Crypto Valley Association Announces New Southern Alps Chapter

Crypto Valley Association (CVA), the not-for-profit association supporting the development of blockchain and cryptographic related technologies and businesses in Switzerland, today announced the foundation of a new Southern Alps Chapter. Fostering the convergence of business, financial, technology and academic expertise, the Southern Alps Chapter will contribute to grow and innovate blockchain and cryptographic technologies in Southern Switzerland and Northern Italy, putting together talents, competencies, know-how and resources.

“The Crypto Valley Association encourages and disseminates innovation in the blockchain space throughout Switzerland, and ensures Switzerland’s active participation in global efforts to foster this technology. The newly established Southern Alps Chapter will focus on two highly promising regions for this technology, Southern Switzerland and Northern Italy. We are excited by this development, which follows the recent opening of our Western Switzerland chapter and further expands the CVA in our home market”, said Oliver Bussmann, President of Crypto Valley Association.

“Blockchain is driving a number of applications for the broader benefit and advance of communities, citizens and businesses. Our goal is to facilitate the cross-sector applicability of blockchain systems, bringing clarity and confidence around this technology”, continued Gianni Minetti, chair of the Southern Alps Chapter.

Blockchain can add value to multiple domains such as finance and banking, energy and utilities, Smart Cities, healthcare and education, manufacturing. As a smart combination of mature technological concepts, including peer-to-peer networks, distributed consensus algorithms, validity rules, ledger technologies and cryptography, blockchain can be successfully applied in any business where stakeholders’ relations are based on trust and may be entirely disintermediated.

Crypto Valley Association’s Southern Alps Chapter will support the aggregation and dissemination of know-how, and will provide a natural riverbed for various contributions to discuss and grow blockchain and cryptographic technologies in academic and business communities. Among its first tasks, the Chapter will make CVA’s Code of Conduct for Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) available to start-ups and growing companies in the region, promoting it as a framework for organizations issuing, selling and transferring tokens to raise capital. The Code will guide ICOs on proper conduct taking into account all moral, legal, tax and security obligations, and has been warmly welcomed by regulators and businesses.

In order to grow blockchain systems, the Chapter will promote events for private and public organizations willing to explore this technology, also engaging industry associations, financial institutions, research institutes and local government representatives.
Crypto Valley Association’s Southern Alps Chapter will be publicly presented on February 8^th 2018 in Lugano, Switzerland. Crypto specialists, industry experts, influencers, investors and mentors are invited to join to learn more about its objectives and short-term plans, as well as opportunities to contribute.