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Ethereum & Co. – General-purpose blockchains are more than just payment systems; Markus Hammer in MoreThanDigital

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-Nation Switzerland still not welcoming crypto-companies: All there, except for the Bank-accounts – What’s the Reason?

Switzerland offers excellent framework conditions and ecosystems in the blockchain and crypto sector, deserves international recognition as a hub and avant-garde (see more in a previous article). One would think that everything is in place to attract crypto companies, especially startups, if it weren’t for the fact that blockchain founders simply can’t find banks within

While Crypto Market Switzerland is increasingly filling up with traditional banks, UBS and CS remain spectators – probably not for much longer

Crypto Nation Switzerland has outstanding starting conditions for crypto and digital asset ventures, not only for fintechs, neo or non-banks. Traditional banks are also increasingly venturing into the new terrain. On the one hand, the blockchain and crypto ecosystem that has been developed around Crypto Valley for years provides the necessary basis. More essential, especially

Welt geht Krypto – und Swiss Banking schaut zu, trotz regulatorischer Klarheit, solider staatlicher Rückendeckung und einem einzigartigen Blockchain Ökosystem

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

Regulations and bans – What threatens crypto, bitcoin & co.; Markus Hammer and Patrick Schüffel in MoreThanDigital

Some say Bitcoin cannot be stopped, others claim it is only a matter of time before it is banned. At the same time, however, it is clear that states have no interest in strong parallel currencies and are under pressure to act. They have a whole arsenal of measures at their disposal for their reaction,

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