Why the DeFi and ICO hype aren’t the same
2017 feels like it happened a decade ago for most people, but many of people still have vivid memories of it, especially those who invested actively in the past bull…
Bitcoin Suisse withdraws FINMA application for Banking License
Since the summer of 2019, crypto company Bitcoin Suisse has been waiting for its Swiss banking license. However, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has classified the application as…
Baseball Team Accepting Bitcoin for Purchases
The Oakland Athletics Major League Baseball (MLB) team is now accepting payments of Bitcoin (BTC) for home-game luxury suites. This follows a larger trend of cryptocurrency and NFT adoption in…
NFT artist reveals new project
Conceptual artist and crypto-art/NFT pioneer Kevin Abosch made headlines across the globe in 2018 with his groundbreaking work IAMACOIN as the first person to tokenize himself in the form of…
Digital NFT artwork sold for $69 million
For the first time, a digital artwork in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT) was sold at a major auction house. The price of the painting by Mike Winkelmann…
Over 4 Million Bitcoin Lost Forever
Non-hackable cryptocurrency storage is only useful while you’re alive. Billions of US dollars in Bitcoin (BTC) are lost forever, in part, because heirs can’t get their hands on the inheritance.…
Crypto Highlights February
A monthly review of what’s happening in the crypto markets enriched with institutional research on key industry topics in collaboration with Swiss digital asset specialist, 21Shares AG. Tesla Added $1.5…
Citibank sees Bitcoin at a “Tipping Point”
Citibank, one of the world’s largest financial services providers, recently published a detailed report on Bitcoin. They see great potential in the cryptocurrency and speak of a “tipping point” for…
Swiss private bank integrates extensive crypto strategy
In addition to a comprehensive corporate offering for blockchain and crypto companies as well as the trading and custody of digital assets, the spectrum of innovative crypto services of private…