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The Impact of Distributed Ledger Technology on Asset Trading – 3 Examples

05 Oct 2023 4 minutes

Distributed Ledger Technology is changing the way assets are being traded today. Read how settlement is accelerated and trust is created in a decentralized way and what advantages smart contracts and tokenization have.

Digital Assets: Let’s Talk about Tokens

16 Feb 2023 4 minutes

Blockchain and distributed ledger technology in general have given birth to a dizzying array of new terminology, including terms like “crypto,” “coin,” and “token.” Learn below what a token is and what types of tokens exist.

DeFi, DApps, and the Like: How the Financial System Is Becoming Decentralized

29 Sep 2022 4 minutes

Now that the word “blockchain” appears to have crept into everyday parlance, neologisms like “DeFi” and “DApps” are going around these days. Find out in this blog post what they mean and how they’re changing the world of finance.

Can You Buy an NFT for a Hundred Swiss Francs? A Self-Experiment, Part 2

26 Jan 2022 9 minutes

Is it possible to buy an NFT for 100 Swiss francs or less? In the first part of this story, I got derailed by the exorbitant fees on the Ethereum blockchain. I’ll give it a try now on Solana. Will it work this time?

Can You Buy an NFT for a Hundred Swiss Francs? A Self-Experiment, Part 1

19 Jan 2022 9 minutes

Can a person buy an NFT for 100 Swiss francs? Never did I expect that seeking an answer to that question would turn into a veritable odyssey. But read for yourself how the journey took me to the brink of despair and back again, and learn what an NFT is in the first place.

4 Trends Impacting Exchanges – and 5 Building Blocks They Need to Base Their Strategy for the Future On

15 Jul 2021 5 minutes

In this blog post, Peter T. Golder, Global Head of Commercial at SIX Digital Exchange will look at the trends around digital assets and cryptocurrencies that are likely to shape the future of exchanges.

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What Does Blockchain Mean for Central Banks?

18 Mar 2021 7 minutes

Andréa M. Maechler, member of the Governing Board of the Swiss National Bank, is closely involved in the future of the Swiss financial market infrastructure. This includes the implications of new technologies. Project Helvetia, for example, is looking at the use of central bank money in transactions involving tokenized assets.

Digital Assets on the Road to Institutionalisation

17 Dec 2020 8 minutes

2020 has been a year dominated by market volatility and uncertainty. Although the Volatility Index (VIX) has since stabilised, public equities have experienced significant price swings over the last ten months as a result of COVID-19. At the same time, aggressive Central Bank measures have meant that interest rates – which were already at historic lows post-financial crisis – are likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future.

Kevin Abosch, Juan Dominguez

Tokenization: Are Works of Art the New Stocks?

26 Mar 2020 10 minutes

Blockchain technology enables trading of digitized assets, a category that can also include non-bankable assets such as real estate and paintings. Technology-savvy conceptual artist Kevin Abosch and Juan Dominguez from the investment platform Maecenas discuss the impacts on the art market.

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