Adopting a potential digital euro won’t displace the Swedish krona, Sweden’s central bank said. In a staff memo published Tuesday, the Sveriges Riksbank indicated it sees potential benefits for Sweden in the digital euro. It highlighted the possibility of a more robust and competitive payment system. The bank added that there may be a small…
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Sweden’s tax agency identified irregularities in 18 locally operating companies, finding that they hid their involvement in crypto mining, it said Wednesday. The investigation, which spanned from 2020 to 2023 and focused on data center operations, revealed that they deliberately exploited tax incentives for which they were ineligible. Patrik Lillqvist, head of the agency’s intelligence…
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The aggregated demand for energy from crypto, artificial intelligence (AI), and traditional data centers could double in 2026. According to a report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the consumption growth might mean adding a country like Sweden (in the best case) or Germany (in the worst case) to the global energy demand. Crypto, AI,…
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With a comically loud horn, a candy machine and a jukebox filled with Mozart, metal and more, it’s the “Bitcoin Ambassadors” rally car adventure. A Bitcoin car driven by the “Bitcoin Ambassadors” team is competing in the 8,000-kilometer Baltic Sea Circle Rally race, orange-pilling competitors and campsites along the way. The car is adorned and sponsored…
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The CEO of Btc. x mentioned the possibility of governments deeming the MiCA framework inadequate, leading to a two-sided power dynamic. Christian Anders, the CEO of Btc. x has said that despite the Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) being signed into law, the European Union (EU) might need to do a lot of more lobbying…
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The platform makes the first use case of a so-called “Proof of Climate” blockchain protocol. Two banks from Sweden and France announced the launch of a new digital bond platform built on blockchain technology. The platform will enable institutional clients to issue, trade and settle bonds digitally, providing a more efficient and secure process than…
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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has released a report summarizing the “Project Icebreaker” trial, which explored the potential advantages and difficulties of utilizing a retail central bank digital currency (CBDC) in cross-border payments. The experiment was designed to test “the technical feasibility of conducting cross-border – cross-currency transactions between different [distrubuted ledger technology]-based CBDC…
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The Nordics remain a cold place for crypto, but Estonia still leads as the public blockchain adopter. Despite the turbulence that broke out in the crypto market this summer, there is an important long-term marker that should be considered in any complex assessment — the combination of adoption and regulation. The latest report by EUBlockchain…
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