Standard Chartered launches trading platform for cryptocurrencies
Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) wants to establish an institutional trading platform for cryptocurrencies in the UK and Europe. The new exchange is expected to launch…
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China Bans Crypto Services
Chinese financial authorities have banned financial institutions and payment companies from offering services related to cryptocurrencies and warned investors against speculative crypto trading. Instead, they…
Why CBDCs aren’t a threat to Bitcoin
Central banks are concerned that they may lose the race for digital currencies to a private digital currency like Bitcoin (BTC). But Bitcoin and CBDCs…
Morgan Stanley offers access to Bitcoin funds
Morgan Stanley becomes the first major U.S. bank to offer its wealthy clients access to Bitcoin funds. The Bitcoin rally over the past year has…
Another Swiss Private Bank Implements Digital Assets Services
Neue Privat Bank and InCore today announced that NPB is introducing InCore’s comprehensive Digital Asset Banking Services to its clients. As a result, clients are…
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…
Rupertus Rothenhäuser on why every bank will need a crypto asset strategy
We live in an age of digital disruption that has accelerated over the last year. Central banks are unleashing record levels of monetary stimulus, while…
5 questions answered by Johannes Schmitt, Director of Banking at Kraken
How will blockchain technology affect our lives? Can digital currencies establish themselves as an asset class? The questions that arise in the world of crypto…
SEBA Bank successfully completes Series B Fundraising
Zug-based “crypto bank” SEBA has announced the completion of its Series B funding round and plans to expand its digital asset services both in its…
The world’s first bank to issue its shares on a distributed ledger
Sygnum has successfully tokenized its shares, becoming the world’s first bank to issue its shares on a distributed ledger. Tokenization of its own shares lays…