This month, the first Swiss home was tokenized and sold in canton Zug to four investors using blockchain. But how do homeowners then trade their tokens? And will blockchain eventually squeeze out the middlemen in real estate? Bastiaan Don, the founder of blockimmo, breaks it down.
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Does crypto spring mark a tipping point for blockchain industry?
The CV Summit is one of the biggest Swiss blockchain events taking place in Zug. Mathias Ruch, CEO of Crypto Valley Venture Capital, discusses this year’s theme #BUIDL and what the blockchain community can expect from crypto spring following the market correction in crypto winter.
Inside the first Swiss blockchain real estate deal
This month, the first Swiss home was tokenized and sold in canton Zug to four investors using blockchain. But how do homeowners then trade their tokens? And will blockchain eventually squeeze out the middlemen in real estate? Bastiaan Don, the founder of blockimmo, breaks it down.
SIX welcomes new competition from Swisscom, Sygnum, and Deutsche Börse
While Swisscom and Sygnum don’t see SIX as competition when it comes to their new marketplace for digital assets, SIX has another view. Following the new partnership announced this week between Swisscom, Sygnum, and Deutsche Börse, a spokesperson for SIX told CNNMoney Switzerland the following: “It shows that the Swiss market is seen as the right place to build digital-asset ecosystems and thus confirms our SDX initiative started last year. Competition stimulates the market and we welcome that. We cannot comment on how successful this venture will be, given that its business model, scope, and participants are largely different from our integrated business-to-business offering.”
Why Swisscom and Sygnum aren’t working with SIX
Swisscom, Deutsche Börse, and Sygnum plan to launch a new marketplace for listing and trading digital assets. But where’s SIX, the Swiss exchange, in this equation? Mathias Imbach, founding partner of Sygnum, and Roger Wüthrich-Hasenböhler, chief digital officer of Swisscom, have the answer.
How blockchain can rewrite the rules of academic publishing
Blockchain could boost funding for academic researchers and disrupt the way their work is published, argues Aleksandra Sokolowska of Validity Labs, an ETH spin-off. She is organizing SEED2019 a new event in Davos, Switzerland, that aims to connect the dots between blockchain and science.
Can a diamond cryptocurrency brighten up your portfolio?
SwissDiamondCoin is the new cryptocurrency in town, and it’s backed by diamonds. But can digital tokens really make investing in diamonds easier? We speak to Mathias Bucher, the founder of ABC Platform, the infrastructure platform behind this new token, about the launch, diamonds as a safe haven, and stablecoins.
Why investors should be cautious about security tokens
Want to own a share of an expensive artwork or luxury car? Security tokens are gaining prominence in 2019, but Cyril Demaria, partner at Wellershoff & Partners, argues that investors should still be cautious.
Real or fake? How JD.com is using blockchain to tackle counterfeits
From Australian beef to luxury goods, retail giant JD.com is using blockchain to help ensure that online goods aren’t fake. Jian Pei, head of blockchain and big data at the company, says tracking and tracing product