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Ice boulder (Hubert Neufeld/ Unsplash)
BIS Says 'Hub-and-Spoke' Cross-Border Transfers Offer Benefits to Retail CBDC
The system is designed to offer users the best foreign-exchange rates and faster transactions while allowing central banks to keep almost total control of their currencies.
Ice boulder (Hubert Neufeld/ Unsplash)

Web crime
Norwegian Authorities Seize $5.9M From Crypto Game Axie Infinity Hack
The economic crime unit said it is the biggest crypto seizure ever made by Norwegian police.
Web crime

Craig Wright (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)
Craig Wright Can Appeal Satoshi Defamation Finding, Norwegian Court Rules
An Oslo judge in October ruled Twitter user Hodlonaut had been within his rights to post 2019 tweets calling Wright a "fraud" and "scammer."
Craig Wright (Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for CoinGeek)

Retired Bitmain ASICs at Kryptovault's facility in Norway. (Eliza Gkritsi)
Europe’s Last Bitcoin Mining Refuge Is No Longer Viable
Miners moved to northern Norway and Sweden to avoid high energy costs. Now, power prices are surging there, too.
Retired Bitmain ASICs at Kryptovault's facility in Norway. (Eliza Gkritsi)

decentraland
Norway Steps Into the Metaverse With Decentraland Tax Office
The move is part of a greater effort to educate a younger audience about taxes related to DeFi and NFTs, starting with an office in Decentraland.
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CDCROP: Hodlonaut sued Craig Wright in Norway. The trial kicks off this week. (Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)
Hodlonaut Wins Norwegian Lawsuit Against Self-Proclaimed ‘Satoshi’ Craig Wright
In her ruling, Judge Helen Engebrigtsen wrote that “Granath had sufficient factual grounds to claim that Wright had lied and cheated in his attempt to prove that he is Satoshi Nakamoto.”
CDCROP: Hodlonaut sued Craig Wright in Norway. The trial kicks off this week. (Trevor Jones for CoinDesk)

Kryptovault's CEO Kjetil Pettersen and the mine's technician overlooking several hundred mining rigs working. (Eliza Gkritsi)
Miners Take Off for The Great – and More Profitable – North
Bitcoin mining in most of Europe is now “impossible” as energy costs soar but miners are increasingly seeking refuge in the northern reaches of Norway and Sweden.
Kryptovault's CEO Kjetil Pettersen and the mine's technician overlooking several hundred mining rigs working. (Eliza Gkritsi)

Earth at night Europe
Central Banks of Israel, Norway and Sweden Team Up to Explore Retail CBDC
Results of the project, run by the Bank for International Settlements, are expected in the first quarter of 2023.
Earth at night Europe

CDCROP: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Getty Images)
Best Universities for Blockchain 2022: Norwegian University of Science and Technology
A billion-dollar budget and a Digital Transformation Initiative lifts the sole Norwegian university on our list to the No. 36 spot. This story is part of CoinDesk's Education Week.
CDCROP: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Getty Images)

CDCROP: Judge's Hammer (Pixabay)
Hodlonaut’s Tweets a ‘Reckless Campaign’ Against Craig Wright, Lawyers Say, as Satoshi Trial Reaches Conclusion
Accusing the self-proclaimed Bitcoin founder of being a mentally ill scammer shouldn’t be allowed in a democracy, Wright’s lawyers said on the final day of an Oslo trial.
CDCROP: Judge's Hammer (Pixabay)