Switzerland will adopt the OECD's Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework in 2026, automatically sharing crypto data with 74 partner countries. While tough on foreign tax evasion, Swiss residents continue to enjoy tax-free capital gains and a clear, favorable crypto policy.

The Swiss National Bank President Martin Schlegel dismissed Bitcoin as a "niche phenomenon," reaffirming the bank's commitment to traditional assets like gold.

The Monetary Authority of Singapore’s real-world asset tokenization and DeFi initiative now counts the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, Financial Services Agency of Japan, and Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority as partners.

The Swiss Franc-backed stablecoin (ACHF) and the Euro-backed stablecoin (AEUR) will be issued on the Ethereum and BNB Chain blockchains

The securities were originated by banking giant UBS and are governed by both Swiss and Hong Kong law.

Zurich-based Maerki Baumann will be the first to offer its customers the Ethereum staking possibilities provided by InCore Bank. InCore’s platform is fully compliant with KYC and AML regulations and uses SDX Web3 services.

With the Swiss National Bank seeing no immediate need to develop its own retail CBDC, the Swiss Bankers Association has come up with an alternative blockchain-based stablecoin for use in digital asset transactions and DLT ecosystems.

Cité Gestion, an independent Swiss bank, has made history by partnering with digital assets platform Taurus to become the first private bank to issue and manage its own tokenized shares on the Ethereum blockchain.