Switzerland’s Playbook For Crypto-Native Financial Infrastructure
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By mid-2026, nearly half the Swiss population (over 4 million people) will be active users of cryptocurrency (Statista, 2025). That level of adoption doesn’t happen in a vacuum; it’s actually the result of a government that has treated crypto not as a risk to manage, but as an opportunity to structure. The Swiss model proves that structure and innovation aren’t at odds: they’re interdependent. When rules are clear, businesses build. When protections are credible, adoption follows.
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