In the month of January, views of the year 2021 could be read everywhere. Pascal Hügli has gone a step further, and has ventured into looking at the more distant future and has outlined what the world of 2030 will look like. It is January 1, 2030, and the decade that of 2020, which was […]
How will blockchain technology affect our lives? Can digital currencies establish themselves as an asset class? The questions that arise in the world of crypto seem limitless. We limit ourselves to five and turn to experts in the field. The development in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space as well as the rapidly growing ecosystem around the new technology is […]
The crypto tweets of Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and currently the richest man in the world, gathered a lot of attention over the past few weeks. Now it has been revealed that Tesla has invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin, and the company plans to accept it as a payment method in the future. Elon […]
The Federal Council has enabled the issuance of Blockchain-based shares as of the 1st of February 2021. Below is the background of the new law, and an outlook on the possibilities which have been created. On the 10th of December 2020, the Federal Council decided to put parts of the Blockchain bill into effect as […]
Bitcoin USD daily basis Bitcoin USD Chart Analysis – Breaking the downward consolidation phase At the beginning of the reporting week, the market was looking for clues of sustainability of the fast-moving breakout from Friday of the previous week. We recall: the Twitter mention by Elon Musk led to a daily excursion above $38’000 USD and briefly […]
A monthly review of what’s happening in the crypto markets enriched with institutional research on key industry topics in collaboration with Swiss digital asset specialist, 21Shares AG. The first month of the year 2021 was filled with unforgettable events, which set the tone for the year’s remainder. It would be an understatement to say that […]
Project Helvetia, an experiment between the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the Swiss National Bank (SNB) and the financial market infrastructure operator SIX, plans to integrate tokenized assets into existing payment systems. Project Helvetia has, in a real-world environment, demonstrated that it is possible to provide central bank money to settle securities transactions using new […]
A broad front of opposition is growing against FinCEN’s latest regulatory proposal regarding KYC/AML rules for digital assets. Opponents say the rules would destroy many of the benefits of the technology and create new, centralized data collection points. An overview. The U.S. Treasury Department under Steve Mnuchin proposed strict KYC rules for cryptocurrencies in December that go […]
Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is one of the most expansive sectors in the crypto space. So-called “wrapped tokens” are an important DeFi building block. They allow cross-blockchain transactions. An overview of the interoperability project Ren in an interview with COO Michael Burgess. Ren is an open protocol that enables the fluid movement of value between blockchains (interoperability). […]
Bitcoin USD daily basis Bitcoin USD Chart Analysis – Continued Consolidation with Lower Highs At the beginning of the week we saw a continuation of the consolidation phase, which started when the all-time high was reached on January 8. In the process, the USD 35’000 mark served alternately as a support and resistance zone. Thus, […]
