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 […]
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). […]
The story of a programmer who lost access to his Bitcoins, worth over 250 million Swiss francs, is making headlines. In order to better understand such incidents, it is worth taking a trip into the price history and the unique properties of Bitcoin. The case of the programmer Stefan Thomas, which was published this week […]
Interoperability is the ability of software to exchange information between different ecosystems. In the case of blockchains, it has the potential to break the silos and to create a network of blockchains: A broad overview of blockchain interoperability and the Polkadot project. More and more people are considering blockchains as safe and promising. Thousands of projects relying […]
The crypto-savvy Gary Gensler will be appointed to the position of SEC Chairman under the Biden administration. A move that could be advantageous for the industry, according to people in the space. He was previously the Chairman of the CFTC and taught at MIT. President-elect Joe Biden will appoint Gary Gensler as US Securities and […]
We’ve just witnessed the biggest purchase of a blockchain-based digital artwork collection in history, smashing the previously held record by hundreds of thousands of dollars. The artist behind this historic sale is Mike Winkelmann who works under the moniker ‘Beeple.’ Beeple broke the record for the largest sale of a blockchain-based collection of digital artwork by hundreds […]
Ralph Hamers, the new CEO of UBS Group AG, spoke out in favor of digital assets and tokenization at the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF). He sees “virtually unlimited potential” in these technologies, especially for the Swiss financial center and the Crypto Valley. This week, the annual FinTech Festival is taking place in Singapore, bringing together numerous major […]
CV VC is an early-stage venture capital investor with a focus on startups that build on blockchain technology. A conversation with CV VC Founder and CEO Mathias Ruch about the blockchain revolution, venture capital, and the Crypto Valley. The foundation of the Crypto Valley can be traced back to 2013. The Swiss financial center and […]
The second-largest public Blockchain network Ethereum has undergone remarkable development. The smart contract platform is growing steadily and has already been able to reinvent itself a few times in its still young history. A review and outlook.
Even though blockchains are generally considered to be superior to traditional networks, no single blockchain is perfect. Due to the inability to maximise the components scalability, security and decentralisation – the so-called Blockchain Trilemma – there are distinct use cases for different chains.
