Tagged: switzerland

July 24, 2026 @ 3:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Swiss cantonal lender BancaStato has expanded its product range by introducing regulated cryptocurrency trading for its customers, powered by digital asset specialist Sygnum and core banking technology provider Avaloq. The collaboration allows account holders to purchase, retain, and dispose of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Solana… Read More

July 2, 2026 @ 12:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The deadline for gaining approval under MiCA [Markets in Crypto Assets regulation] was yesterday, July 1st. Anyone not approved, must immediately cease any crypto activities. Sygnum, a digital asset bank based in Switzerland that is regulated in multiple jurisdictions and holds a MiCA license in… Read More

June 25, 2026 @ 2:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

PostFinance has introduced its first proprietary exchange-traded fund, marking a milestone as the first Swiss retail bank to launch its own multi-asset ETF. The PostFinance Global Portfolio ETF, developed in partnership with Xtrackers by DWS, began trading on the SIX Swiss Exchange on 23 June… Read More

June 16, 2026 @ 4:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX Swiss Exchange has welcomed two new actively managed equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from AllianceBernstein (AB), marking a significant addition to its growing lineup of investment products. This development reinforces the exchange’s status as a premier venue for ETFs in Europe, providing investors with enhanced… Read More

May 14, 2026 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Is Europe falling behind in crypto adoption and the development of the digital asset future of finance? It is difficult to argue that Europe is leading the race. While the European Union was quick to enact rules under the Markets in Crypto Assets regulation (MiCA),… Read More

May 5, 2026 @ 5:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX, a provider of financial market infrastructure in Switzerland, has secured regulatory clearance from the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) for a major structural change. The authority has greenlit the integration of the company’s specialized digital central securities depository—previously operated as SIX Digital Exchange… Read More

April 15, 2026 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Fireblocks, a Switzerland-based digital asset infrastructure provider, has launched a new service called “Earn” that enables onchain lending for its customers Fireblocks currently enables over $10 trillion in digital asset transactions across 150+ blockchains, supporting firms like BNY, Galaxy, and Revolut. Institutions using Fireblocks can… Read More

April 15, 2026 @ 8:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland’s stock exchange SIX has partnered with Chainlink, the oracle platform, to introduce equities data from its exchanges onto blockchain networks. This initiative marks the debut of such information through Chainlink’s DataLink, a robust institutional data publishing service built on Chainlink’s secure data standards. These… Read More

April 14, 2026 @ 5:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Keyrock has issued a statement announcing the issuance of a tokenized corporate bond that was enabled by Sygnum. The EURC-denominated corporate bond uses the Ethereum blockchain. Keyrock is a Brussels-based crypto investment firm that also provides market making, options, and asset management. It reports operations… Read More

April 12, 2026 @ 3:44 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Switzerland’s stock exchange SIX has partnered with Snowflake in order to enable access to its regulatory, reference, and pricing datasets. This new integration enables shared clients to incorporate, combine, and examine SIX’s information directly inside the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, all while maintaining adequate levels… Read More

April 8, 2026 @ 11:45 am By Omar Faridi  |  

A group of Switzerland based financial institutions has begun a new trial for a regulated Swiss franc backed stablecoin with the aim to provide a digital settlement layer for the European nation’s economy. The cohort currently includes UBS, PostFinance, Sygnum Bank, Raiffeisen, Zürcher Kantonalbank, BCV… Read More

March 27, 2026 @ 8:36 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Financial authorities and industry groups across Europe have released a comprehensive, cross-border testing and readiness plan to prepare markets for a major overhaul in post-trade operations. The UK Accelerated Settlement Taskforce, the EU T+1 Industry Committee, and the Swiss Securities Post-Trade Council T+1 Task Force… Read More

March 20, 2026 @ 12:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, has reported that assets held on its Sygnum Protect off-exchange custody platform have now exceeded one billion US dollars. This milestone comes after an extraordinary 900 percent year-on-year expansion in 2025, underscoring demand from institutional players seeking secure… Read More

March 14, 2026 @ 4:44 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

PostFinance, a key subsidiary of Swiss Post, is reinforcing its market position through steady financial performance, structural enhancements, and expanded digital asset offerings amid evolving customer demands and economic pressures. In its annual results, Swiss Post Group delivered a resilient operating profit of 332 million… Read More

March 8, 2026 @ 10:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX Group has reported growth across its Swiss and Spanish exchanges for February 2026, alongside a partnership that opens streamlined post-trade access to the Greek equity market for international investors. The dual announcements underscore the infrastructure provider’s momentum in both core trading volumes and cross-border… Read More

February 24, 2026 @ 1:35 am By Michael Wong  |  

Zurich-based AI infrastructure startup Rapidata has raised $8.5 million in seed funding as it pitches a faster way for AI developers to gather the human judgments used to train and fine-tune models, in a process that has become a growing choke point for the industry…. Read More

February 18, 2026 @ 11:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Unicity Labs has raised $3 million in a Seed round led by Blockchange Ventures, with participation from Tawasal, a Middle East-based communications super app, and Outlier Ventures. Unicity Labs is creating an Artificial Intelligence (AI) autonomous marketplace as software evolves from concept to actual tools…. Read More

February 12, 2026 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Taurus and Blockdaemon have announced a deal to integrate Blockdaemon’s institutional-grade staking services into the Taurus digital asset platform. Taurus states that the partnership will enable them to support staking services while retaining full control and ownership through their in-house custody solution, built for banks… Read More

February 11, 2026 @ 1:37 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

Fireblocks has integrated the Canton Network, a privacy-enabled open blockchain network, purpose-built for institutional finance. The launch enables secure custody for Canton Coin (CC) and gives financial institutions a governed, secure environment to begin settling assets on Canton with Fireblocks’ enterprise policy controls and workflow automation…. Read More

February 6, 2026 @ 7:35 am By Omar Faridi  |  

In a recent development aimed at guiding companies through their initial public offering (IPO) decisions, SIX Group has released an updated white paper examining the merits of listing on the Swiss Exchange versus pursuing a US-based IPO. The document shared by SIX, published on February… Read More