1The Swiss legal identity and what the register does not show
analysisDigital Wave Finance AG is the Swiss company CHE-339.148.394, entered in the Zug commercial register on 18 December 2018. Its registered capital is CHF 100,000, divided into 1,000 registered shares of CHF 100. The register records its move from Risch to Zug in June 2023 and a change from an expressly financial-services purpose toward software, information technology and platform activities. The company’s LEI is 506700I73GHHB2FAH085. Its public recruiting material uses the dw.finance domain and describes trading and technology work in Zug.
- qualification
- The retained commercial extract identifies directors and signing authority, not a complete shareholder register. LEI reporting exceptions referring to natural persons do not name the owners or establish their percentages. A directory’s absence of holdings information is not proof that no investments exist. Shared business addresses do not establish a corporate group; a recruiting page tagged Bucharest while its text requires relocation to Zug does not establish a Romanian subsidiary. Company-size estimates are employer or directory descriptions, not audited staffing figures.
2The changing board and audit appointments
analysisThe Swiss register gives a sequence of changing mandates. Louis Raymond Bisang chaired the company at formation, moved to a board role in December 2019 and left on 7 August 2020. Michael Rendchen joined at formation, chaired from December 2019 until August 2022 and left the board on 2 December 2022. Remo Schweizer’s recorded chairmanship lasted from 23 August to 2 December 2022. Marco Schweizer joined on 18 December 2019; later entries give him individual signing authority, then the chairmanship, and from 6 August 2024 the sole board seat. Irène Saxer progressed from procuration in May 2022 to a board seat in October 2023; she and Marc Philipp Prinz left on 6 August 2024.
- qualification
- These are register-entry dates. Later publication dates in directory notices must not silently move an appointment or resignation. A board mandate does not establish equity ownership. The historical management network must not be presented as the current board.
- outcome
- The audit-waiver period ended with the October 2023 change. Strasser & Vögtli’s audit appointment ran from 31 October 2023 until its removal on 22 January 2024; JURISAUDIT was entered on 12 March 2024.
3Lawyers, auditors and the limits of service links
analysisMarc Philipp Prinz’s firm biography identifies him as a VISCHER partner and employment-law practitioner; his former DPD Switzerland board role is separate from his brief DWF mandate. The auditor JURISAUDIT is the Swiss company CHE-114.623.136, formerly Swiss Compliance Services. Strasser & Vögtli Treuhand is CHE-110.056.712 and has its own board, signing officers and audit provider. Their client networks and professional rosters explain service connections without merging the firms.
- qualification
- A lawyer’s profession does not establish the precise purpose of his DWF board appointment. An audit appointment is not a finding that every transaction was proper or that fraud was excluded. Other audit clients and the auditor’s own officers are professional connections, not DWF owners or participants in every allegation.
Sources (18)
- Corporate registry concerning Digital Wave Finance or the identified participant Canton Zug commercial register
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- Other concerning Digital Wave Finance or the identified participant Swiss Official Gazette of Commerce
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Recorded connections
- Louis Raymond Bisang to Digital Wave Finance AGChair, then board memberreported · 18 December 2018–7 August 2020; chair until 18 December 2019 · historical
- Michael Rendchen to Digital Wave Finance AGBoard member; chair during the recorded 2019–2022 intervalreported · 18 December 2018–2 December 2022; chair 18 December 2019–23 August 2022 · historical
- Marco Schweizer to Digital Wave Finance AGBoard member; later chair and sole board memberreported · Board from 18 December 2019; sole member from 6 August 2024 in retained register · current or historical not established
- Remo Schweizer to Digital Wave Finance AGChair during the short recorded mandatereported · 23 August–2 December 2022 · historical
- Irène Saxer to Digital Wave Finance AGProcurist, then board memberreported · Procuration from 23 May 2022, board from 31 October 2023, ended 6 August 2024 · historical
- Marc Philipp Prinz to Digital Wave Finance AGBoard memberreported · 31 October 2023–6 August 2024 · historical
- Strasser & Vögtli Treuhand AG to Digital Wave Finance AGStatutory auditorreported · 31 October 2023–22 January 2024 · historical
