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Mathias Imbach

Co-Founder & CEO, Sygnum Bank

Search every verified Mathias Imbach interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a June 2026 interview, Mathias Imbach, co-founder and CEO of Sygnum Bank, discussed the state of digital asset banking and regulatory developments. He described Sygnum as a digital asset banking group operating in Switzerland, Europe, Singapore, the Middle East, and Liechtenstein, offering an all-in-one account for cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and asset tokens integrated with traditional banking infrastructure. Imbach stated that the institutionalization of infrastructure connecting traditional finance with digital assets is "in full swing," noting that large banks are working on custody and stablecoin consortiums. Imbach also commented on US regulatory trends, expressing confidence that the Clarity Act would provide more clarity on securities classification and the roles of the SEC and CFTC. He said the US stance against central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) and its support for stablecoins like USDC is a strategy to sustain US dollar dominance, adding that entities like Circle and Tether play a role in purchasing US Treasuries. Additionally, Imbach highlighted the convergence of AI and blockchain as a potential catalyst for innovation in the sector.

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“The US stating that they will be anti-CBDCs. That's what they do not want a central bank digital currency. That was another push saying, 'Okay, they're really going down the US dollar USDC with the stable coins.' And this is a means of trying to sustain and further embed US dollar dominance. We have a country that has significant debt, right? And as a result, needs someone needs to buy these US Treasuries. And when y”

“The institutionalization of the piping of the infrastructure, of the integration of traditional finance with the future finance, with digital asset enabled finance is in full swing. When we look at our B2B business, but also what is publicly known, all the large banks, they are really working on the piping, on getting custody up and running, on working with a stablecoin consortium to get that these rails up and runni”

“It certainly is very strictly following the FATF guideline: the transaction monitoring that you have to do as a bank as a regulated financial institution can be performed also in the crypto industry.”

“DCHF is issued by us, but for every digital Swiss Frank we mint, there is one Swiss Frank actually held in our account that we have with the Swiss National Bank.”

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