Switzerland Expected to Relax ICO Laws Amid Declining Popularity
Switzerland is working towards relaxing cryptocurrency and ICO-related laws to attract more crypto/blockchain firms as well as ICOs to the country.
- Team CryptoGround
- Jul 21, 2018
Initial Coin Offering - shortly known as ICO is often used by startups to bypass "over the top" regulated infrastructure and bank proceedings in order to raise funding. ICO helps raise funds in an unregulated way where investors invest cryptocurrency with a faith of future returns in the project.
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Switzerland is working towards relaxing cryptocurrency and ICO-related laws to attract more crypto/blockchain firms as well as ICOs to the country.
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