Switzerland

The payment services giant joined a major bitcoin solutions provider to increase BTC usage in Switzerland as a medium of exchange.

Major financial institution BBVA is launching bitcoin trading and custody for clients in Switzerland.

Switzerland-based bitcoin investment app Relai raised more than $2.7 million in a series A round and now seeks to build a proprietary broker.

Bittr, a platform allowing European users to easily accumulate small denominations of bitcoin, has relaunched in Switzerland.

Swiss insurance giant AXA is offering a bitcoin-based payment option to meet growing demands for this alternative from its customers.

Arab Bank’s Swiss subsidiary, based in Zug, has announced it will now offer Bitcoin and Ethereum custody and brokerage services.

Swiss investment firm Final Frontier is partnering with Bitfury Group to launch a regulated bitcoin mining fund for personal and institutional investors. With access to Bitfury’s worldwide mining resources, this fund offers an alternative for bitcoin investors.

Betschart says that the program’s primary goal is to get more software developers to contribute to Bitcoin’s open source projects: He and his team are “not interested in making a profit.”

Amun AG, a startup in Zug, Switzerland, has received a license from Swiss authorities to offer a new cryptocurrency exchange-traded product (ETP).

The number of blockchain-related companies in Switzerland and Liechtenstein has doubled in the last year, according to a new study published by CV VC.