New publication "Developments in Swiss Blockchain Law"

Dr. iur. Hans Kuhn, partner at Wicki Partners AG, co-edited the book "Entwicklungen im Schweizer Blockchain-Recht" ("Developments in Swiss Blockchain Law") published by Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag on 28 April 2021 together with Prof. Dr. iur. Rolf H. Weber and authored various individual articles.

The book provides a comprehensive overview of the Federal Act on the Adaptation of Federal Law to Developments in Distributed Electronic Register Technology (DLT Act), which was unanimously adopted by the Federal Assembly in September 2020. In particular, the newly introduced register book-entry securities are analysed in depth; these are book-entry securities that have all the characteristics of a security of public faith. Other contributions deal with the framework conditions for the issuance and custody of digital assets as well as the newly introduced licence for DLT trading systems. The regulatory and money laundering framework conditions for digital assets are also analysed. An overview of developments abroad (in particular the upcoming EU regulation on markets for crypto assets, MiCA) rounds off the work.

The book can be ordered here from Helbing Lichtenhahn Verlag.