DLT Act
DLT Act (Swiss Federal Act on the Adaptation of Federal Law to Developments in Distributed Ledger Technology)
Switzerland's 2021 DLT Act creating ledger-based securities as a new legal category, establishing DLT trading facility licences, providing insolvency segregation for crypto assets, and implemented by FINMA.
FINMA (Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority)
FINMA's principles-based approach to crypto regulation, including its 2018 ICO guidelines, three-category token classification, and DLT Act implementation.
Global Tokenization Policy: How 25 Countries Are Shaping Digital Asset Law
A comprehensive guide to digital asset legislation across 25 jurisdictions — from the GENIUS Act to MiCA, from the Swiss DLT Act to Hong Kong's ASPIRe Roadmap.
Switzerland vs Liechtenstein: Two Alpine Innovation Leaders Compared
Switzerland's DLT Act and Liechtenstein's Token Act represent the world's two most innovative small-state tokenization legal frameworks — each with distinct strengths for different use cases.
Switzerland: The World's Most Complete Legal Framework for Digital Assets
Switzerland's digital asset policy — DLT Act, FINMA's principles-based guidance, Crypto Valley, and the political economy of a financially sophisticated neutral state that chose to lead on blockchain law.
Switzerland's DLT Act: How Crypto Valley Built the World's First Blockchain Legal Framework
The Swiss Federal DLT Act, in force since 2021, created the world's most comprehensive legal framework for blockchain-based securities — establishing Switzerland as the gold standard for tokenization law.