Tagged: switzerland

June 21, 2024 @ 1:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The wCBDC pilot on SIX Digital Exchange will continue over the next two years. The Swiss National Bank (SNB) announced the continuation of the Helvetia Pilot focusing on tokenized securities settlement on SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) in Swiss franc digital central bank money for financial… Read More

June 21, 2024 @ 7:14 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As regulation and reporting requirements become increasingly stringent, it’s more important than ever for organizations to have powerful, streamlined access to Web3 accounting and financial data. That’s why Fireblocks has teamed up with TRES Finance to offer customers the ability to completely automate Web3 accounting,… Read More

June 20, 2024 @ 10:11 am By Omar Faridi  |  

As of 18 June 2024, PostFinance is reportedly the first major Swiss retail bank to offer its customers access to the saving plan function for ETFs, shares and themed certificates. Philipp Merkt, Chief Investment Officer at PostFinance said: “Thanks to their simplicity and cost efficiency,… Read More

June 18, 2024 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Obligate, the on-chain capital markets platform, today announced the completion of the first tokenized bond issuance for Bitcoin Suisse, the Swiss crypto-financial services provider. This issuance aims to accelerate Bitcoin Suisse’s growth efforts in its lending business. Bitcoin Suisse recently “surpassed CHF 5 billion in… Read More

June 14, 2024 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The Hashgraph Association has announced a partnership with Adanian Labs and The Africa Blockchain Centre. In a statement distributed by Hashgraph, the aim is to support blockchain development in Africa. The partnership expects to “empower over 3000 Web3 developers “across Africa through the DLT Africa… Read More

June 7, 2024 @ 9:53 am By JD Alois  |  

While China is skeptical about crypto, Hong Kong is a bit different and more supportive of digital assets. Today, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) highlights this fact as Switzeralnd-based Crypto Valley Association (CVA) and Invest Hong Kong (InvestHK) have agreed to partner on Fintech ecosystems… Read More

May 28, 2024 @ 8:25 am By Omar Faridi  |  

B2C2, a global firm focused on institutional liquidity for digital assets, announces it has partnered with Swissquote, the online banking and financial services provider. Developed by Swissquote, Swissquote Exchange (SQX) is “a central limit order book (CLOB) providing deep liquidity as well as a healthy… Read More

May 28, 2024 @ 2:09 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Invoitix AG, a logistics invoicing and financing platform, has issued a digital bond on the Obligate platform. Deployed on the Polygon PoS blockchain and denominated in EUROe, this issuance aims to refinance invoitix’s logistics invoicing activities, “further solidifying its position in the pan-European road logistics… Read More

May 22, 2024 @ 10:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) announces that digital asset issuances facilitated on its platform will surpass 1 billion Swiss Francs (CHF) with the settlement of the CHF 200mn bond by the World Bank priced on 15 May. This achievement marks a key advancement in “the realm… Read More

May 22, 2024 @ 8:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Taurus, a global firm focused on institutional-grade digital asset infrastructure, announces the opening of its newest office in Vancouver, Canada, the first in North America. This expansion marks a significant milestone in Taurus‘ international growth strategy and reinforces its position as a technology provider in… Read More

May 17, 2024 @ 8:59 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Suisse reports on its 2023 financial result and provides an outlook into 2024. During a phase of what market insiders commonly refer to as “crypto winter”, the company streamlined its offering, increased the scalability and efficiency of its infrastructure, and invested into future products… Read More

May 15, 2024 @ 4:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Hashgraph Association (THA) has revealed a partnership with the Qatar Financial Centre to launch a Digital Assets Venture Studio. The goal is to support regulatory compliant DeFi solutions and digital assets leveraging Hashgraph. The Venture Studio will commit $50 million to startups over the… Read More

May 12, 2024 @ 10:07 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Bitcoin Suisse, the Swiss-based pioneer in crypto-financial services, is pleased to announce the addition of Starknet (STRK) trading and custody to its platform. This latest development underscores Bitcoin Suisse’s commitment to “providing its clients with access to innovative blockchain projects and investment opportunities.” Starknet is… Read More

May 10, 2024 @ 9:04 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fireblocks now offers support for $EIGEN, alongside access to restaking via EigenLayer, a protocol in the Ethereum ecosystem. This integration allows ETH stakers “to generate additional rewards” without committing further collateral through a process called “restaking.” EigenLayer is set to launch “the first round of… Read More

May 4, 2024 @ 10:12 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and SIX, the Swiss Financial Market Infrastructure Group, announced today the signing of a collaboration agreement during the second edition of the Capital Market Summit. The partnership underscores a shared commitment to exploring and implementing collaborative initiatives “aimed at fostering… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 12:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX announced that it had acquired a majority stake in FactEntry, a global provider of fixed-income reference data, analytics, and solutions for financial market participants. SIX is the the stock exchange of Switzerland. This strategic acquisition significantly enhances SIX’s data offering and aligns “with its… Read More

March 27, 2024 @ 10:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

DeFi Technologies Inc., a crypto native technology company that pioneers the convergence of traditional capital markets with the world of decentralized finance (DeFi), is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Valour Inc., an issuer of exchange traded products (ETPs) that provide simplified access to digital… Read More

March 23, 2024 @ 8:03 am By Michael Wong  |  

Backed, a key player in the tokenization of real-world assets, has unveiled a new suite of services tailored for financial institutions looking to enter the digital asset space with security and compliance at the forefront. The Swiss-based company is expanding its offerings to include the… Read More

March 22, 2024 @ 7:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

SIX, the global financial information provider, and BITA, a provider of indexing technology and services, announced that SIX has made a strategic investment in BITA to strengthen a series of existing joint projects and accelerate the expansion of SIX’s global benchmark platform. Existing BITA shareholders,… Read More

March 20, 2024 @ 8:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sygnum, a global digital asset banking group, is tokenizing USD 50m of Matter Labs‘ treasury reserves onto the zkSync blockchain. The Sygnum-issued security tokens act as on-chain representations of units from Fidelity International‘s USD 6.9bn Institutional Liquidity Fund (ILF) to generate a secure and transparent… Read More