First automated, regulatory compliant Bitcoin transaction between CH financial intermediaries

A start-up from Crypto Valley enables the first automated transaction of Crypto Assets between two financial intermediaries in Switzerland, in compliance with the Money Laundering Ordinance of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA. In June 2019, the FATF, the global supervisory authority for money laundering, published its guidelines for handling virtual currencies. These include […]

A new vision of money?

We live in times of change and the winds of change are clearly felt. Now we have to make a decision: Do we want to build walls or windmills? Karen Wendt on digitization, digital assets, Blockchain and tokenization. Volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity seem to be the new normality in our lives. The American military […]

South Korea’s largest bank plans to introduce crypto-custody services

Since a change in the law in March 2020, digital assets are recognized as such in South Korea. KB Kookmin Bank has now entered into strategic partnerships to further develop this emerging market and provide crypto-custody services. More and more major banks are focusing their strategy on digital assets. In 2017, the South Korean government […]

The basics of staking

Blockchain networks are public infrastructures maintained by economically motivated actors. Until today, the predominant method for ensuring the security and continuous operation of large Blockchains is proof-of-work mining. Proof of Work Mining (PoW) is the core innovation behind Bitcoin, making the existence of stateless, digital money possible for the first time. In recent months and […]