- JURISAUDIT AG to Digital Wave Finance AGStatutory auditorreported · Audit entry 12 March 2024; retained register · current or historical not established
- Marco Schweizer to Digital Wave Finance AGReported co-founder and trading leader; no exact equity percentagereported · Reported founding/trading leadership from 2018; operational role not inferred beyond separately established departures · historical
- Remo Schweizer to Digital Wave Finance AGReported co-founder and trading leader; no exact equity percentagereported · Reported founding/trading leadership from 2018; operational role not inferred beyond separately established departures · historical
- Michael Rendchen to Digital Wave Finance AGReported co-founder and trading leader; no exact equity percentagereported · Reported founding/trading leadership from 2018; operational role not inferred beyond separately established departures · historical
- DWF Labs (group brand; contracting entity varies) to Digital Wave Finance AGReported group connection; not a verified direct equity chainreported · Dated historical group descriptions; no complete current direct equity chain established · historical
- Darley Technologies AG and Digital Wave Finance AGOperationally related trading business; shared team described by a participantreported · Shared-team relationship described in 2023 interview; later recruiting corroboration July 2026 · current or historical not established details →
- Digital Wave Finance AG to FTX Trading Ltd.Holder of 381,534 Series B preferred shares in the January 2023 court schedulereported · 381,534 Series B shares in court schedule filed 9 January 2023; current recovery/value not established · historical details →
- Andrei Grachev and Digital Wave Finance AGReported trading and exchange-access collaborationreported · VRM collaboration described around late 2020; later brands and legal vehicles distinguished · historical
- Sylvain Barbezange to Digital Wave Finance AGHead of Institutionsreported · Professional profile reported a move in February 2023; later status not established · current or historical not established
- Turcapital AG (formerly Digital Wave Assets AG) and Digital Wave Finance AGReported group connection; not a verified direct equity chainreported · Dated historical group descriptions; no complete current direct equity chain established · historical
- Darley Technologies AG and Digital Wave Finance AGRecorded shared business sitereported · Historical shared business site 20 June 2023–15 June 2026 · historical
- Digital Wave Finance AG to Huobi Russia (historical exchange brand)Trading venue used in the historical accountreported · Historical trading-venue relationship described in the 2020–2023 account · historical
- Digital Wave Finance AG to Jiamix (historical exchange)Trading venue used in the historical accountreported · Historical trading-venue relationship described in the 2020–2023 account · historical
- Digital Wave Finance AG to Binance (exchange brand; contracting entity unestablished)Trading venue used in the historical accountreported · Historical trading-venue relationship described in the 2020–2023 account · historical
- Digital Wave Finance AG to BitfinexTrading venue used in the historical accountreported · Historical trading-venue relationship described in the 2020–2023 account · historical
- Digital Wave Finance AG to OKExTrading venue used in the historical accountreported · Historical trading-venue relationship described in the 2020–2023 account · historical
- VRM Trade (historical brand) to Digital Wave Finance AGReported historical brand connectionreported · Historical VRM/Black Ocean venture, described in 2020–2023 records · historical
- Digital Wave Finance AG to HTXTrading venue; reported best-partner award in September 2023reported · Best-partner award reported September 2023; not regulatory approval · historical
- Andrei Grachev to Digital Wave Finance AGExchange-relationship work described in Grachev’s retrospective accountreported · Grachev’s retrospective 2018–2019 exchange-access account; dates conflict with incorporation/appointment records · historical
- Digital Wave Finance AG to Huobi Russia (historical exchange brand)Trading venue used in the historical accountreported · Retrospective account says April 2018, before Swiss incorporation; chronology unresolved · historical
- Digital Wave Finance AG to OKExTrading venue used in the historical accountreported · Retrospective account of exchange introductions in 2019 · historical
- Digital Wave Finance AG and Darley Technologies AGShared recruiting account; Darley named as a department in the job listingreported · Dated job listing 20 July 2026; operational evidence, not equity · current or historical not established