Today, “crypto” is hardly understood as an investment instrument. Crypto is obviously not crypto, and the positions on what is valid sometimes diverge diametrically, even between proven authorities. This leads to great uncertainty among experts, and even more so among the general public. In my new article “Cryptoassets: Intrinsic Value Matters” on More Than Digital […]
How general-purpose blockchains and other powerful smart-contract platforms are taking the market by storm. Bitcoin is blockchain, but blockchain is not Bitcoin. Today, hundreds of standalone blockchain systems exist, the most powerful besides Bitcoin is Ethereum. As the first general-purpose blockchain, it goes far beyond Bitcoin’s readiness for use as a payment system, virtually single-handedly
Crypto breaks Wall Street’s ETF barrier – Was that now the turning point the crypto market was hoping for so long? Markus Hammer in Cointelegraph alongside other industry experts such as Arca CEO Rayne Steinberg, Ben Caselin from the crypto exchange AAX, Jay Hao, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange OKEx, or academia, Campbell Harvey, professor at
At the same time that China has launched its intense crackdown on #cryptocurrencies, in the U.S., Corporate America appears to be welcoming crypto, and liberal regulatory approaches seem to be on the rise. #cryptoregulation in the two biggest economies of the world appear more and more to be a proxy for the struggle between two
In letzter Zeit lassen sich vermehrt Beispiele beobachten, in denen sich traditionelle Banken mit Krypto-Angeboten positionieren, und entsprechend exponieren. Sie tun dies obwohl sie über schlechtere Startbedingungen wie der Schweizer Bankenplatz verfügt. Was ist los mit unserem traditionellem Swiss Banking? Mit Seba oder Sygnum haben wir zwei Schweizer Anbieter, die den Zeitgeist früh erkannt und
