Blockchain/Bitcoin
PwC Blockchain Partner Joins FiCAS Board of Directors Following Crypto ETP Launch
FiCAS, a Switzerland based crypto investment management boutique, announced the appointment of Dr. Daniel Diemers, as a new member of its Board of Directors. It is worth noting that Dr. Diemers is a founding member of the Swiss Blockchain Federation,
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Boerse Stuttgart Develops Blockchain Financing Method for Industrial Capital Goods
Boerse Stuttgart Group has developed a flexible method for financing industrial capital goods on a blockchain basis in a joint basic research project with the Bosch research team “Economy of Things”, Daimler Mobility and technology partner 51nodes. In addition to
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Swiss 21 Analytics Completes First Automated and Compliant Bitcoin Transaction
The virtual asset technology software specialist 21 Analytics has enabled what they claim to be the first automated crypto asset transaction that is compliant with the Anti-Money Laundering Ordinance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA). The successful bitcoin
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Tokenised Shares: Dry Run Completed with Swissquote, Vontobel and other Crypto Banks
The Capital Markets and Technology Association (CMTA), an independent Swiss association, has successfully carried out a full-scale test of decentralised capital market infrastructures using the distributed ledger technology (DLT) for the issuance and trading of securities. The banks involved in
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Swiss Fintech Mt Pelerin Simplifies Crypto-Fiat Transfers
Mt Pelerin, a fintech company from Geneva, released its mobile app called Bridge Wallet to enable crypto-fiat transfers. With its new app, Mt Pelerin said it brings an alternative for much easier transactions between crypto and fiat currencies, by combining
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German Ministry of Finance Calls for Blockchain-Based, Digital, Programmable Euro
At a time when China is trialing its own central bank digital currency (CBDC), European leaders must urgently come together and work collectively on the development of a digital, programmable euro, the Fintech Council of the German Federal Ministry of
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Visa Announces Support for Cryptocurrencies
Visa has indicated its plan to turn its focus onto cryptocurrencies in a blog post titled “Advancing our approach to digital currency”. This push into cryptocurrencies is due to its belief that “digital currencies have the potential to extend the
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New Blockchain-Based Payment Systems Seek to Improve Cross-Border Trade Transactions
A new partnership between banking consortium Fnality International and software development firm Epam will seek to use blockchain technology to improve efficiency in cross-border trade transactions, enable faster trade settlement and reduce risk, Epam announced in a release on May
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Central Bank of France Announces CBDC Partners Including Swiss Seba Bank
The Banque de France has finalised the 8 companies that were selected to test out the use of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for interbank settlements over the next few months. Firms selected by the central bank for the test
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Digital Asset Adds VMware As Investor in Series C Round
Digital Asset, the creators of the open-source DAML smart contract language, announced that VMware has joined the company’s Series C financing round, which was announced last December. With this investment, VMware joins Salesforce Ventures and Samsung Venture Investment Corp (Samsung) as
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