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 world’s leading index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices, a division of financial data provider S&P Global Inc, plans to introduce crypto currency indices in 2021. To do so, the company is entering into a partnership with the US blockchain data provider Lukka. S&P Dow Jones Indices is the largest global resource for index-based concepts […]
Christine Lagarde has identified privately-issued stablecoins as representing a greater risk to financial stability and the monetary sovereignty of the EU than cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. She has commented on the topic a few times before and proposes a digital Euro in the form of a CBDC. The European Central Bank (ECB) President says that volatile […]
Visa, the largest company for payment cards alongside Mastercard, continues to intensively look into supporting cryptocurrencies. CEO Alfred Kelly sees great potential in this industry, particularly in so-called stablecoins, which include digital central bank currencies (CBDCs). Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are often perceived as pure stores of value or investments. For Visa CEO Alfred Kelly, however, the […]
