordinance in the local blockchain and distributed ledger technology environment. For Better Laws In Blockchain Industry A number of parties, individuals, and other interested groups are set to be included in the upcoming consultations in the blockchain spectrum. The project is planned to go on...

Sygnum granted capital markets services (CMS) licence for asset management in Singapore Using Sygnum’s digital asset trading facility, investors can broaden their investment opportunities and add diversification by trading previously non-accessible securities in a tokenized form, including equity, debt, and real estate. They also benefit from instant settlement via the Sygnum-issued digital CHF (DCHF), the flexibility of moving between...

Swiss Startup Association: Make Switzerland the #1 startup hub of Europe Die Swiss Startup Association (SSA) setzt sich seit fünf Jahren für eine erfolgreiche Schweizer Startup-Szene ein. Das Ziel ist es, die Schweiz zur Nummer eins unter den europäischen Startup-Hotspots zu machen. Der Startup-Förderverein ist nun bereit diese Pläne anzugehen. Die Schweiz soll zu einem der gründerfreundlichsten Länder Europas werden. Diese Vision strebt...

“Start-up”, a documentary miniseries by Manuel Stagars The Swiss startup scene grows year by year and has reached international acclaim. At the same time, those outside of its inner circle know little about the daily business, the troubles, sorrows and challenges of the young founders on their quest to build innovative business models that reach global success. The world of deep tech startups is the central theme of the documentary...