Last week, a global consortium was announced at the WEF to focus on designing a legal framework for managing digital currencies, including stablecoins. In 2020, the WEF brought more than 3,000 global leaders from politics, government, civil society, science, arts and culture, and media together. Under the theme “Stakeholders for a Cohesive and Sustainable World”, […]
(Source: Trending Topics 2019 via flickr.com) The likelihood of central banks issuing their own general purpose central bank digital currency (CBDC) has doubled from roughly 10 – 20%, from 2018 to 2019, according to the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). On Thursday, the Swiss-based BIS carried out a survey with 66 central banks across the […]
Swiss companies InCore Bank AG and inacta AG are joining forces to offer traditional banks the entire crypto-asset value chain. Together, InCore Bank AG and inacta AG want to make digital assets constitute an important role in the future of the financial system. Founded in 2007, inCore is a business-to-business transaction bank that offers banks, […]
The SIX Swiss Exchange has recently observed an increased interest in trading crypto assets. This increase in interest is shown by a survey (full-report in English) conducted by SIX among Swiss Exchange participants. Market participants observe increasing customer demand for digital assets Around two-thirds of the retail participants surveyed stated that their customers are showing […]
