Ralph Hamers, the new CEO of UBS Group AG, spoke out in favor of digital assets and tokenization at the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF). He sees “virtually unlimited potential” in these technologies, especially for the Swiss financial center and the Crypto Valley. This week, the annual FinTech Festival is taking place in Singapore, bringing together numerous major […]
Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the G7 nations are reportedly unanimous in their call for robust crypto regulations. From keeping up with China’s digital yuan efforts to maintaining monetary policy control capabilities, the financial architecture across these nations presumably has a lot at stake.The US Treasury Department revealed the news via a readout published on […]
Bitcoin USD Chart Analysis – Cracking the all-time high of 2017 While the previous week was still characterized by a temporary correction, the reporting week was already showing the pattern of rising prices that has been observed more as in recent times. On Sunday, trading activity above the USD 18’000 mark was observed. This was […]
CV VC is an early-stage venture capital investor with a focus on startups that build on blockchain technology. A conversation with CV VC Founder and CEO Mathias Ruch about the blockchain revolution, venture capital, and the Crypto Valley. The foundation of the Crypto Valley can be traced back to 2013. The Swiss financial center and […]
The world’s leading index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices, a division of financial data provider S&P Global Inc, plans to introduce crypto currency indices in 2021. To do so, the company is entering into a partnership with the US blockchain data provider Lukka. S&P Dow Jones Indices is the largest global resource for index-based concepts […]
Christine Lagarde has identified privately-issued stablecoins as representing a greater risk to financial stability and the monetary sovereignty of the EU than cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. She has commented on the topic a few times before and proposes a digital Euro in the form of a CBDC. The European Central Bank (ECB) President says that volatile […]
Visa, the largest company for payment cards alongside Mastercard, continues to intensively look into supporting cryptocurrencies. CEO Alfred Kelly sees great potential in this industry, particularly in so-called stablecoins, which include digital central bank currencies (CBDCs). Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are often perceived as pure stores of value or investments. For Visa CEO Alfred Kelly, however, the […]
Hi! This is the first post about our tour. Yeah, I know what you are thinking, what took you so long Didi?! Hahaha. Sorry for that but the tour had kinda a too-early start and that’s positive for you guys, as you can now enjoy the tour a bit longer. The glass is always half […]
Bitcoin USD chart analysis – First correction after reaching new highs Monday began with a relatively quiet trading day, with trading around the USD 18,350 mark. On Sunday, a first test of the market’s strength reached a daily low of 17’600. The following day saw the usual pattern of higher daily lows. This momentum was […]
The second-largest public Blockchain network Ethereum has undergone remarkable development. The smart contract platform is growing steadily and has already been able to reinvent itself a few times in its still young history. A review and outlook.
