Bank Vontobel is the first issuer worldwide to launch a structured product as an asset token. The race for the tokenisation of traditional securities, in which many Swiss institutions are involved, thus remains exciting. Numerous other banks, the Swiss Stock Exchange and new financial institutions such as Seba Bank and…
Read MoreThe most private crypto finance & blockchain conference for investors, January 15-17, 2020 The Crypto Finance Conference aims to establish itself as an annual meeting of Crypto thought leaders. Speakers at this year’s CfC St. Moritz 2020 in Switzerland include Sterling Witzke (Winklevoss Capital), Michael Sonnenshein (Grayscale) and Kavita Gupta…
Read MoreTaurus Group SA announced that TAURUS PROTECT, its cold storage solution for exchanges, banks and institutional clients, has been successfully deployed with Arab Bank Switzerland. Taurus also assisted the bank prepare operational policies and procedures for the new crypto services. It is another addition to the growing list of establishments…
Read MoreNew York-based cryptocurrency exchange Gemini is launching Gemini Custody™, a qualified custodian for digital assets that handles complex and high-stakes requirements of large financial institutions. Licensed by the New York State Department of Financial Services, Gemini aims to give investors “instant liquidity.” According to the announcement, users can seamlessly trade…
Read MoreFor the first time, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA has granted two blockchain companies a banking and securities dealer licence with the main focus on digital assets. With SEBA Crypto, based in Zug, and Sygnum, based in Zurich, Switzerland now has the first banks to focus entirely on…
Read MoreThe Berlin asset management company wevest Digital AG wants to apply for a BaFin approval for the custody business of crypto-assets. With this announcement, wevest is reacting to the recently published bill of the German government. It proposes to include the crypto custody business in the German Banking Act (KWG)….
Read MoreWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) market regulator on Monday issued a notice on broker-dealer custody of digital asset securities, amid industry requests for clarity on whether they can hold such assets under federal securities laws. The SEC’s statement, issued in conjunction with the general counsel…
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