Artificial intelligence models that rely on human feedback to ensure their outputs are harmless and helpful may be universally vulnerable to so-called “poison” attacks. A pair of researchers from ETH Zurich in Switzerland have developed a method by which, theoretically, any artificial intelligence (AI) model that relies on human feedback, including the most popular large…
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SEBA Bank began its quest for Hong Kong expansion in late 2022, setting up an office in November, with the firm obtaining an in-principle approval to offer virtual asset trading services by August 2023. Switzerland-based crypto bank SEBA Bank has become the latest crypto-centered firm to obtain a license from the Hong Kong Securities and…
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Switzerland’s St.Galler Kantonalbank has launched Bitcoin and Ether trading for select customers, planning to add more coins in the future. Switzerland’s St.Galler Kantonalbank (SGKB), one of the largest banks in the country, is moving into cryptocurrency by introducing Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) trading to its customers. SGKB has partnered with the global cryptocurrency-focused bank…
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Swiss online bank Dukascopy has introduced a new lending product that enables customers to borrow against their cryptocurrency. The solution allows users to receive 50% of the value of their digital assets in fiat currency while retaining their original crypto investments. Switzerland-Regulated Dukascopy Bank Launches Automated Crypto Lending Feature Geneva-headquartered Dukascopy Bank is now offering…
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Swiss institutional crypto infrastructure firm Taurus SA has been expanding its presence in Europe with the opening of two new offices in the United Kingdom and France. In a Thursday blog post, the company said it has appointed former Bank of America executive Jürgen Hofbauer and SAP veteran Arnaud Fleischer to lead the new offices…. Read More:…
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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and central banks of France, Singapore, and Switzerland have jointly announced a successful test of cross-border trading and settlement for wholesale central bank digital currencies (wCBDCs). This test incorporated innovative decentralized finance (DeFi) technology concepts and was executed on a public blockchain…. Read More: BIS and Central Banks of…
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Hypothekarbank Lenzburg, a regional Swiss bank with over $7 billion in assets, joins SDX’s central securities depository. Hypothekarbank Lenzburg, a regional Swiss bank with over $7 billion in assets, has become the sixth Swiss bank to join Six Digital Exchange (SDX). According to the press release from Sept. 27, Hypothekarbank Lenzburg joins Berner Kantonalbank, Credit…
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Coin Fam In the last article we teased VESA being in Switzerland, and how the country is advancing leaps and bounds in the eyes of the international crypto community, but today we will give you the lowdown on what the Swiss Web3 Fest was all about and who are the people in the ecosystem behind…
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While Hong Kong grabbed the top spot with a crypto readiness score (CRS) of 8.36, the United States fell down a spot to third place after recording a fall of 6.5% in its CRS score — from 7.7 in 2022 to 7.25. Hong Kong was crowned the best-prepared jurisdiction for widespread cryptocurrency adoption in 2023,…
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Listen up, degens Summer’s out, and it is time to gear up for another season of Web3 and NFTs. Team VESA has enjoyed the refreshing (too much so at times) weather of our native Finland and some interesting connections and projects have immediately sprouted. Currently, VESA is in Switzerland for a top Web3 conference with…
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