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 […]
Why is the SEC hitting PoS staking… or is it not doing that at all? – An UPDATE ???? In his recent article in #Cointelegraph , Andrew Singer lets experts have their say on the #SEC enforcement against Kraken Digital Asset Exchange‘s Staking -as-a-Service, including my own assessment ???? Opinions actually vary, from once-off action,
While the Ethereum community is celebrating its great success, SEC Chair Gensler sends the newly PoS-powered ETH currency South. Approx. -15% was the dip (when writing this post) since Sep, 15th, “The Merge” day which is net still -10% compared to the overall crypto market. The surprise was not a dip per se, but the
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
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
