August 2, 2018

Germany's No.2 Stock Exchange Is Developing an ICO Platform

Germany’s second-largest stock exchange is developing an ICO platform, it announced on Thursday.

Boerse Stuttgart expects to roll out the platform as part of larger “end-to-end infrastructure” for “digital assets” it is currently developing, and says the ICO platform will allow token issuers to conduct token sales with “standardized and transparent processes.”

It will also offer a “multilateral trading venue for cryptocurrencies as well as solutions for safe custody,” it said in a statement.

The bourse’s announcement comes just months after it unveiled plans for a crypto trading app.

Dubbed Bison, the app is expected to be released in September. The debut of the ICO platform, trading venue and will follow Bison’s launch, Boerse Stuttgart said, while its custody services will be available before Bison is live.

The company also has its sights set on secondary markets and has designed its new services accordingly. CEO Alexander Hoptner explained,

“At the trading venue tokens issued via our ICO platform can be traded on the secondary market. This is an important success factor for ICOs. At the same time, we are responding to demand from both retail and institutional investors for a regulated and reliable environment for trading and cryptocurrencies.”

He added that the company plans to “closely cooperate” with financial regulators.

According to Hoptner, the new suite of crypto services reflects the company’s efforts to facilitate the “digital transformation of financial markets and financial products.”

“We can offer central services along the value chain for digital assets, all under one roof,” he said.

“We will help to promote the acceptance of digital assets.”

Boerse Stuttgart is not the only stock exchange operator to enter crypto services.

Canadian stock exchange TMX announced in March that its subsidiary had inked a deal to establish a cryptocurrency brokerage that plans to initially focus on bitcoin and ether.

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EU Proposes Account Freezes to Prevent Bank Runs; Bitcoin to the Rescue?

Europian Union countries are exploring the idea of imposing an EU-wide account freeze measure to prevent potential bank runs. Could bitcoin provide a viable alternative to secure depositors’ funds?

Preventing the Chaos

European Union states have proposed a new measure which would effectively allow them to freeze bank accounts before a bank run takes place. The measure was planned earlier this year in order to prevent bank runs similar to that of Banco Popular last month. The proposal wants to prevent depositors from pushing over the edge banks that are already failing or will likely fail.

According to EU rules, each depositor that has less than 100,000 euros deposited in a bank account is insured from a bank run. But under the new plan, a potential bank run could force the supervisors to freeze bank accounts of all depositors, and thus freeze withdraws from bank accounts.

Charlie Bannister, of the Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), noted following:

We strongly believe that this would incentivize depositors to run from a bank at an early stage,

Countries that already have a moratorium on bank payouts, like Germany, have strongly supported this new plan. According to a person familiar with German government’s thinking:

The desire is to prevent a bank run, so that when a bank is in a critical situation it is not pushed over the edge,

The bitcoin Effect

Back in 2013, Cyprus’ banking crisis was a hair’s breadth away from a total economic collapse. Cypriot banks were desperate for a bailout from the EU and IMF and many account holders feared that their deposits would vanish. This fear caused a classic bank run and people were rushing to banks and ATMs in order to withdraw as much money as they could.

Inevitably, cash became scarce and the ATMs stopped working. Many saw bitcoin as the last option to secure their funds. The crazy demand from Cyprus for bitcoin caused the digital currency’s value to rise from $47 to $88 – an increase of over 88 percent! With the EU’s new proposal, many believe that bitcoin can once again be a safe way for depositors to secure their funds from a bank run.

What are your thoughts on this new proposal? Do you think that it will prevent bank runs? Will bitcoin be able to save depositors again from a bank run? Let us know in the comments below!

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