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Swiss state-owned PostFinance bank now offers ETH staking. — 18 January 2025 (LINK)
Swiss state-owned PostFinance bank now offers ETH staking. — 18 January 2025 (LINK)
— This addition comes about a year after PostFinance first offered trading and custody of cryptocurrencies, in collaboration with Sygnum Bank.
Switzerland faces a monetary identity check, thanks to Bitcoin: a group of Bitcoin diehards wants to force the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to hold Bitcoin alongside gold, dollars, and euros as part of its official reserves. — 18 January 2025 (LINK)
Geneva Airport nearly matches pre-Covid passenger levels with fewer flights in 2024: 17.8 million passengers, just 0.73% below 2019 levels, with 3.73% fewer flights. — 17 January 2025 (LINK)
Switzerland's best art exhibitions to see in 2025. — 16 January 2025 (LINK)
Leaders congregate at the DavosWeb3 Roundtable to shape the future of decentralized technologies. — 16 January 2025 (LINK)
Swiss AMINA Bank removes custody fees for USDC to woo stablecoin holders. — 16 January 2025 (LINK)
World Economic Forum says Trump to take part virtually in Davos meeting, days after inauguration. — 14 January 2025 (LINK) — ground.news: 28 media reports (LINK)
— Trump has attended the forum in-person twice before, in 2018 and 2020. Trump will speak to Davos participants virtually on Thursday, Jan. 23, Børge Brende, president of the World Economic Forum, told reporters.
Three out of ten Ukrainian refugees in Switzerland have a job. — 14 January 2025 (LINK)
— According to the figures, 12,280 people with S status were employed on December 30, 2024. This results in an employment rate of 29.6%. The government had set a target of 40% in November 2023.
Coop washes its hands of The Body Shop in Switzerland. — 14 January 2025 (LINK)
Residential property prices in Switzerland continued their ascent last year, albeit at a slower pace towards the end of the period. Rents, on the other hand, stalled after two years of high inflation.. — 13 January 2025 (LINK)
Swiss households are increasingly turning away from meat. The proportion of households that consume animal products without restrictions has fallen from around 71% in 2022 to around 64%, according to a survey by the University of St Gallen. — 13 January 2025 (LINK)
Swiss scientists have taught fungi to generate electricity. — 11 January 2025 (LINK)
— Their fungal battery invention is 3D-printed - with fungal cells mixed into the printing ink - and has the unique advantage of being biodegradable. Once it's served its purpose, the battery digests itself from the inside.
Horizon Europe reopens to Swiss researchers after three-year hiatus. — 10 January 2025 (LINK)
UBS investigates undisclosed Nazi-linked accounts at Credit Suisse. — 4 January 2025 (LINK)
Lonely Planet: Where to eat and drink in Geneva right now: this city's food scene has become more daring and diverse. — 4 January 2025 (LINK)
— Le Restaurant opened last November on rue du Rhône and was awarded a Michelin star within a year. At Place Longemalle, Balila is serving up bold, family-style Lebanese feasts. Les Armures: fondue paysanne with mushrooms and bacon. Café des Négociants, Carouge: pan-fried frog thighs in garlic and fresh parsley and top it off with roast doe in chestnut sauce.