Category: Switzerland

Swiss Companies Issue First Tokenized Asset for Trading Under New National Blockchain Rules

New legal provisions on distributed ledger technology (DLT) went into effect on Feb. 1 in Switzerland. After the implementation, two local companies announced that they had issued the first tokenized asset under the brand-new law. ‘Fine Wine’ Token Is Available for Sygnum Bank’s Clients Per the announcement, Swiss digital asset bank Sygnum and Fine Wine…

February 3, 2021
21Shares to list Polkadot ETP on Swiss SIX exchange

21Shares’s Crypto Basket ETP has also replaced Bitcoin Cash with Polkadot.

February 2, 2021
Switzerland’s Tokenized Securities Law Ushers In New Chapter for Digital Assets

Regulated crypto banks SEBA and Sygnum each issued tokenized securities to mark the occasion.

February 1, 2021
Fine Wines Become First Tokenized Securities Under New Swiss Blockchain Law

In effect from today, Switzerland’s new blockchain law allows Sygnum to freely issue tokenized assets, starting with investable wines.

February 1, 2021
Phase one of Switzerland’s blockchain law goes into effect

The first phase of Switzerland’s two-part crypto and blockchain regulatory framework is effective as of today.

February 1, 2021
Switzerland’s Crypto Broker AG Wins Securities House License From FINMA

Banks can tick a box and start trading with us, said CEO Rupertus Rothenhaeuser.

January 31, 2021
BIS Chief Banker Criticizes Bitcoin as Inherently Risky, Says BTC Vulnerable to 51% Attack

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) general manager Agustin Carstens has criticized bitcoin saying the asset was inherently risky and “increasingly vulnerable” to a 51% attack. A long time bitcoin (BTC) skeptic, Carstens stressed that only central banks should be issuing digital currencies. “Investors must be cognizant that bitcoin may well break down altogether,” he opined,…

January 28, 2021
CoinShares to launch $200m Bitcoin ETP on Swiss stock exchange

CoinShares’ CSO says the firm is “starting 2021 off with a bang” by launching a $200 million physically-backed Bitcoin ETP on Switzerland’s SIX exchange.

January 18, 2021
Nornickel to use blockchain for its new ETCs on Deutsche Börse and LSE

A palladium fund founded by Norilsk Nickel will launch exchange-traded commodities for metals custodied using blockchain at the Deutsche Börse and London Stock Exchange.

January 18, 2021
Swiss Stock Exchange’s Crypto Trading Volume Soars — Hits Record $1.2 Billion

Switzerland’s principal stock exchange has revealed that its crypto trading volume hit a record high of CHF 1.1 billion ($1.23 billion) in 2020. The exchange now offers 34 exchange-traded products, allowing investors “access to 100 different crypto products trading on our platform,” said the exchange’s head of markets. Crypto Trading Volume on Switzerland’s Stock Exchange…

January 16, 2021