2025-6-7 15:53 |
Switzerland’s Federal Council recently green lit a bill that allows for the automatic exchange of crypto information with 74 other countries, excluding the U.S, Saudi Arabia and China. In a press release issued on June 6, Switzerland’s Federal Council has… origin »
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Efforts are underway in Switzerland to amend the Swiss Federal Constitution to mandate the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to hold Bitcoin alongside gold as part of its monetary reserves.
2025-1-3 18:00 | |
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A group cryptocurrency advocates in Switzerland has urged the government to consider the addition of Bitcoin in the national reserve. The Swiss Federal Chancellery initiated the process to gain the required number of signatures to push for the amendment of the country’s constitution to allow the Swiss National Bank to build Bitcoin holdings. Related Reading: […]
2025-1-3 16:00 | |
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Switzerland’s Federal Chancellery has approved the formal submission of the “Bitcoin Initiative,” a proposed constitutional amendment that would require the Swiss National Bank to hold part of its reserves in Bitcoin (BTC).
2025-1-1 02:30 | |
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The recent collapse of three high-profile banks - Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Bank and Signature Bank - has caused worrying outflows at hundreds of regional banks. Now, with the U.S. Federal Reserve creating a new backstop facility reportedly worth $2 trillion and Switzerland’s central bank bailing out Credit Suisse to the tune of $54 billion, the echoes of prior crisis in 2008 and 2013 are loud.
2023-3-20 21:11 | |
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Switzerland’s federal government is planning to seize Russian crypto assets inside its borders, including those held by corporate entities and billionaires, multiple news outlets reported Saturday.
2022-3-6 15:13 | |
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Swiss non-profit think tank 2B4CH plans to launch a referendum proposal to have Bitcoin as part of Switzerland’s Federal Constitution. The post Could Switzerland be the next country to constitutionalize Bitcoin? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2021-10-13 19:00 | |
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A switzerland-based non-profit think tank has launched an initiative with an aim to make bitcoin (BTC) one of the country’s reserve assets. Bitcoin: A Nation’s Reserve Asset? In what comes as another bullish development for the premier cryptocurrency’s future, Swiss non-profit think tank 2B4CH has unveiled a new initiative that, if successful, could make BTCRead More
2021-10-12 13:00 | |
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The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures conference was held in Basel, Switzerland. One of the main guests was the Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell. Referring to a report created by the institution he chairs and other banking institutions, Powell said: A recent report from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and […]
2021-3-19 22:00 | |
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The National Council, which is the lower house of the Federal Assembly of Switzerland, has unanimously passed a legislative package amending a large chunk of the nation’s existing financial laws in a bid to crush possible legal barriers and enable crypto and blockchain startups to flourish more, according to reports on July 1, 2020.
2020-7-2 23:00 | |
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The Swiss government has knocked the proposal of creating a central bank digital currency off the table in response to the Swiss Parliament requesting the government to look into the prospects of creaThe post Switzerland's Federal Council states CBDCs may risk financial stability appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-12-13 17:38 | |
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The Federal Council of Switzerland has released on November 27 an official announcement in which it’s explaining what the priorities regarding the blockchain and DLT regulations should be. In the proposal, legal certainty in the industry is being targeted, together with the elimination of barriers in blockchain apps and the reduction of the risk for […]
2019-11-27 21:50 | |
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The Swiss Federal Council looks set to implement various reforms to provide greater legal certainty to the blockchain industry. If approved by parliament next year, the proposals would make Switzerland among the most forward-thinking governments in the world in terms of the adoption of distributed ledger technology.
2019-11-27 16:28 | |
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Facebook is set to go through another round of extreme questioning as it goes ahead with the plans to launch its controversial cryptocurrency Libra. The tech giant will face representatives of twenty-six central banks, including the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank (ECB, in Basel, Switzerland, on Monday.
2019-9-17 11:36 | |
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Last week, six members from the US House of Representatives’ Financial Services Committee met with Swiss regulators, including the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner and the Financial Market Supervisory Authority, to discuss Facebook's Libra project.
2019-8-27 19:31 | |
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Switzerland's Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) has been tapped by Facebook to oversee Libra and the Libra Association. While Facebook hasn't been the easiest to get in contact with for the FDPIC, the agency expects to have more information on the Libra project by the end of the month.
2019-8-22 23:47 | |
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Facebook crossed the Atlantic, leaving US Congressmen pointing fingers. Libra, the cryptocurrency project launched by Facebook could be left in the docks before it sets sail for Switzerland. After running into harsh winds at the hands of Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve Chair during his hearing before the House Financial Services Committee, the prospects for Facebook […] The post Facebook’s Libra crossed the Atlantic to Switzerland for regulatory certainty, claims US Congressman appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-7-11 18:30 | |
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The legal certainty over blockchain technology is still evolving in many countries, like Switzerland. Though the technology has clear benefits, it is necessary to find a way to regulate it so that the operators can fall in line with the current laws.
2019-3-23 04:07 | |
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Switzerland’s Federal Assembly on March 20, 2019, passed a motion in favor of adopting the existing cryptocurrency regulation legislation. The motion was supported by 99 assemblymen who voted in its favor and will now move to the upper house of the parliament for final voting.
