Up to now, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has taken no official position on how to consider cryptoassets for the Basel III capital requirements or liquidity ratios for
06 December 2018
03 December 2018
On 22 November 2018, there was a first at SIX Swiss Exchange: Swiss-based startup Amun AG obtained the first license worldwide to offer an Exchange Traded Product (ETP) based on
06 November 2018
Our blog reports on blockchain developments around the world and across industries. For those of our readers interested in some blockchain basics, Baker McKenzie has just published “Unhashing Blockchain: Blockchain
27 July 2018
Last year, the SEC rejected an application by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss for what would have been the first-ever Bitcoin ETF. The group made some changes and resubmitted their application
20 June 2018
Last month we reported on an SEC decision to take additional time to consider whether to approve a request to
11 June 2018
On 11 June, the UK’s financial services regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), published a “Dear CEO letter” providing guidance
22 January 2018
Among the many areas of law that will have to continue to evolve around cryptocurrencies is the tax law. In
10 January 2018
Much of the attention around Bitcoin in 2017 understandably focused on its meteoric price rise and overall volatility. But all
