2021.03.27

Staking as an Asset Class? This Swiss Institutional Fund Is Jumping In

While institutional investors around the world are just getting their heads around bitcoin, asset managers in crypto-friendly Switzerland are heading into staking on next-generation blockchain networks.

Announced Friday, Zurich-based investment firm Tavis Digital has partnered with Singapore-based Persistence, a bridge for traditional firms into undiscovered realms such as token staking and decentralized finance (DeFi). Tavis Digital is a spin-off of Tavis Capital, an asset manager regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) with about $1.07 billion in assets under management.