Tag "Ethereum"
SIX Digital Exchange Goes Live With Ethereum Staking Service for Institutional Clients
SDX Web3 Services, the newly launched business unit from SIX Digital Exchange, is now live with its non-custodial Ethereum staking service. This new offering is a straightforward and secure way to launch new validators, generate yield from staking, and manage
Read More
Swiss University Rolls Out Blockchain Pilot Project to Fight Fake Diplomas
The University of St. Gallen has unveiled a new pilot project for a blockchain-based system that certifies diplomas and verifies their authenticity. The university’s CIO Harald Rotter told CNN Money Switzerland he hopes to issue about 200 tamperproof certificates by
Read More
What Happened to Fintech Switzerland’s Previous Pick of Hottest Fintech Startups?
In mid 2016, after sifting through copious amounts of reports, studies and our own internal evaluations we’ve come up with a definitive list of the 30 hottest fintech startups in Switzerland. (an updated list for 2019 is also available here)
Read More
The 5 Biggest All-Time Monthly Losses in Bitcoin and Ethereum
Cryptocurrencies have an history of high volatility, driven by varied factors from global demand and usage and changes in software, to political changes and social and economical events, and have often been compared to history’s biggest bubbles, whether the Dutch Tulip
Read More
Vitalik Buterin Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Basel
At the age of 19, Vitalik Buterin published the article “Ethereum: A Next Generation Smart Contract & Decentralized Application Platform“, which proved to be groundbreaking for the decentralization of software applications. In particular, he described the architecture of how to
Read More
Futurae Raises CHF 2 Mio to Expand its AI-Powered Two-Step Authentication Solution
The Swiss-based cybersecurity startup Futurae Technologies founded by ETH Zurich security researchers and known for its artificial intelligence-powered, two-factor authentication suite, will be gunning for a market expansion now that they have closed a CHF 2 million financing round, led by
Read More
Bitcoin-Blockchain and Crypto Startups DACH Map
The German Blog Paymentbanking published the updated DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) Blockchain/Bitcoin/DLT and Crypto Map. The map counts more then 100 startups in this region and are categorised into Broker, Ledgers, Asset Management, Identity, Wallets and Infrastructure Startups. We listed them
Read More
12 Best-Funded Fintechs In Switzerland
Switzerland is becoming a global fintech center with a total of 220 incorporated fintech companies in the country, as of December 2017. These startups raised a total of CHF 130 million in venture capital and an astonishing CHF 271.3 million
Read More
Bitpanda Founders Got 4 Mio Euro in Austrian ICO
Until now, tokens have been bound to a specific platform. Pantos wants to change this. The Austrian start-up is planning the first token system that makes cross chain token transfers possible. During one ICO the company, which is backed by the
Read More
Bitcoins für Anfänger – was ist bei Kryptowährungen grundsätzlich zu beachten?
Wie einen Hype erklären, dessen Grundlagen für den technischen Laien kaum nachzuvollziehen sind? 2017 war das Jahr des Bitcoins. Experten rechnen damit, dass 2018 zum Jahr der Kryptowährungen wird. Obwohl das Konzept erst seit wenigen Jahren existiert, haben sich in
Read More