As investment in crypto assets grows, blockchain applications and especially the use case of tokenisation are coming into focus. Institutions face the challenge of adopting this new technology. The concept of tokenisation persists. Several analysts wrote it off previously. With growing regulatory clarity, an increasing number of leading banks and institutions are conducting tokenisation projects that point […]
Non-hackable cryptocurrency storage is only useful while you’re alive. Billions of US dollars in Bitcoin (BTC) are lost forever, in part, because heirs can’t get their hands on the inheritance. How can the whole thing be prevented? You live, you learn, you buy Bitcoin (BTC), you die. Surely you keep your coins in a well-protected […]
The Chinese technology company Meitu purchased millions of dollars of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) from its corporate reserves. Interestingly they allocated more money towards Ether ($25.75M) than Bitcoin ($19M). Meitu is the first major company to do so. The Chinese company recently announced a purchase of 15’000 Ether (ETH) and more than 379 Bitcoin (BTC). This […]
After one year of Corona, it is clear that The Crypto Valley is in robust, mature shape and on a solid foundation for further growth. This is evidenced by the latest figures in the latest CV VC Top 50 Report, which covers the period July 2020 to February 2021. At the beginning of the Corona […]
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are unique and cannot be replicated. As such, they are often used to digitally represent artwork on a Blockchain. The NFT market has been gaining momentum, especially in recent months, but there still exists much untapped potential. The market saw amazing growth last year, and not just by expanding use cases. Buyers […]
Innovations of blockchain-based banking have recently gained a lot of traction. The architecture of decentralized finance (DeFi) can create an immutable and highly interoperable financial system with unprecedented transparency, equal access rights, and little need for custodians. The St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank has recently published an in-depth paper by Prof. Fabian Schär on the sector of […]
The Crypto Valley is known to be one of the most “crypto-friendly” regions in the world. But what specifically is happening within the Blockchain ecosystem? The “Crypto Valley Roundup” aims to provide insight and highlights from selected events every two months. With the first Blockchain companies settling in the area of Zug from 2013 onwards, […]
We discuss how blockchains’ inherent inability to connect to the real world limits their use and how oracles provide the solution by acting as middleware to their connection to the world. “The oracle problem” will be a central part of the analysis as well some of the leading projects. We find that oracles are pervasive […]
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 […]