2019-3-22 10:00 | |
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The Federal Assembly of Switzerland has voted in favor of putting cryptocurrency on equal footing as traditional assets. A Hesitant Vote 99 members of the National Council, Switzerland’s lower house of the Federal Assembly, have supported a motion to put forward proposed regulations by liberal public representative Giovanni Merlini.
2019-3-21 20:00 | |
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Switzerland is getting closer to regulating cryptocurrencies. The Swiss Federal Assembly, the body tasked with handling government legislation in the country, yesterday approved a motion requesting the Federal Council regulate cryptocurrencies.
2019-3-21 18:54 | |
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The Swiss Federal Assembly, which handles government legislation, approved on March 20th a motion directing the Federal Council to regulate cryptocurrencies. Switzerland has long been recognized as a leading hub of blockchain and cryptocurrency technology, with the Swiss town of Zug internationally referred to as “Crypto Valley.
2019-3-21 15:52 | |
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Switzerland’s Federal Assembly has approved proposals to instruct lawmakers on cryptocurrency regulation
2019-3-21 01:35 | |
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Today's Ripple News Here are some few facts about Digitec Galaxus AG, the largest online eCommerce operator serving Switzerland. The online retailer operates Digitec as well as Galaxus which runs ten stores in German and French-speaking parts of Switzerland.
2019-3-20 16:58 | |
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The Swiss government has advised regulators not to create new legislations but instead make adjustments to existing laws to accommodate companies in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space. The amendments should focus on enhancing Switzerland’s position as a blockchain-friendly country, the Swiss Federal Council said last week.
2018-12-18 22:53 | |
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The Federal Council commissioned further analyses by the Federal Department of Finance and the Federal Department of Justice and Police to improve the country’s financial landscape.
2018-12-18 22:39 | |
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On December 7, the Federal Council of Switzerland issued a report, providing a legal framework for distributed ledger technology (DLT) and blockchain, stating that the country’s existing rules are well suited to dealing with such new technologies, but there is still a need for some amendments.
2018-12-17 13:01 | |
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The Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF) announced the Federal Council’s adoption of a recent report—Legal Framework for Distributed Ledger Technology and Blockchain in Switzerland—and expressed their intent to assist in developing laws for new technologies, specifically distributed ledger technology and blockchain innovation.
2018-12-16 11:16 | |
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Switzerland Unveils Legal Framework For Blockchain Technology In Partnership With Crypto Valley Association Switzerland has once again shown itself to be one of the world’s leading authorities on blockchain technology.
2018-12-15 23:50 | |
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The Canadian government has postponed the release of its final regulations for cryptocurrency and blockchain companies. The final published regulations were due this fall, but the government now says they won’t be published in the Canada Gazette until late 2019.
2018-8-28 20:18 | |
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Switzerland is fast losing its appeal to cryptocurrency investors, to the worry of state and federal officials. Many virtual currency businesses, frustrated with the lack of banking support have moved their activities elsewhere.
2018-7-20 10:33 | |
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Johann N. Schneider-Ammann, the Head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research of Switzerland, affirmed his belief that blockchain technology is here to stay. Speaking at the Crypto Valley Conference in Zug on June 21, Schneider-Ammann addressed the attendees, quoting Mikhail Gorbachev’s “Life punishes those who come late.
2018-6-26 14:49 | |
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One of the seven members of Switzerland’s collective head of state stated that blockchain will someday “penetrate our entire economy,” according to a transcript published by the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research today, June 21.
2018-6-22 00:56 | |
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Johann N. Schneider-Ammann, member of the Swiss Federal Council which uniquely in Switzerland has all seven members as a collective head of state in a round table of sorts, has... The post “Blockchain Will Penetrate Our Entire Economy” Says Swiss Collective Head of State appeared first on Trustnodes.
2018-6-21 13:25 | |
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Switzerland has launched a public consultation for stablecoins through a proposal that introduces a new regulatory framework for issuers under FINMA oversight. Swiss regulators published the proposal on Oct.
Bitcoin Magazine Switzerland’s FUTURE Raises CHF 28 Million to Build ‘Europe’s Premier Bitcoin Treasury’ Switzerland-based FUTURE raised CHF 28 million to expand as Europe’s leading institutional Bitcoin treasury platform, backed by investors Fulgur Ventures, Nakamoto, and TOBAM.
Switzerland parliament member Samuel Kullmann reveals that he is currently working to incorporate Bitcoin into the constitution and national reserves. According to a video circulating online, Swiss MP Samuel Kullmann said that he and his team are working towards getting…
Bitcoin Magazine Swiss Bitcoin-Only App Relai Secures MiCA License in France Swiss Bitcoin app Relai received France’s AMF approval as a Bitcoin-only crypto service under the EU’s MiCA framework.
UBS, PostFinance, and Sygnum carried out the transaction using tokenized deposit tokens on Ethereum.
The Bitcoin community was left stunned after a life-sized statue of the cryptocurrency’s pseudonymous founder, Satoshi Nakamoto, was stolen, vandalised, and dumped in a lake in Lugano, Switzerland. The incident occurred just one year after the statue was unveiled, marking another mysterious chapter in the ongoing legacy of Bitcoin’s creator. The steel sculpture, created by […]
For wealthy clients tired of letting Bitcoin sit dormant, Arab Bank Switzerland has a solution: an actively managed yield product built on XBTO’s institutional-grade strategy. According to a press release shared with crypto.news on June 19, XBTO has partnered with…