About the Association

The Crypto Valley Association (CVA) is an independent, non-governmental association.

Established in 2017, the CVA took advantage of Switzerland’s strengths – openness to innovation and sound regulatory framework, to build the world’s leading blockchain & cryptographic technologies ecosystem.

The Crypto Valley Association unites the world’s top blockchain & crypto professionals, and companies. Together, we work to drive growth, collaboration, and integrity across the global blockchain economy. What stemmed as a Swiss local association now has grown into a truly global ecosystem, with CVA’s Regional Chapters and with active connections to similar hubs around the world.

Crypto Valley Association Timeline

2013

Crypto Valley’s inception in Zug, Switzerland
2017

Roundtable with FINMA on Token Classification.
2018

CVA is established as a professional association
2019

Crypto Valley Conference with 1200+ attendees
2020

CVA pivots to digital presence
2021

DLT Law goes into effect in Switzerland
Return of the Crypto Valley Conference
2022

CVA launches Latin America and Middle East regional chapters

The Crypto Valley Story

The Crypto Valley is a Swiss ecosystem for crypto and blockchain technology, established to take advantage of Switzerland’s strengths. Switzerland created the necessary legal certainty for a thriving ecosystem around blockchain and cryptocurrencies thanks to its politics and regulations. Crypto Valley was started by Johann Gevers in 2013, who recognized Switzerland’s ideal environment for building decentralized technologies.

The vision for Crypto Valley is to become a global hub for crypto technologies, similar to Silicon Valley. With the help of various individuals, startups, companies, and government agencies, the Crypto Valley has grown into one of the world’s leading ecosystems for. In 2017, the Crypto Valley Association was established to further develop and promote the ecosystem.

Why Switzerland?

Meet our team

Our non-profit association is run by a group of volunteers and small team. We have 6 board members elected on an annual basis who drive the strategic agenda of CVA and we have an executive team who makes these plans happen.