Switzerland is dominating Europe\u2019s crypto industry, according to the Swiss blockchain venture capital firm CV VC.<\/p>\n
In 2025, the country\u2019s \u201cCrypto Valley\u201d captured 47% of all European blockchain venture funding, cementing its position as the continent\u2019s undisputed hub for digital assets, the firm said in a note shared with DL News.<\/p>\n
That dominance stands out against the broader industry context: Europe accounts for just 10% of global blockchain venture funding, while North America commands 53%, according to the firm.<\/p>\n
“Leadership in technology is never permanent. It must be continuously renewed,” said CEO Mathias Ruch. “Nearly half of all European blockchain investment is now flowing into Crypto Valley.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Swiss city Zug, often referred to as the Crypto Valley, remains the beating heart, home to 41% of firms, with Zurich adding another 15%, CV VC data shows. Zug alone captured 88% of disclosed capital in Swiss deals in 2025.<\/p>\n
The top 50 Swiss-based blockchain firms are now worth $467 billion combined, a staggering figure that underscores Switzerland\u2019s dominance in the European scene. These include major networks like Ethereum, Solana and Cardano, alongside emerging firms such as Sygnum and Copper.<\/p>\n
Within that smaller European share, Switzerland has emerged as the clear centre of gravity \u2014 pulling in nearly half of all regional capital and concentrating it in one tightly connected ecosystem, CV VC data shows.<\/p>\n
In 2025, Switzerland pulled in $728 million across 31 deals, a 37% jump from the year before. That outpaced global blockchain funding growth, which rose 30% despite a sharp drop in deal count.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we are seeing is a maturing ecosystem focused on infrastructure, finance and the convergence with other frontier technologies driving digital transformation across global industries,\u201d Ruch said.<\/p>\n
Switzerland now hosts 1,766 blockchain companies, up 134% since 2020.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead to 2026, the industry is entering a new phase where stronger infrastructure will drive the next wave of growth, wrote CV VC\u2019s head of acceleration investments, Janis Aguilar, and general partner Lukas Etter.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuccess is no longer defined by technical metrics like transactions per second \u2014 it is defined by the economic activity built on top,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n
New technologies like account abstraction, chain abstraction and artificial intelligence systems will make blockchain easier to use and build on, according to the two. The overlap between AI and crypto will lead to autonomous software agents that can build, manage and run systems at lower cost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Switzerland is dominating Europe\u2019s crypto industry, according to the Swiss blockchain venture capital firm CV VC. In 2025,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49167,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[28246,7026,28245,17,23849],"class_list":{"0":"post-49166","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-switzerland","8":"tag-crypto-valley","9":"tag-digital-assets","10":"tag-global-industries","11":"tag-switzerland","12":"tag-venture-capital"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ch\/116408207685481417","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49166"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49166\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49166"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}