All posts by ABechtel

Siemens Issues 300 Million-Euro Bond on the Blockchain

By Viktor Banh, Alexander Bechtel, and Manuel Klein The largest issuance of a crypto security in Germany to date was made possible through the collaboration of Siemens and key financial and technology service providers. On September 3, representatives from six major German financial institutions and technology service providers met virtually with Siemens’ treasury team to…

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The Bitcoin ETF – a milestone despite the lack of a price explosion

By Alexander Bechtel The US regulatory authority SEC approves a total of eleven Bitcoin ETF applications. A milestone for Bitcoin, but the hoped-for price explosion has failed to materialize. Here are the reasons. Last week, the financial markets experienced one of those moments that could go down in history. It started on Tuesday with a…

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PayPal’s new stablecoin turns out to be extremely secure

By Alexander Bechtel With the introduction of the PayPal stablecoin, there are two different types of dollar payment methods at Paypal: the conventional, account-based dollar and the blockchain-based stablecoin. A comparison of the two variants reveals some interesting findings. In August, the payment service provider PayPal announced that it would be issuing a dollar stablecoin…

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More efficient, faster, safer? – The vision of the tokenized economy

By Alexander Bechtel Blockchain technology and tokenization are expected to make financial services available around the clock and globally in the future. But before the vision of a tokenized economy can become reality, regulatory issues need to be clarified. Imagine the smartest minds from business and research coming together for a weekend on the boardroom…

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