The Swiss Blockchain Federation was founded 4 years ago. During the last few years, the association has grown strongly – making it clear: The blockchain ecosystem is a big concern in Switzerland. Today, the topic is more present than ever, and the SBF, as an interest group, continues to advocate …
Eventful start to the second half of the year We look back on a successful third quarter of 2022, which was full of highlights. Among other things, the member event took place in Zurich, with over 70 participants. With this event, we showed what the Swiss Blockchain Federation is all …
A successful second Quarter draws to a close Although cryptocurrencies are a bit weak at the moment, the Swiss Blockchain Federation (SBF) is riding high. The ecosystem in Switzerland has proven its maturity and professionalism. It is therefore not surprising that numerous international companies are looking to settle here or …
The Swiss Blockchain Federation enjoys a flying start to the new year Blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies and the decentralized economy are riding high. From increased use cases to NFTs and the metaverse: almost daily we are confronted with news from this rapidly growing industry. This development is very welcome and Switzerland …
#BlockchainChallenges – Start of Ideation This is your opportunity to become a blockchain entrepreneur! Are you a creative mastermind? Or do you have an idea in mind where blockchain technology could be applied and which you would like to share and further develop? If you are a startup, student, innovator, …
DEVELOPMENT OF AN INDUSTRY STANDARD The Security Token Offerings working group has intensively dealt with the new securities law provisions of the DLT Act. The provisions, which came into force on February 1, 2021, provide a robust legal basis for asset tokenization. However, as with any new law, numerous interpretive …
The Swiss Blockchain Federation has launched the NTN Innovation Booster – Blockchain Nation Switzerland. The multi-year program is co-funded by Innosuisse, the Swiss Innovation Agency, and aims to support the creation of concrete ideas and startups. It comes at a time where a new Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) regulation is …
Webinar with Pēteris Zilgalvis and Michael Manz on Regulatory Perspectives for DLT It was a timely summit of sorts. As of February 1, the first part of the new Swiss DLT regulation will come into force. This development will make Switzerland one of the first countries in the world to …
The blockchain legislation introduces a new trading license for security tokens, somewhat more broadly called “digital assets”. The new trading license will enable organized trading of digital assets in Switzerland. This makes Switzerland interesting for trading venues of all kinds of digital assets. This “first-mover-advantage” must be used in the …
The Swiss Blockchain Federation has published guidelines for issuers of digital equity and related tokens. The concise and easily understandable manual particularly helps smaller and mid-sized companies to fully leverage the issuance and trading of equity on the blockchain. Zug, 12 December 2019 – The issuance of equity and other …
