Former Federal Councillor Johann Schneider-Ammann becomes a member of the Board of Directors of Crypto Valley Venture Capital CV VC. One and a half years after his resignation as Minister of Economics, he is now involved in the Zug start-up, which invests in blockchain projects. Schneider-Ammann was already fascinated by new technologies during his term […]
Grayscale Investments is experiencing increasing interest from hedge funds and other institutional investors in its crypto-currency trusts. The investment firm has bought 390 million in Bitcoin in 2020, representing 0.2 percent of market capitalization. Sharif-Askary, Managing Director at Grayscale Investments, visited the podcast Coinscrum markets. One of the topics discussed was the increasing volumes of […]
Bitcoin/USD daily basis Bitcoin USD – The situation is coming to a head The reporting week was characterized by low daily trading margins. For most of the time, the share price moved in a range between USD 9,300 and USD 9,700. Only on Thursday was there higher volatility. When Bitcoin briefly crossed the USD 10,000 […]
The ETC Group intends to bring the first crypto-currency Exchange Traded Product (ETP) to the Xetra platform via the white label platform HANetf. The Bitcoin Exchange Traded Product (ETP) with the symbol (BTCE) is scheduled to be launched on Xetra later this month, after it has been approved by the German Financial Supervisory Authority BaFin. […]
According to surveys conducted by Greenwich Associates and Fidelity Investments between November 2019 and the beginning of March, the trend towards digital assets is continuing. Nearly a third of the investors surveyed own digital assets. The acceptance of virtual currencies is increasing and with it the interest in the emerging asset class. This is shown […]
Home office, video conference platforms, online shopping and other digital solutions are booming in times of the coronavirus. Is it possible to vote during a general assembly with an ERC 20 token? For the first time, the population is making widespread use of new technologies that allow distances to be bridged despite current restrictions on […]
In a 32-page document entitled “Central Bank Digital Currency”, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia examined the future of the monetary system in connection with digital central bank currencies (CBDCs). The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia concludes in the paper that the introduction of digital currencies could lead to a fundamental change in the architecture […]
Bitcoin/USD daily basis Bitcoin USD – Another excursion over 10’000 USD Right at the beginning of the reporting week, Bitcoin broke through the USD 10’000 mark again on Monday. This brought the share price up to USD 10,500 and to a daily closing at USD 10,200. The following day, however, the sustainability of the breakthrough […]
The second part of the conversation with Bitcoin Suisse founder and Chairman of the Board Niklas Nikolajsen about entrepreneurship, growth, banking license, the planned IPO and the future of the crypto-financial industry. The continuation of the conversation with Niklas Nikolajsen. You can read his opinion about Bitcoin and gold as a safe haven in times […]
The digital music store eMusic has introduced its own token called eMU-Token. This is intended to enable musicians to generate higher revenues through royalties. The company’s president, Tamir Koch, explains the company’s move by saying that streaming leads to declining income for artists. According to Koch, overall revenues and acceptance have increased, but the model […]
