Siemens and Samsung: Strategic Moves and Investment Trends of Tech Giants in Web3
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Siemens and Samsung: Strategic Moves and Investment Trends of Tech Giants in Web3
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Recently, two major technology companies—Siemens and Samsung—have both made significant advances in the crypto asset space.
According to a September 4 announcement, German tech giant Siemens has issued its second digital bond on a public blockchain, worth 300 million euros.
The bond will mature in one year and will be settled via SWIAT's private permissioned blockchain, utilizing the German Federal Bank’s Trigger Solution.
Deutsche Kreditbank served as the bond registrar, with BayernLB, Deutsche Bank, Helaba, and LBBW participating as investors. Deutsche Bank facilitated settlement in central bank money.
Siemens stated that the transaction was completed “in minutes using central bank money in a fully automated manner”, adding that the bond was issued under Germany’s Electronic Securities Act (eWpG), which came into effect in 2021.
The law allows securities to be issued electronically without physical certificates.
The company also noted that its new digital bond supports the European Central Bank’s (ECB) testing of distributed ledger technology (DLT) for settling securities using central bank money.
Prior to this issuance, Siemens first issued a 60 million euro digital bond in February 2023.
Ralf P. Thomas, CFO of Siemens AG, said: “By issuing another digital bond, we are once again demonstrating our innovative spirit and reaffirming our goal of driving digital solutions in financial markets.”
Meanwhile, John Yim, investor at Samsung Next, announced in a blog post on September 4 that Samsung’s venture arm, Next, will invest in Startale Labs as part of the Soneium Spark initiative, with the investment amount not disclosed.
Yim explained that the reason for investing in Startale Labs is because it provides key tools and infrastructure—including Astar Network, Soneium, and Startale Cloud Services—that simplify the development and deployment of decentralized applications (dApps) and smart contracts.
Yim also pointed out that Startale Labs’ solutions reduce barriers such as high entry costs, lack of interoperability, and technical complexity, making Web3 technologies more accessible and scalable for developers and enterprises.
Sota Watanabe, founder of Startale Labs, said the company’s strategy is “to first secure distribution channels and engage with people beyond the Web3 space.”
“We aim to understand existing problems first, then explore how Web3 can solve them. All technological solutions should be problem-driven, not technology-driven.”
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