Blockchain/Bitcoin
New Research Finds Centralization Risks in Public Blockchains, Cryptocurrencies
Despite claims of immutability and decentralization, cryptocurrencies and public blockchains, including Bitcoin and Ethereum, are not quite delivering on their promises and are seeing a concentration of power in the hands of a few players. A new report, commissioned by
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F10 Set to Tokenise Its Shares on the SIX Digital Exchange
Swiss fintech accelerator F10 will issue its shares on the SIX Digital Exchange (SDX), a regulated digital asset exchange and Central Securities Depository (CSD), where shares are tokenised, while the share registry services will be provided by Aequitec, a digital
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Stableton Raises CHF 15M in Series A Funding Round Led by TX Ventures
Stableton Financial AG, a Switzerland based platform for Alternative Investments, completed the closing of its CHF 15 million Series A funding round. The funding round was led by TX Ventures, the VC arm of Swiss media company TX Group. In
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From Crypto Stamp to Crypto Vaults: Swiss Post Office Embraces Bitcoin
The price of bitcoin has been in freefall in recent weeks, but that doesn’t seem to bother the most conservative of financial institutions – the banking arm of the Swiss post office. PostFinance is stepping up its drive to grant
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Binance Secures Virtual Asset Service Provider Registration in Spain
Binance’s subsidiary Moon Tech Spain, S.L., has been granted registration as a Virtual Asset Services Provider(VASP) by the Bank of Spain. This registration will allow Binance to offer crypto asset exchange and custody services in Spain in compliance with the
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SIX Digital Exchange’s Web3 Unit Partners With Fireblocks
SIX Digital Exchange’s Web3 dedicated unit, SDX Web3 Services, announces a strategic collaboration with Fireblocks, the digital asset and crypto technology platform. SDX Web3 Services is already working on integrating SDX non-custodial staking access into Fireblocks’ solution. Initially, this partnership
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What You Need to Know About EU’s Crypto Framework
The European Union (EU) brings crypto-assets, crypto-asset issuers and crypto-asset service providers under a regulatory framework for the first time. The Council presidency and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the markets in crypto-assets (MiCA) proposal which covers
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Crypto Companies Put the Brakes on Sports Sponsorship Amid Market Crash
This year’s cryptocurrency crash, which saw the market lose more than half of its value in the span of six months, is threatening to bring sports sponsorship deals to a halt as crypto companies look to cut costs. Sources with
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Cristiano Ronaldo and Binance Team Up for NFT Partnership
Binance announced an exclusive multi-year partnership with Portuguese football legend Cristiano Ronaldo. The five-time Ballon D’or winner is joining forces with Binance to provide a one-of-a-kind experience for football fans worldwide, with a series of NFT collections that will launch
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Citi Partners With Metaco to Develop Institutional Digital Asset Custody Capabilities
Citi announced yesterday that it has selected Switzerland-based METACO to develop and pilot digital asset custody capabilities. This collaboration brings together METACO’s technology and digital solutions with Citi’s expansive custody network to develop a platform to enable clients to store
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