Sweden

IPO

Bitcoin Exchange Safello Raises $1.3M for Planned 2021 IPO

Tanzeel AkhtarDec 18, 2020

The Sweden-based exchange says it aims to list on Nasdaq's First North Growth Market next year.

Sweden

Sweden Considering Whether to Switch to the E-Krona: Report

Tanzeel AkhtarDec 11, 2020

Sweden's central bank has begun to study the feasibility of moving the country to a digital currency.

CBDCs

Swedish Bankers Air Concerns Over E-Krona Digital Currency Plan

Tanzeel AkhtarJan 5, 2021

While the Riksbank appears keen to launch the e-krona, bankers are worried about how the digital currency might affect their industry.

ETPs

Swiss Firm Launches ‘No-Fee’ Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Product on Nordic Growth Market

Tanzeel AkhtarDec 3, 2020

Swiss-based Valour says its bitcoin ETP is the first with no management fees.

E-krona

E-Krona or Bust, Says Sweden’s Chief Central Banker, Trying to Drag Swedish Govt Into Digital Age

Danny NelsonOct 16, 2020

Riksbank Governor Stevan Ingves sees a Swedish digital currency as an imperative for the central bank.

Sweden

Central Banking

Swedish Central Bank Bids to Host BIS Hub for Digital Currency Research

Danny Nelson

Sweden’s Riksbank says its digital currency researchers are the best in central banking.

Crime

Sweden Calls for Action Over Ukraine Crypto ‘Fraud Factory’

Daniel Palmer

Ukraine has been asked to act following a report of an alleged cryptocurrency fraud operation duping naive investors from Sweden's capital.

CBDC

Sweden’s Central Bank Finally Embraces DLT, but Only in Simulation Mode

Danny Nelson

Riksbank's e-krona pilot will run on distributed ledger tech, but the entire project will be operated as only a simulation through at least 2021.

BTCX

Swedish Crypto Exchange BTCX Plans IPO in 2020

Paddy Baker

An IPO offers BTCX the opportunity to help bring transparency to the industry, it's CEO says.

Riksbank

Accenture Picked to Build Sweden’s E-Krona Digital Currency Pilot

Danny Nelson

Sweden has picked Accenture to handle its e-krona digital currency pilot.

Sweden

Libra Shows Central Banks’ Failure on Cross-Border Payments: Riksbank

Ian Allison

A senior economist at Sweden's Riksbank says central banks need to "keep up" with cryptocurrency advancements like Libra and XRP.

Sweden

Libra Is ‘Catalytic Event’ for Central Banks, Says Head of Sweden’s Riksbank

William Foxley

Libra, says Stefan Ingves, is forcing central banks to re-consider their primary product: money.