Author: Editorial Office CVJ.CH

What happened this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in the weekly review.

Under the leadership of SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, a crypto task force is seeking to reverse the agency’s anti-innovation approach.

The tenth edition of the CV VC Top 50 Report, the biannual analysis of Crypto Valley, was released during the World Economic Forum.

A bill proposed by U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis seeks to mandate the Treasury Department to purchase billions in bitcoin.

This Friday night, Donald Trump surprised the crypto industry by launching his own meme coin on the Solana blockchain.

What happened this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in the weekly review.

In an interview with CVJ.CH, Lucas A. Ereth, Managing Partner at GenTwo, shares insights into his career and “assetization”.

About a year after launching cryptocurrency trading and custody services, PostFinance is expanding its offering to include staking. This new feature allows clients to generate passive income by staking cryptocurrencies. PostFinance is the first systemically important bank to offer this functionality. Staking involves locking cryptocurrencies within a blockchain network to support its operations. In return, participants receive rewards, often in the form of additional cryptocurrency. It’s similar to earning interest on a deposit, but with risks associated with network operations and token value. Customers can now access this service through PostFinance, according to a press release. Staking with PostFinance In…

The European crypto exchange zondacrypto is expanding its presence in Switzerland and partnering with Incore Bank.

Sygnum, the Crypto Valley’s new “unicorn”, has raised USD 58 million at a valuation of over USD 1 billion to drive expansion in the EEA.

What happened this week in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Current events and background reports in the weekly review.

A U.S. court has granted the Department of Justice (DoJ) approval to liquidate approximately $6.5 billion worth of confiscated bitcoin.

2024 was a pivotal year for the crypto industry: simplified access to bitcoin for institutional investors, increased adoption of blockchain, and the pro-crypto stance of the new U.S. president shaped the market. Looking ahead to 2025, digital assets could offer significant opportunities for investors. The coming year is expected to be driven by bitcoin’s continued journey into the mainstream. Often seen as a robust alternative in a world of uncertainty and depreciating fiat currencies, bitcoin offers security and trust through mathematics, cryptography and transparency – qualities much needed in today’s financial sector. Key developments in 2025 could provide further momentum…

A national initiative aims to obligate the Swiss National Bank to invest in bitcoin.

Basically, any application that includes functions for storing and handling cryptocurrencies can be called a crypto wallet. A detailed introduction to how wallets work and an overview of different types of crypto wallets and their use cases. It is important to note that cryptocurrencies are not stored on the wallet itself, but on the blockchain. The coins/token on the blockchain are assigned to a publicly visible address. These addresses can be viewed with block explorers. Apart from privacy coin logs, transaction histories and balances of addresses are publicly accessible. The public address is generated from the private key by a complex mathematical…

The CVJ.CH team wishes the entire readership a happy new year, which should be another exciting one for the crypto space.