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Ledger-Based Security (Swiss DLT Act)

German: Registerwertrecht

A Swiss law instrument under the Code of Obligations in which rights are recorded in a distributed register and can only be transferred through it, effective since 2021.

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Registerwertrecht Ein Instrument des schweizerischen Obligationenrechts, bei dem Rechte in einem verteilten Register eingetragen und nur über dieses übertragen werden können, in Kraft seit 2021.

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