Participation certificates have been part of Switzerland’s corporate framework for decades, offering a regulated way for individuals and institutions to hold economic rights within a company.
— SwissChain Holding SA, a Geneva-based holding company, today announced the introduction of tokenized participation certificates (“Bons de participation”) under the Swiss Distributed Ledger Technology Act (DLT Act / Lex DLT). The initiative applies blockchain infrastructure to a long-standing Swiss equity instrument, creating a digital format designed to enhance transparency, settlement efficiency, and administrative reliability.
Modernizing Corporate Equity With Tokenization
Participation certificates have been part of Switzerland’s corporate framework for decades, offering a regulated way for individuals and institutions to hold economic rights within a company. By issuing these certificates in tokenized form, SwissChain brings them into a digital environment where ownership can be recorded and verified with greater accuracy.
Because the certificates are issued under the DLT Act, they retain full legal enforceability. Their rights and protections mechanisms remain exactly as they are under traditional Swiss corporate law. What changes? The digital format enables clearer audit trails, faster transfers, and more reliable reporting.
Operational Ecosystem Supporting the Tokenized Model
SwissChain is a holding company coordinating a network of specialized subsidiaries across digital finance. While individual subsidiary names are not disclosed, their activities cover trading infrastructure, licensed third-party custody, corporate treasury management, and technology development.
This ecosystem provides the operational foundation necessary for tokenized participation certificates to function within an institutional context. Tokenization, in SwissChain’s case, is supported by real infrastructure and established processes, rather than theoretical models.
Digital Assets Treasury (DAT) for Corporate Diversification
SwissChain also highlighted the role of its Digital Assets Treasury (DAT), an internal treasury mechanism, directing a controlled allocation of less than 50% of net proceeds toward Bitcoin and Ethereum to support long-term balance-sheet diversification.
The DAT is not for investor participation or market-driven trading. It is designed to maintain disciplined, long-term diversification within the accounting parameters of Switzerland. In practice, this strengthens the holding company’s financial resilience while keeping risk controls firmly in place.
A Swiss Approach to Digital Equity
Switzerland’s DLT Act remains one of the strongest legal foundations for digital corporate ownership. By working within this framework, SwissChain aligns its tokenization initiative with the country’s broader push toward responsible, digital-asset infrastructure through its subsidiaries.
The company is also preparing the groundwork for a potential future secondary-market pathway, which would be subject to approval and pursued only once institutional standards are met.
A representative for SwissChain noted that the company’s work builds on Switzerland’s established strengths in legal certainty, and financial discipline.
Learn more about SwissChain’s tokenized participation certificates at https://www.swisschainholding.ch/.
About SwissChain Holding SA
SwissChain Holding SA is a holding company that supervises a network of subsidiaries across digital-asset infrastructure. The group integrates tokenized participation structures, its Digital Assets Treasury (DAT), and professional third-party custody services to deliver a comprehensive One-Stop Shop—bridging traditional finance and the digital-asset economy with Swiss institutional standards.
Disclaimer: SwissChain Holding SA is a Swiss Holding company. This document is intended exclusively to persons or legal entities domiciled respectively having their seat in Switzerland. This document is not intended to constitute a public offering of any kind, nor an offer, recommendation or solicitation to subscribe to participation rights or any types of securities and/or financial instruments. Given the absence of any public offering (at this stage) concerning participation certificates, no official document (for instance) prospectus is available at the time this document is released.
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