{"id":9212,"date":"2021-07-07T05:54:45","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T05:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/sygnum-bank-launches-eth-2-0-staking-business-unit-head-says-staking-is-a-core-element-for-portfolios\/"},"modified":"2021-07-07T05:54:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T05:54:45","slug":"sygnum-bank-launches-eth-2-0-staking-business-unit-head-says-staking-is-a-core-element-for-portfolios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/sygnum-bank-launches-eth-2-0-staking-business-unit-head-says-staking-is-a-core-element-for-portfolios\/","title":{"rendered":"Sygnum Bank Launches ETH 2.0 Staking \u2013 Business Unit Head Says \u2018Staking Is a Core Element for Portfolios\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Switzerland-based bank Sygnum revealed on Tuesday that the firm now allows Ethereum 2.0 staking. The FINMA-approved company\u2019s customers can access the Ethereum-based staking services via Sygnum\u2019s banking platform.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Sygnum\u2019s Banking Platform Offers Ethereum 2.0 Staking<\/h2>\n<p>Last November, Sygnum Bank AG revealed that it is partnered with the company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taurusgroup.ch\/en\">Taurus Group<\/a>, a firm that also works with SEBA bank and other Swiss fintech services. The financial services company also detailed at the time that Sygnum would offer customers crypto staking accounts.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership with Taurus also revealed the staking accounts available would leverage the Tezos network, a proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchain. Now Sygnum is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insights.sygnum.com\/post\/sygnum-bank-now-offers-ethereum-2-0-staking\">allowing customers<\/a> to stake <a href=\"https:\/\/markets.bitcoin.com\/crypto\/ETH\">ethereum (ETH)<\/a> via the fintech firm\u2019s banking platform. Sygnum considers itself the first FINMA-approved bank to enter into the <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.bitcoin.com\/crypto\/ETH\">ETH<\/a> 2.0 staking space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEthereum is the second-largest blockchain protocol, and ethereum staking is a core element for digital asset portfolios which can now be accessed in a convenient, secure and regulated setting\u201d, the head of business units at Sygnum Bank, Thomas Eichenberger said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis further expands Sygnum\u2019s offering of attractive, regulated yield generating products to meet the needs of clients to accumulate other forms of return in addition to capital appreciation,\u201d Eichenberger added.<\/p>\n<p><!-- growjs zone placement 31 -->    <!-- end of growjs zone placement --> <\/p>\n<h2>JPMorgan Estimates Crypto Staking Could Be a $40 Billion Industry by 2025<\/h2>\n<p>Sygnum Bank\u2019s <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.bitcoin.com\/crypto\/ETH\">ETH<\/a> 2.0 staking offering follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/stocks\/ethereum-upgrades-crypto-staing-industry-boom-jpmorgan-ether-2021-7?utm_source=markets&amp;utm_medium=ingest\">investor\u2019s note<\/a> written by the banking giant JPMorgan last week. JPMorgan discussed the Ethereum 2.0 staking shift and estimated that cryptocurrency staking could be a $40 billion industry by 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Sygnum\u2019s head of accounts and custody details in the bank\u2019s latest announcement that \u201cstaking is a compelling choice for long-term investors in Ethereum.\u201d Thomas Brunner, the bank\u2019s head of accounts and custody said Sygnum clients can \u201cbenefit from potentially higher staking rewards now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Statistics show that the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract has recently <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/eth-2-0-contract-exceeds-6-million-ethereum-outperformed-btc-q1-q2\/\">exceeded 6 million ether<\/a> and <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.bitcoin.com\/crypto\/ETH\">ETH<\/a> is one of the most leveraged staking networks today. The Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract allows users to stake <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.bitcoin.com\/crypto\/ETH\">ETH<\/a> in the <a class=\"lar-automated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.bitcoin.com\/crypto\/ETH\">ETH<\/a> 2.0 phase 0 beacon chain.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What do you think about Sygnum Bank AG offering ethereum staking? Let us know what you think about this subject in the comments section below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bitcoin News<br \/>\nFinance, 6 million ether, Beacon Chain, ETH, ETH 2.0 Contract, ETH contract, ETH staking, ether, Ether Staking, Ethereum, Ethereum staking, jpmorgan, Phase 0, PoS, Staking contract, Staking ETH, Sygnum, Sygnum bank, Sygnum Bank AG, Taurus Group, Tezos, Thomas Brunner, Thomas Eichenberger<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Switzerland-based bank Sygnum revealed on Tuesday that the firm now allows Ethereum 2.0 staking. The FINMA-approved company\u2019s customers can access the Ethereum-based staking services via Sygnum\u2019s banking platform. Sygnum\u2019s Banking Platform Offers Ethereum 2.0 Staking Last November, Sygnum Bank AG revealed that it is partnered with the company Taurus Group, a firm that also&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blockchain-news","category-coin-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buyucoin.com\/crypto-labs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}