Diplomatic World_nummer 57
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ZURICH'S BLOCKCHAIN INCUBATOR<br />
FACING THE NATIONAL BANK<br />
OLD MONEY, AND NEW MONEY IN<br />
FRONT<br />
Interview with Anton von Golub<br />
Co-founder Lykke, Advisory Board Member<br />
Forctis AG, Co-founder TRUST SQUARE<br />
Right in the heart of Switzerland’s financial center and right<br />
in front of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), in world famous<br />
Bahnhofstrasse, Trust Square has opened its doors for the<br />
Blockchain community.<br />
The private Hub and Lab replaces the Liechtensteiner VP<br />
Bank, who left the 2.300 sqm location on Zurich’s most<br />
expensive street in March 2018. Offering 200 workplaces<br />
Trust Square was already rented out within the first few<br />
days. Blockchain technology is the common denominator,<br />
that brings together entrepreneurs, businesses, investors as<br />
well as academics and researcher in an open and diverse<br />
environment. And despite the hype, there is one vision: to<br />
completely transform how we will exchange assets.<br />
A TECHNOLOGY CAN SUPPORT A VISION<br />
To make a very general statement: I do believe that<br />
Blockchain is the greatest discovery of our lifetime. The<br />
same way the internet has transformed how we exchange<br />
information, Blockchain will completely transform how we<br />
will exchange assets. Blockchain will be the infrastructure<br />
that supports the global marketplace, where people can<br />
freely exchange assets. Unimaginable 30 years ago, but today<br />
we have the ability of complete democracy in accessing<br />
information, a few years ahead we will have the ability<br />
of complete democracy in exchanging assets. In the end<br />
blockchain is a technology, and a technology can support<br />
a vision. My father, who is a retired veterinarian living in<br />
Croatia, can have the same power in finance, in exchanging<br />
assets, as Jamie Dimon, who is the CEO of JPMorgan Case,<br />
which is the largest bank of the planet. This is my vision<br />
of the blockchain – complete democracy in finance. This<br />
is what actually motivates me every day to wake up and try<br />
to fulfill my mission. Swiss is the birthplace of the crypto<br />
world and Zurich is the natural center. Trust Square is a<br />
Blockchain Hub in the center of Zurich and in the Center of<br />
the Swiss financial system. Since April 2018 we opened the<br />
gates of the former VP Bank building, exclusively for Crypto<br />
and Blockchain Companies.<br />
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