FinTech

Crypto assets

0488-en WI500 FinTech As of 11.07.2026


A type of financial asset, which is based on cryptography and distributed ledger or a similar technology. Crypto assets may be understood as an umbrella term.

Deutsch

Krypto-Assets 0488-de

Eine Art finanzieller Vermögenswert, der auf Kryptographie und distributed ledger (verteiltes Hauptbuch) oder ähnlicher Technologie beruht. Krypto-Assets können als Übergruppe verstanden werden.

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