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Leading players from Switzerland’s financial, technological, academic, and legal sectors have established a new organization to promote blockchain technology Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Switzerland’s “sovereign money” referendum, which failed yesterday, would have created a non-debt based economy –– a system some compared to Bitcoin Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
A year ago, it would have been difficult to believe that major governments throughout the world would delve into the world of cryptocurrency. However, with last summer’s price explosion, nations worldwide have begun to approach cryptocurrency from a number of angles. While cryptocurrency was first conceived as a tool to arm citizens against financial institutions … Read more
Crypto Valley’s Zug will conduct Switzerland’s first blockchain-powered municipal trial vote this summer Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Swiss voters will decide this Sunday whether to turn back on fractional-reserve banking and support a “sovereign money” concept for the nation’s finances. Proponents of the initiative prescribe deeper centralization to remedy the shortcomings of the traditional financial system – a vision quite different from the decentralization that came with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, following the … Read more
Switzerland’s legacy bank, Hypothekarbank Lenzburg, announced this week it was accepting cryptocurrency related businesses as account holders, something many legacy financial institutions outright refuse. Long viewed as a progressive society way ahead of its time, the Swiss are once again leading, … this time it’s doing so in the crypto revolution. Also read: Fidelity Investments … Read more
Swiss bank Hypothekarbank has become the first bank in the country to provide crypto companies with business accounts Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
As long as central banks are doing their jobs, crypto won’t replace them anytime soon, said an executive at Swiss National Bank during Money20/20 today Go to Source Powered by WPeMatico
Russian railway company RZD may turn out to be a state-owned giant that does not shy away from technological advances brought about by cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. According to media reports, Russian Railways is planning to implement blockchain applications, smart contracts and ticket sales in crypto. Both company officials and independent experts have spoken about the … Read more
In polite pockets of society, acceptable and positive crypto talk revolves around its amazing tech and what the future might hold. At least one bitcoiner has tossed aside such niceties, and examined the world’s most popular cryptocurrency as a potential offshore tax avoidance haven. Depending on the study, as much as $20 trillion is hidden … Read more
