Kentaro Okuda, Nomura Holdings, Inc., President and Group CEO, said: Staying at the forefront of digital innovation is a key priority for Nomura. This is why, alongside our efforts to diversify our business, we announced earlier this year that Nomura would be setting up a new subsidiary focused digital assets1. We look forward to sustainable…
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Fedor Poskriakov commented: This will greatly contribute to the emergence of fully digital capital market infrastructures, including integrated custody and secondary trading venues. The benefits of the digitalization of the financial industry are such that the evolution towards decentralized infrastructures seems inevitable. The CMTA highlighted that storage of digital assets is significantly different from traditional…
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Two payment powerhouses have signed a letter of intent to expand crypto acceptance at merchants and businesses in Switzerland, both at retail Point-of-Sale devices, as well as at online website portals. Bitcoin Suisse has been developing the crypto market in Switzerland since 2013, while Worldline has become the leading payment and transactional service provider across…
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LeapRate Exclusive… Stefan Deiss is the co-founder and CEO of BLOCKCHAIN PROPULSION, a global accelerator program designed to build start-ups and enterprises into successful blockchain-powered businesses. Stefan joins Leaprate today to talk about BLOCKCHAIN PROPULSION and the blockchain/cryptocurrency industry in Switzerland. LR: Hi, Stefan, happy to have you at Leaprate. As a start, could you…
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Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) continues to move its crypto initiatives forward, primarily on the sly, unless they funnel a leak through either Bloomberg, the New York Times, or the Wall Street Journal. Not known for disguising its presence in a market, the social media giant has chosen to operate its highly anticipated Project Libra out of Switzerland,…
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Switzerland represents a unique dichotomy when it comes to accepting all things crypto. Government officials have willingly thrown their country’s hat into the ring, vying for the economic benefits of having a blockchain development center headquartered in country. Crypto Valley is an ecosystem centered in and around the Swiss canton of Zug with active connections…
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Following the Swiss government’s release of an official report on Friday, advocating for decentralised financial transactions to have a place in the Swiss legal code, could this new strategy strengthen Switzerland’s status as a blockchain friendly country? LeapRate reminds that, a few days ago, the Federal Council adopted a report on the legal framework for…
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The government of Switzerland has announced that it will create legal environment for the blockchain industry. The strategy aims to position Switzerland as a major blockchain “destination” and a blockchain-friendly jurisdiction. According to Swissinfo, the major focus of the blockchain strategy is for the government to introduce decentralized digital tokens across the business sector, especially…
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Brussels has served an obvious final proposal to Switzerland on exchange, cautioning that its stock trades will be cut off from EU dealers unless the country starts to support another system for relations with the coalition on Friday. If Switzerland wishes to continue operating on the EU trading market, it needs to gather all seven-member…
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Many have been wondering what will happen to the much-desired Bitcoin ETF, given the strong interest from investors and the strong resistance from the SEC. And while the financial regulator has opened a special office to deal with fintech and cryptocurrency-related proposals for ETFs and new products, the first crypto ETF will go live next…
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